"I'll never fly --- again"

I'd say that today's Continental is more PeoplExpress and old Frontier (which was bought by PeoplExpress not long before Texas Air took over). For years, PeoplExpress talked about that glorious new terminal at Newark that would solve all their problems. And today, it's CO's east coast hub.

Or just simplify it to "---- will never make money off me again."

I'd never fly again if they dumped the dead body next to me like they did to that poor guy on BA....

In 1998, I said I'll never fly AI again.. and I kept my word

In March 2006 I decided never to fly CO again... and I did just that. I was nice
enough to give them 3 strikes before I stopped.

I swore off WN and HP several years age. My only slip was PHX-LAS two weeks ago on US.

i said it, meant it, and plan to continue following it, since there is another option if i need them.

UA.

after i ended up leaving IAD 12 hours after i was supposed to for LAX/MRY, and during the flight, we went through a fairly unnerving "unsafe to land" rigormarole, which ended with an apparent decision that they had been wrong the whole time, and it was safe. very strange, unnerving, whatever.

considering i havent had great experiences with UA in the past, (like an absolutely HORRIBLE LH flight they operated, and ran out of food for economy class both directions. and i wasnt even sitting in the rear, i was middle/front of the cabin) so it was a fairly easy choice.

ill fly US if i need a star alliance partner domestically.

i also dont plan to fly jetblue, southwest, or frontier much. (no good miles) although my one frontier flight went very smoothly, and i thought the service at all stages was great.

and after hearing CO lounges actually have free internet, i plan to fly them for skyteam domestically. (switching from DL)

I had such shocking treatment on Qantas once I vowed to never fly them internationally again (domestic it's a duopoly so no choice). I've described the incident on FT a couple of times.

Of course, one often has no choice but to fly Qantas. My AF to SIN last year was Qantas operated, and the only decent schedule I could get to SIN on another trip was with QF.

It helps that QF is usually more expensive than other carriers, so I've generally been able to stick to this vow

It's like Amtrak....many say "never again".

But then they do tend to come back.

Otherwise, eventually everyone will have been on Amtrak at least once and they will run out of customers.

i dont see any need to ever go back on UA. (because US is there if i need it)

whereas saying youll never go on amtrak again is kind of silly, because its the only real train network in the US. so if you had to take the train, there is nothing else you can go with.

The Wal-Mart mentality applies more to the infrequent traveller than to the frequent traveller, at least from what I see. Infrequent travellers do seem to be more obsessed with getting the cheapest fare possible--- I had a friend who suffered a grueling 9-hour trip between ATL and LGA, complete with 2 connections, just to save $50 on the airfare, and I just don't get that nickle-and-dime vibe off of the real road warriors. Although some would gladly take that itinerary for the miles/segments... money's not the motivator.

So finding a Ma/Pa Kettle who "refuses" to fly Carrier A any more then sticks to it when the fare wars begin might be a little harder to do!

Personally, though, when I say it, I mean it. I refuse to fly AA. Long, horrible story about bad situations and how crappy customer service made it worse. It's been 10 years or more since I swore I would never fly AA again and I have stuck to it. It does help that I have 3 major airports within a 90-minute drive of me, one of which is a mini-hub for my preferred airline. But a couple of times at my last job I had to jump through some hoops to avoid AA, as AA was our preferred vendor. I'd rather end up with the ridiculous paperwork and the fare difference out of my pocket than put any money into AA's pockets.

LOL maybe I should fly AA with lead bars in my rollaboard, which would then get so heavy that I would actually be taking money out of their pockets because it costs so much in fuel to fly my lead suitcase around!

PS I had some bad experiences with Home Depot, too, and I decided they don't deserve my money either. I drive the extra 20 minutes to get to Lowe's now. Haven't been in a Home Depot in almost 6 years.

oneworld needs another domestic carrier

AA broke my brand new samsonite spinner (wheel and pocket) on first trip

I don't even need to have a bad experience to ban airlines from certain routes. For instance if I'm flying Y international I'm flying a non-US carrier. Better service, better drinks, many times better seats.

I'm surprised no one has said anything about DL. It's the only airline I know of that I see get made fun of out of the blue on the late night talk shows.

Actually, after being treated so poorly everywhere, I have ceertainly said this statement about every airline (Jet Blue, CO, AA, DL, TWA, PAN AM, Piedmont, Eastern, Freddy with the possible exception of UA). But I have now vowed to never say "I never fly XXXX" ever again.

Flying from a county airport is what gives me less choices for air. which in turn does factor in $$$$ -I dont travel for business and am not able to travel alot for pleasure- once or twice a year I fly.

I did just return from Tucson (both markets are expensive to fly in and out of) I flew UA on miles that I accumulated a number of years ago - I did need to buy some miles but a $200 fare beat a $500 fare hands down. But I can say if rates are comparable I wont fly UA- I would have to see the type of saving above to fly them again. Which probably wont happen as I have compared prices with other carriers in my area and UA is not even in the ball park.

I'll never fly SABENA again...