I’ll quickly agree with BearX220’s verbiage about fares being one aspect of a number of factors I consider. Some additional points I’ll make are:
- When on vacation, for short sub 2hr flights I’ll probably focus more on price (but not sacrifice on connections, timeliness, and safety) than on a cross continental or overseas flight.
- I’m surprised there have not been more carriers offering “economy plus” seating
- I’ve found the three charters/discount carriers that I’ve used to fly to Europe to have been very decent compared to my flights on Air Canada and Northwest.