Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens

Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by sokoloff on Monday December 23, 2019 @04:51PM (#21867761)

I fly Delta a fair amount and (with status), Delta seems quite good to me. With even the lowest level of status, there are no bag fees for anything approaching typical luggage load. Their app is fine. Web ticketing seems good to me. Domestically, I can almost always buy an economy ticket and get upgraded to first. Even where I have to pay for it, the upgrades are reasonably priced. During irregular ops (weather typically), they’ve always gotten me there within 18 hours of scheduled. I agree SWA is also good and my only experience recently on United was also good (but in business class Mumbai->Newark, so atypical to say the least).

I suspect flying up front on any of the majors is fine. Economy experience is driven by a race to the bottom price-wise, but if you want cheap travel, it’s readily available. If you want comfortable travel, that’s also on offer.

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Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by heelix on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:35PM (#21869895)

I was Delta diamond for about a decade, so same deal...domestically, they really treated you nicely.

I flew Frontier the first time this Spring - was helping ferry an open cockpit biplane from Colorado to Illinois - and it was a stupid cheap one way fair. I really can't think of a single perk Frontier did not try and up charge a fee for. Boarding, luggage, carry on, seat assignment... I'm sure there were others. Funny enough, the guy I was ferrying with also picked the cheapest seats in the plane, so we ended up next to each other on the flight out. I was fully prepared too wear the kevlar helmet on the flight rather than pay the $60 carry on fee.

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Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by abawany on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @12:53AM (#21870164)

I like Frontier but I was stunned to learn that even after paying for all of their upgrades to get seated in the front row, I would still have to pay extra for water.

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