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Nov 6, 2017, 3:11 pm

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Originally Posted by BigFlyer

That calculus might work for you, but doesn't really apply to this flight.

I have looked around online at the Norwegian website - delays like this seem to be few and far between.

So, going from the SF Bay Area to BCN - the shortest non-Norwegian (or Level, another LCC) is 14 hours on Air France. Norwegian is 11 hours non-stop. So, most of the time you will save at least 6 hours of flying time on a round-trip to BCN from the Bay Area by flying Norwegian or Level. I might be willing to pay MORE for that than the slower Air France option.

Delays like this were very common in the beginning of Norwegian's long haul operations. And while not common any longer they are not rare. There are still a lot of stories like yours popping up. The short haul European works well, I would never venture out on their long haul flights for this exact reason.

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