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Old Mar 5, 2005 | 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Liz
The big question isn't fuel but why ANYONE would choose to fly on NW to NRT. (or anywhere for that matter on old, decrepit aircraft)
I fly NWA now when the only UA flight is on TED, when I am going to places in the south where UA doesn't fly and apparently with the latest schedule change I'll be going NW to Seattle now because of a misconnect in DEN on my return flights. Regarding decrepit aircraft, the Mesaba ARJ85's are much newer and nicer than the Air Wis BAE146's and have first class too. The NW DC9's are nicer than the UA 737's especially the ex-shuttle ones.

NW A320's show more wear in the interior than UA's while the NW757's seem to be in equal or better condition inside than UA. I am mostly short or mid-con domestic so have not had the "pleasure" of a NW 747-200 or DC-10.

I can't comment on the mechanical decrepitness of NW vs. UA as I'm only a passenger.

I will still make 1K on UA and will use UA for international including NRT if I ever go there.
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