Lack of Comfort+ on CRJ 200?
Jul 9, 21, 2:36 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
AFAIK there's more legroom in the exit row seats on a CRJ-200. (The exit row is fairly far back in the aircraft.)
Jul 9, 21, 9:34 pm
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I'm not sure why all the hate for the Devil's Chariot? Remember the Saab 340? And that f'ing Fokker what ever it was. At least the CRJ2 is a jet that gets to the smaller airports with ease. Now, I don't complain that FAR service has been upgauged from a CRJ2 to CRJ9's with 2/3 as many flights per day. But what will happen to the smaller airports that are only served by 50 seaters?
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
Jul 9, 21, 11:40 pm
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I flew the Devil's Chariot for the first time in ages this past weekend (MSN - DTW re-route from MSN - ATL). They did offer us row 1 as "C+" when re-booking us but I declined (we both had small backpack and preferred to have them under the seat in front of us instead of the overhead.
It wasn't nearly as bad as I remember it but we were certainly helped by the fact that it was (a) a short flight and (b) a perfect day weather-wise
It wasn't nearly as bad as I remember it but we were certainly helped by the fact that it was (a) a short flight and (b) a perfect day weather-wise
Jul 10, 21, 7:55 am
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Originally Posted by DLASflyer
I am sitting in row 1 on MQT-DTW right now. The seat does in fact say C+ on it.
DTW-IMT
DTW-MQT
DTW-ESC
DTW-APN
DTW-CIU
DTW-PLN
DTW-LSE
DTW-FWA
MSP-CIU
MSP-MQT
MSP-ESC
MSP-IMT
MSP-LSE
MSP-FWA
MSP-RHI
MSP-HIB
MSP-BRD
MSP-INL
MSP-XWA
MSP-ABR
MSP-LNK
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Jul 10, 21, 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by Ringer909
I'm not sure why all the hate for the Devil's Chariot? Remember the Saab 340? And that f'ing Fokker what ever it was. At least the CRJ2 is a jet that gets to the smaller airports with ease. Now, I don't complain that FAR service has been upgauged from a CRJ2 to CRJ9's with 2/3 as many flights per day. But what will happen to the smaller airports that are only served by 50 seaters?
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
Jul 13, 21, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by VFR
It could be that on flights with "on request" drink service (<250 mi), enough of the Comfort+ service standard is not met (the legroom's not that great and no free drinks) that Delta sells the seats as preferred instead of risking unhappy customers who paid for C+ and didn't derive much benefit.
DTW-FWA is 128 mi – no C+
DTW-SCE is 301 mi – yes C+
DTW-FWA is 128 mi – no C+
DTW-SCE is 301 mi – yes C+
Originally Posted by Ringer909
I'm not sure why all the hate for the Devil's Chariot? Remember the Saab 340? And that f'ing Fokker what ever it was. At least the CRJ2 is a jet that gets to the smaller airports with ease. Now, I don't complain that FAR service has been upgauged from a CRJ2 to CRJ9's with 2/3 as many flights per day. But what will happen to the smaller airports that are only served by 50 seaters?
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
Personally, I'll consider flying with the devil from a smaller airport rather than drive on that hellish I-94 to the hell known as Minneapolis. Options are nice to have.
- One bathroom at the rear of the plane
- Tiny windows set at a low level which are frequently scratched
- Single class
- No seats with perceptible extra legroom
- No Wifi
- No Power
At least the Saab had a decent exit row.
Jul 13, 21, 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
That would definitely be a new thing. I flew in C+ last year on ATL-VLD which is 208 miles and CSG-ATL which is only 83.
Jul 13, 21, 5:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Ringer909
I'm not sure why all the hate for the Devil's Chariot? Remember the Saab 340? And that f'ing Fokker what ever it was.
The original CRJ ranks hands down, the worst aircraft I've ever flown on from a passenger comfort point of view, a list that includes many, many airplanes.
Feb 20, 22, 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by cfabar1
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Atlanta gets SBN-ATL in a CRJ200 but DTW-SBN gets the 700/900. Must have to do with loads but still. So unpleasant.
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Feb 20, 22, 6:34 pm
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Based on the route I fly weekly, I have the impression that the no CRJ200s to LGA rule has created some distortions which are not load based, forcing 200s on routes that have the loads for 700 and 900s, and conversely putting empty 7s and 9s into LGA (which remains less busy post COVID).
Feb 21, 22, 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by cfabar1
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Atlanta gets SBN-ATL in a CRJ200 but DTW-SBN gets the 700/900. Must have to do with loads but still. So unpleasant.
