Re:Expedia Drops American Airlines Tickets From Listings
by hugh3 on Sunday January 02, 2011 @10:38AM
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Y'know, AA isn't the greatest flying experience I've had, but the differences between airlines are really overplayed. The average AA experience is probably worse than the average Virgin experience, but you can have a tolerable time or a crappy time on either airline.
People dwell on tiny little annoyances when they're flying, because they're stuck in a metal tube with nothing to do for hours on end except dwell on things. This is why so many consumer complaints and stand-up comedians' jokes are about flying.
Re:Expedia Drops American Airlines Tickets From Listings
by corin_ on Sunday January 02, 2011 @10:40AM
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While it's true that people overthink small things, I find that the difference between my favourite airlines and my least favourites is big enough to make a flight enjoyable or not, and the stories I've heard of AA flights would, if I was on the flight, have made me completely hate it.
Thankfully I've never been on a single AA flight (Virgin Atlantic gets my custom), but I've seen photos taken by friends and heard their stories (UK-USA flights) and, unless they've all been very unlucky, seems a safe bet that AA's transatlantic staff, planes and services are all pretty shoddy.