Korean Airlines Not for Us
Dec 12, 2014, 11:59 pm
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Dec 13, 2014, 12:33 am
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End of the day if you want comfort and maybe less chance of rowdy kids fly in Business Class.
This isn't a KE issue. Will no doubt happen to you again during your travels and you won't get much sympathy anywhere.
This isn't a KE issue. Will no doubt happen to you again during your travels and you won't get much sympathy anywhere.
Dec 13, 2014, 2:24 am
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And as some people have said, even then it's not a "guarantee."
OBVIOUSLY, it's not some sort of a fundamental human right to fly without being annoyed.
OBVIOUSLY, annoyances are more common in economy than in first class.
If you have a problem with those statements, I hope you find that unicorn airline in the future that's perfect and everyone is super ^
Dec 13, 2014, 4:55 am
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I just love it when the OP signs up with a new account, makes a single posting (typically much too long and involving far too much detail) which they have obviously copied and pasted from someplace else (aka they're posting it all around, not just here), tries to use official sounding language disparaging Airline XYZ, and then never even returns to their own post, nor to Flyertalk. I mean, it really belies their credibility. I mean, will anybody really have a lower opinion of Korean Air because of this posting? Will anybody not fly with them because a DYKWIA type rants about their experience on here?
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Dec 13, 2014, 5:32 am
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Korean Airlines is run horribly and is in a PR nightmare right now because of it. The fact OP contacted several Senior Exec's and all went unanswered shows that the have a holyer-than-thou attitude. Karma is a nasty thing, isn't it Heather Cho?!
Dec 13, 2014, 8:31 am
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Hmm. I wonder if all airline executives believe in Karma?? Based on much of what I see, I don't think so. Hahaha!!!
Dec 13, 2014, 12:16 pm
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You paid $1330 for the wrong seat. You should have bought the seat behind you.
Having said that, next time turn around and threaten the kids (in a low menacing voice, so that the parent can't hear) they would see their legs disappear if they continued kicking.
Having said that, next time turn around and threaten the kids (in a low menacing voice, so that the parent can't hear) they would see their legs disappear if they continued kicking.
Dec 13, 2014, 12:20 pm
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I just love it when the OP signs up with a new account, makes a single posting (typically much too long and involving far too much detail) which they have obviously copied and pasted from someplace else (aka they're posting it all around, not just here), tries to use official sounding language disparaging Airline XYZ, and then never even returns to their own post, nor to Flyertalk. I mean, it really belies their credibility.
Dec 13, 2014, 1:00 pm
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How much extra would two business class seats have cost? On many European airlines "first class" is merely a regular seat with the middle seat blocked, along with some extra service.
Many of us have no need for extra legroom. However, the seats are so narrow that if you have to sit by a stranger it is almost certain that you will be touched constantly, something many of us find repulsive.
I've never paid extra for a "comfort seat," but the practice isn't uncommon, and for those with money it is a way to avoid unwanted touching by strangers at a price far less than that of business class.
Many of us have no need for extra legroom. However, the seats are so narrow that if you have to sit by a stranger it is almost certain that you will be touched constantly, something many of us find repulsive.
I've never paid extra for a "comfort seat," but the practice isn't uncommon, and for those with money it is a way to avoid unwanted touching by strangers at a price far less than that of business class.
What you are thinking of is business class within Europe.
Dec 13, 2014, 1:16 pm
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Agree, never heard of this before. I booked my family on a trip and last minute couldn't go and my original seat was quickly given away. Maybe the op is a POS and booked the second seat because he/she needed thr space.
Dec 13, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Dec 13, 2014, 1:34 pm
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Dec 13, 2014, 2:24 pm
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Many airlines offer this accommodation. Depending on variables it can be much cheaper than booking a business class seat. I've flown last minute for work and business class seats were either ridiculously expensive (9k to fly JFK-LHR) or sold out so I would request 2 economy seats which allowed space for work and comfort. I did have to remind the crew I had paid for both so that people weren't moved into it.
Another resolution (though only for the OP's family) would have been to trade rows with the family with the kicking kids. That way they could kick someone else's chairs.
Another resolution (though only for the OP's family) would have been to trade rows with the family with the kicking kids. That way they could kick someone else's chairs.