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Mon Jul-24-06 08:49 PM
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What Airline Have You Flown More Miles On Than Any Other? |
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And which one is your favorite airline?
I've flown more miles on American Airlines... but my favorite is British Airways.
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Mon Jul-24-06 08:51 PM
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1. I've probably flown the most miles on Southwest or American. |
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Mon Jul-24-06 08:52 PM
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and they're my favorite, too.
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Tue Jul-25-06 10:50 PM
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Mon Jul-24-06 08:53 PM
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3. Delta, Song subsidiary. |
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Mon Jul-24-06 08:58 PM
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Edited on Mon Jul-24-06 09:02 PM by ocelot
http://www.skyhighairlines.comActually, I have the most time on the one I work for...
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:00 PM
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But I HATE when I have "fun" attendants. Just shut up and let me read my book, OK?
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:07 PM
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6. united. i'm in chicago, plus i used to work for them. |
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:08 PM
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7. Most: United (ugh). Best: JAL n/t |
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:41 PM
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8. Northwest and El Al are probably tied for me..... |
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I know everyone calls them Northworst, but truthfully in all the years I've been flying them domestically and internationally (20+ years) I have never had an overly negative experience with them.
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:47 PM
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9. Most on British Airways, second is Southwest. |
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I really love them both for entirely opposite reasons; the service on BA is superb, and I like the fact that Southwest just cuts to the chase since they are a short haul carrier (plus they have roomier, nicer seats than America Worst; which no longer actually exists, I guess).
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Mon Jul-24-06 09:47 PM
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10. Air France, and Air France - wine and camembert with every meal. |
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Tue Jul-25-06 12:51 AM
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always had the cheapest fares on flights from LA to Philly.
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Tue Jul-25-06 12:56 AM
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Tue Jul-25-06 12:57 AM
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13. Continental, but Virgin Atlantic will always have my heart. |
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Their vegan meal was actually good (I got an Amy's frozen dinner). Free cocktails. And...
my personal tv broke mid-flight. Even though, I was passed out from the xanax and free cocktails, the flight attendant woke me up to inform me that "for the inconvience," I could pick something out of the in-flight catalog up to 50£, so I picked out a bottle of champagne. It worked out great, since I was going to be London over New Year's Eve.
Definitely, better than the coach service I've recieved anywhere else.
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Tue Jul-25-06 12:57 AM
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14. Air Canada or Westjet |
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Tue Jul-25-06 01:04 AM
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15. Western Airlines...haven't flown much lately. |
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Air Canada is looking good lately, though.
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Tue Jul-25-06 01:09 AM
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16. Southwest. Portland-Oakland. Oakland-Portland. Portland-Oakland. |
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Tue Jul-25-06 01:14 AM
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17. Pan Am, KLM and Piedmont |
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But I haven't flown in 30 years.
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Tue Jul-25-06 05:36 AM
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18. American, but my favorite is Air Canada |
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Tue Jul-25-06 06:09 AM
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And they are the best for someone who needs special arrangements. I've flown on Delta a good deal, but only when I couldn't find anything else. Even on a non-stop from FL to CA, they managed to be THE WORST. :banghead:
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Tue Jul-25-06 08:26 AM
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Tue Jul-25-06 08:30 AM
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26. Only they don't fly into any airport that's close to us now. |
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Tue Jul-25-06 06:10 AM
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21. Aer Lingus or as they're sometimes referred to in our household, |
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Air Fungus.
I do have to admit that their service has gotten better over the years. At least now we can fly directly into Dublin from ORD without stopping in Shannon and the flight attendants' attitudes seemed to be much more helpful now than they were in the past.
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Tue Jul-25-06 06:15 AM
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22. Most likely American. Sadly, it's my least favorite. I like Japan Airlines |
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I haven't had a chance yet to fly British Airways, which I hear is fantastic, or the other great ones: Lufthansa, KLM, or ANA.
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Tue Jul-25-06 06:37 AM
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Their prices and service have been second-to-none for all of my trips
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Tue Jul-25-06 07:09 AM
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A few Atlantic hops account for far more miles than all the domestic/European flights combined. Plus I have an uncle working for them, so I occasionally get very sweet deals. However, the economy class on long-distance flights is pure torture.
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Tue Jul-25-06 08:51 AM
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Which really sucks ass. But I agree with you about British Airways. Superb service and great flight crews.
Q
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Tue Jul-25-06 02:19 PM
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Domestic--Most-American Favorite-Southwest International-Most-EVA Favorite-EVA
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Tue Jul-25-06 02:20 PM
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29. Alaska Airlines!...:) nt |
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Most miles (though not most frequently, natch), and tied with Midwest Express for best service (though Midwest's service has gone downhill since they dropped the "Express" from their name and underwent cost-cutting changes post 9/11).
Unfortunately, long hauls on ANY carrier are painful for me -- 6'3" and can't afford first class.
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Tue Jul-25-06 02:23 PM
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Edited on Tue Jul-25-06 02:24 PM by EOO
My last 3 - 4 trips to Detroit have been on them, and while their planes suck, at least they can fly from Los Angeles non-stop.
Oh and for the record, I'll take Jetblue or Airtran over the big airlines any single day of the week.
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Tue Jul-25-06 02:31 PM
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33. most miles: Continental |
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I don't have a favorite for domestic travel because they all suck IMO. Continental International isn't that bad but my best experience was on JAL.
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Six trips between JFK and Berlin Tegel, and a couple from LaGuardia to Boston Logan, will do that to a guy.
Favorite airline: Alaska.
The worst Pan Am flight I ever took was the last one, which was a few months before they shut down. I'm sitting on this worn-out fucking airplane watching parts fall off it. Okay, we're talking trim pieces, but parts should NOT be falling off an airplane in flight, right? Anyway, up comes this real nice stewardess asking if she could bring me anything. "Yes. Could you bring me a 2404, please?" (Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet.) The really sick part wasn't that a passenger would ask for something like this, it's that the stewardess, who'd never been in the Army in her life, knew what a 2404 was--because Other Passengers On This Very Flight were asking for them too.
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Tue Jul-25-06 06:30 PM
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35. Most: United. Favorite: Alaska |
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Wed Jul-26-06 12:55 AM
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37. Southwest - and it's also my favorite! |
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Wed Jul-26-06 01:06 AM
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39. I've flown Southwest more than anything.. |
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And up until about a year ago, they were my favorite. JetBlue has taken that spot now.
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Wed Jul-26-06 01:07 AM
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All those transPacific flights. I may have flown more often on some of the US airlines -- Delta, perhaps, though American was the main carrier to my frequent destinations in the Caribbean area -- but Air New Zealand would be the easy winner on mileage. great airline, too.
I despise all the major US flag carriers. They're terrible domestically and almost always way below the standards of other carriers on international routes. I flew back from the other side of the Pacific once on United, codesharing with Air New Zealand, and had one of the most miserable trips I've ever had (certainly for the length of the trip), and I've had some pretty heinous bouts of air travel before, whether on big jets or Buddy Holly puddlejumpers. I've been on airlines that are national carriers of Third World developing nations that boasted service and equipment that would shame any of the US commercial carriers.
I don't know if Horizon and Alaska are as good as they once were -- if not, I'd feel safe in saying that all pan-regional US airlines suck rather vigorously. Greedy f***ers, too. I was on my way back from an overseas station when I discovered the hard way, empty stomach and all, that US airlines no longer provide meals at all...I didn't order the overpriced sandwiches on the menu, either, both for the principle of it and because none of them sounded good, especially for the price. Traveled from the island I was on to the east coast of the US and on to Los Angeles without any food in me...and even years before they instituted that obnoxious policy I'd made a similar trip from an international destination on two 1/4-oz bags of pretzels (I don't even like pretzels) because of the suspiciously flexible schedule on which they determine breakfast, lunch, and dinner times on different flights. And then they go and lower the limit at which excess baggage charges are applied, just to add to the fun, especially to people who're engaged in the kind of work that was (and may yet be) my primary career. Let them all go under, for all I care.
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Wed Jul-26-06 01:10 AM
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41. United for miles but my favorite was Braniff |
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Times have been better :shrug:
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Wed Jul-26-06 01:33 AM
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43. United's Screaming Baby Express |
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Alright fine, if you wanna get technical, I stole that joke from Letterman ;)
But my true answer is United, followed close behind by Southwest.
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My parents are in Oregon and it's the main airline running that route...
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