Originally Posted by
johnirvine
Perhaps you should check what you previously read: I have never said that I would not fly A3 again. After this, you can apologize.
Yes, I have had my car vandalised at ECN and this is not as uncommon as you think. Nevertheless, I still use ECN occasionally and have not had a problem there since.
The reason I have a TK Elite Plus card (which has always been listed on my profile) is that I make around 4 Germany-Asia trips per year - it's dangerous to come to unwarranted conclusions! The cards get renewed automatically because I fly a lot (mainly on TK and LH/OS) and the A3 card is actually almost a giveaway. The main use of the Aegean card is, in fact, to collect and use Alpha Bank miles.
The reason I started this thread is not to rant but to point out the uncompetitive nature of A3 business fares. This week, I booked two return business fares from LCA to TXL for next year. These cost around €390 compared to more than €800 on Aegean. If you think this is irrelevant, fine. But don't make statements about others that have no basis in fact.
I have less than no intention of trawling back through your posts but there is a constant theme which you repeat here which is that A3 is far too expensive for you and you book elsewhere as a consequence.
As others have said, if A3 are filling their seats then their fares are not uncompetitive and the truth is they are just more than you are willing to pay. I don't agree with you and am quite happy to pay what A3 ask to avoid an airline like Austrian which I do regard as the pits of *A.
Glad to have facilitated another rant though. You clearly need to do this periodically and we all understand.