Worst Flight in the Country [USA]?
Mar 29, 2017, 10:10 am
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All planes are new and they even have few A320neo pieces in their fleet.
Mar 29, 2017, 10:53 am
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I'm 6'7' and I fly Spirit often. The standard Y seat is slightly worse, it's a non reclining slimline with 28 pitch. The thing is... even after you buy-up the "big front" seats or the exit row (it's the must for me), the price of the ticket is still 1/2 of comparable United flight.
All planes are new and they even have few A320neo pieces in their fleet.
All planes are new and they even have few A320neo pieces in their fleet.
Mar 29, 2017, 11:50 am
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Add any SW flight to/from LAS. On the outbound everyone has gotten all liquored up in the airport bar, and on the return they're all hung over.
Mar 29, 2017, 1:16 pm
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Anyone who flies to the Middle East is quite used to this routine. Prime time at some of those airports seems to be 1:00 am to 5:00 am, arriving and departing. Even LH's FRA to LCA flight is 10:00 pm to 2:35 am.
For me, departures from 3:00 am to 4:30 am are the toughest. Not really particular about when I arrive, presuming I don't have to work the next day. I'll just jump in a taxi and head to a hotel.
For me, departures from 3:00 am to 4:30 am are the toughest. Not really particular about when I arrive, presuming I don't have to work the next day. I'll just jump in a taxi and head to a hotel.
Mar 29, 2017, 2:39 pm
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TravelBuzz is for general travel discussions. As the "country" mentioned in title is the United States, we will move this over to the USA forum for further discussion. Thanks. /JY1024, TravelBuzz co-moderator
Mar 31, 2017, 9:53 am
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I would even add that the air around Vegas tends to be turbulent most of the time..so you get get the drunks AND the unpleasant ride. I have seen people at LAS so messed up they fell on the floor.
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Mar 31, 2017, 1:45 pm
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Any CR2's flying in the middle of the night? That might actually be the worst. Fortunately that evil little demon-plane doesn't have the range to pull off a transcon, but it could still pull off a pretty intolerable torture-flight.
Mar 31, 2017, 1:52 pm
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Apr 4, 2017, 1:05 pm
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Apr 4, 2017, 9:24 pm
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Not a WN fan myself...and agreed with anything long out of MCO. I will do MCO, but usually ATL <-> MCO only.
Apr 5, 2017, 9:12 pm
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The worst I did was a few years ago when I flew the F9 DEN-RDU redeye. Not only was it incredibly uncomfortable in their slimline seats that don't recline but it's short enough that if you do manage to fall asleep you get a short miserable amount of sleep leaving you really zonked when you arrive.