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or airlines just just variations on 0 - 6
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ryanair.
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I'd do my best to avoid BMIbaby, got stung for £50 at the airport after I'd wasted about £30 by paying for the 'wrong' luggage on line at the time of booking!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Delta
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Dan Air
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Courtline
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Ryanair
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Air Canada...
The pilots went on strike which meant we had to leave the Banff Springs hotel that we'd blagged our way into at bargain rates at 4am the day after we'd arrived to fly home via Seattle and New York instead of enjoying a leisurely weekend and a civilised direct flight home.
Barstewards of the highest order.
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Air France
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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i'll fly with any western airline if the price is ok.
hate ryanair, but treat them as bus services so i'm seldom disapointed.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Air France. Bar Stewerds sent my luggage only as far as Paris, but I was going to Schiphol. Then had the cheek to offer me a free t-shirt with huge airfrance advertising on it (which would clog up the washing machine if washed), and a pair of heel-less socks. 24 hours to get my bags reunited? Pah! - more like 4 working days plus a weekend!
Air Canada First Class was ace. Never had a problem, other than needing to check in to AA the next day. They won't let your wine drop lower than the half full mark.
Plus of course, I have no intention of using that no frills airline that flies from some former airbase in the middle of frickin'nowhere.
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
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+ 1
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You know it makes sense.
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I've found Air France very good any time we've flown with them... especially long haul. They're great with kids and i've had worse food on the plane.
Quite like KLM as well.
Thought Malaysian Airlines were a bit over-hyped and getting offered a curry at 4am didn't go down to well! would happily fly with them again though.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Jet 2...............never again
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Poster: A snowHead
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Most of these opinions are base on a single negative experience that could have happened to any airline in the world, aren't they.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ryanair. Ryanair, Ryanair, Ryanair, Ryanair, Ryanair, Ryanair, Ryanair. Ryanair.
Did i mention Ryanair?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Most of these opinions are base on a single negative experience that could have happened to any airline in the world
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Someone fleeces me and treats me like a moron in front of my friends and family? Once is enough.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd never fly with BA again - absolute nightmare at the boarding gate, so many issues that still aren't resolved - ended up having to knock him out 
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snowsteve wins.
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| rosemary wrote: |
| Jet 2...............never again |
found them to be one of the nicer budget airlines.
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I fly based on price so would never say never again but....my worst experience was Emirates and by far the best was Singapore Air.
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i'm more worried about departure airport and times, which rules out ryanair and mostly easyjet
heathrow and city are hugely my preference
gatwick is tolerable but prefer to avoid
luton and stanstead - no way
for skiing i usually fly BA and sometimes Swiss
i use BA a lot so i have had mixed experiences with them but the positives outweigh the negatives by a long way
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Arno that's almost the complete opposite of what I would have said!
I love Gatwick, hate Heathrow, Luton's "OK", have a dislike for BA. No real opinion about Swiss except that when I flew to Japan with them many years ago the plane was the wonkiest oldest crate of rusty bolts that I've ever seen. Easyjet are my favourite airline in the world.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Mr Technique, i'm usually out of T5 which is quite a different experience from the rest of LHR
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I love Gatwick, hate Heathrow
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I much prefer BA from Gatwick North Terminal every time to Heathrow, BA staff are efficient and friendly and it seems like a much more agreeable service than T5. It is such a shame that having been so keen to take over the likes of BCal & DanAir (TAT?) to gain slots that they now appear to run a reduced service to Geneva from Gatwick. If they had supported their Gatwick operation more then they probably would not have such major issues when their operations come to a standstill at Heathrow for various reasons (eg 777 crash, snow, strikes ….)
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I love Gatwick, hate Heathrow
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I much prefer BA from Gatwick North Terminal every time to Heathrow, BA staff are efficient and friendly and it seems like a much more agreeable service than T5. It is such a shame that having been so keen to take over the likes of BCal & DanAir (TAT?) to gain slots that they now appear to run a reduced service to Geneva from Gatwick. If they had supported their Gatwick operation more then they probably would not have such major issues when their operations come to a standstill at Heathrow for various reasons (eg 777 crash, snow, strikes ….)
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You know it makes sense.
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I love Gatwick, hate Heathrow
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I much prefer BA from Gatwick North Terminal every time to Heathrow, BA staff are efficient and friendly and it seems like a much more agreeable service than T5. It is such a shame that having been so keen to take over the likes of BCal & DanAir (TAT?) to gain slots that they now appear to run a reduced service to Geneva from Gatwick. If they had supported their Gatwick operation more then they probably would not have such major issues when their operations come to a standstill at Heathrow for various reasons (eg 777 crash, snow, strikes ….)
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Not keen on Air France.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Do my best to aviod Ryanair, but will use them if I need to.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I don't think I would ever exclude someone based on service as everyone has good and bad days.
Providing they go where and when I want that's OK by me.
A half arsed analogy is I don't like the service the M25 provides but it goes where I want and is cheap.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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PhuketAir, while the effectiveness of seatbelts during a crash are debateable, they should at least be attached to something at BOTH ends...
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Never say never but I wouldn't choose to fly Ryanair if there are alternatives (and so far I've always had an alternative)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Freddie Laker
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FlyBe. having booked ski carriage they told us two days before we couldn't take them. The ten people who were allowed to take them, actually didn't get them til 3 days later as they were left behind in manchester. I already didn't like Flybe before this episode (lots of stories) but that did it for me !
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Excel - based on far to many summer and occaisional winter ski flight
Funnily enough people must have voted with their feet 
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Have had very bad experience with EasyJet (they cancelled my flight, and their efforts to "help" made it far worse... long story...), so I avoid them if possible, but if they go where I want and the price is *very* good then I'd fly with them. Hardly ever used RyanAir, but again, would only use them as a last resort but I'd never rule it out. On the last occassion I used EasyJet I was delayed by about 4 hours - they claimed it was not their fault but that's debatable.
I regularly fly long haul with BA but would rather fly with Virgin, but the BA timings are better. It's a shame, Virgin have been brilliant when I've flown with them. BA not aweful but not in the same league as Virgin for customer service.
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Out of choice I like BA, but apart from low season they're usually too expensive, Easyjet are the pick of the budgets, the only time I've had a problem with them was due to a fog delay from Innsbruck, so not their fault. The one time I flew my 8 foot kayak with them (for only £18!) they were very helpful. Avoid Ryanair like the plague, I'd fly with them if I had to but usually the cost of ski carriage rules them out anyway. Not too fussed about airports, as long as there's somewhere I can get a beer and some food, I have had more delays at Gatwick than anywhere else though.
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AIR INDIA
RYANAIR
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