Sentences with phrase «of airline seats»

Dear Michelle, The pricing of airline seats often puzzles consumers.

During Arabian Travel Market Etihad wowed crowds with revelations about its latest First Class, Business Class and Economy Class offerings, while also revealing The Residence, a completely new class of airline seats.

The Airhook has an adjustable angle for reclined seats and to better accommodate a larger variety of airline seats.

Sleepypod — Sleepypod Atom Carrier Ergonomic and sleek, Sleepypod Atom fits below a wide range of airline seats and has seatbelt straps on two sides, allowing it to function as a safe car seat.

Sleepypod's Air carrier (sleepypod.com) features a patent - pending design that enables it to contract in size to fit in the space below a range of airline seats during the restricted times of takeoff and landing.

The SturdiBag from Sturdi Products is a flexible - height carrier with a patented design that allows the top to flex without collapsing, allowing the SturdiBag to conform to the under - seat height of all airline seats.

With The Ritz - Carlton Rewards ® Credit Card you can request a reimbursement for incidental travel - related purchases, such as an airline lounge - day pass, upgrade of airline seats, in - flight meals, etc..

There is no shortage of examples of size discrimination in real life: Simply read comments people leave on news stories about weight or look at the size of airline seats.

However, a large proportion are believed to contain openly accessible databases of everything from information on used cars to the prices of airline seats.

As someone who is somewhat horizontally challenged the constant shrinking of airline seats is a matter of considerable concern.

I knew exactly which direction I was going thanks to the GPS map displayed on the screen that popped out of the armrest of my airline seat.

Not exact matches

Delta responded by defending its customers and employees, and said the company would refund Coulter $ 30 for the preferred seat she had chosen in the exit row, which the airline had changed as a way of accommodating other seating requests.

Coulter dubbed Delta the «worst airline in America,» posting a picture of the passenger she said was placed in her pre-booked seat and calling the company's employees «Nurse Ratchets,» likely a reference to the strict, heartless character Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

Some international airlines, including Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Scoot Airlines, and IndiGo have introduced «kid - free» zones where customers can purchase seats without the risk of sitting next to a noisairlines, including Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Scoot Airlines, and IndiGo have introduced «kid - free» zones where customers can purchase seats without the risk of sitting next to a noisAirlines, AirAsia, Scoot Airlines, and IndiGo have introduced «kid - free» zones where customers can purchase seats without the risk of sitting next to a noisAirlines, and IndiGo have introduced «kid - free» zones where customers can purchase seats without the risk of sitting next to a noisy child.

Some think the chance of sitting near a noisy child is part of the risk one bears when buying an airline ticket, but others think airlines need to take action and separate children from adults by creating child - only or child - free seating sections.

In February, a video of a child screaming, climbing on a seat, and running through the aisles on a Lufthansa flight from Germany to New Jersey raised questions over how airlines should handle disruptive children.

But the incident renewed debate over the idea of child - free seating areas that can be found on some international airlines, but have yet to be introduced by any US airlines.

Yet mighty Boeing still took issue with the Canadian company's sale of 75 of its 110 - seat, C - Series planes to Delta Airlines, even though Boeing doesn't build such a plane.

I went from a person totally okay with curling up in my leggings and sweatshirt into a tiny ball entertained by pre-loaded podcasts for an entire flight to a traveler constantly comparing the lack of amenities, professionalism, and comfort of any seat on any airline to the two roundtrip business class flights I took on Emirates.

In addition to ticket prices and schedules, airlines compete for customers with promises of more comfortable seats, gourmet food, the latest in - flight movies, lots of legroom and other cabin amenities.

Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.

Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today's packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

Passengers tired of reading the in - flight magazine and airplane safety card tucked into the seat in front of them have been begging the airline to roll

Sufficiently large people also «pay,» for example, in the form of discomfort suffered in squeezing into airline seats not designed for people their size.

Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Air take the reclining mechanisms out of their seats, leaving them permanently upright.

Not only what you would get on another airline — Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant — but you also get that capability of buying something, that you do get a seat assignment or something more that allows you to have the service.

In spite of the outrage that's battered United over the last week, Kaplan explained that when you buy an airline ticket you're actually not guaranteed a seat.

The company gave a glimpse of strategic changes for Aeroplan, including allowing members to select any seat on any airline, earn and redeem miles faster, use technology to allow travel plans to be completed in one place and a more personalized experience.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today's packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

Overbooking flights is a legal and common airline practice; travelers cancel plans at the last minute, they show up late... it's a numbers game: The airline builds in a buffer of oversold seats to offset the number of people their statistical models predict will back out.

A small number of other airlines — notably Singapore Airlines and its luxurious Singapore Suites cabin and Etihad's enormous «Residence» seat — also offer a double - bedairlines — notably Singapore Airlines and its luxurious Singapore Suites cabin and Etihad's enormous «Residence» seat — also offer a double - bedAirlines and its luxurious Singapore Suites cabin and Etihad's enormous «Residence» seat — also offer a double - bed option.

The airline last year said it would target HK$ 4 billion ($ 510 million) in cost savings as part of the turnaround, which includes more than 740 individual measures, such as adding economy class seats in its Boeing 777 jets.

«Certain times of year, or routes that are new or not performing well, airlines will sell upgraded seats for a song!»

If you've flown on some of the new or newly retrofitted aircraft from Alaska, Delta, United and other airlines, you might find in - seat power and personal seatback video screens.

Many of the Recaro Basic Line 3520 seats found on these airlines have thinner padding, and the bottoms seem to reach to only mid-thigh, which feels more like a hard bench than a real chair.

Delta Air Lines has just announced that they plan to be the first carrier to offer a business class section completely made up of suites — airline seats with doors that slide shut, like a mini-hotel room in the sky.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

Here's how the different programs work in practice: Airlines like Southwest price their seats either in cash or in an equivalent number of points.

Transat is also surveying other airlines for examples of gaining more revenues from ancillary fees such as checked baggage, reserved seating and other measures already in place in Canada.

By contrast, airlines that use mileage - based programs like Delta offer seats at fixed prices, say, 25,000 miles for a trip within the U.S. Importantly, points do not limit the availability of saver seats.

The remaining 10 % is made up of the airline's 50 - seater planes, which aren't equipped with Wi - Fi.

«These seats, in order to fit more of them in each plane, don't have the foam padding of yesteryear,» says airline analyst George Hobica, founder of AirfareWatchdog, a travel site.

I spent about six hours enjoying myself, writing and reaping the benefits of a more spacious airline seat.

Delta Studio, which is the airline's suite of in - flight entertainment, will be available on seat - back screens or can be streamed through Wi - Fi on personal devices like laptops, tablets, and cellphones.

Travel to Cuba accounts for about one quarter of the airline's seats to sun destinations.

For the survey out Thursday, Switchfly broke down the availability of saver seats — which are seats that can be purchased through rewards programs — on 25 major International airlines.

Passengers tired of reading the in - flight magazine and airplane safety card tucked into the seat in front of them have been begging the airline to roll out on - board Wi - Fi for years.

When he first became CEO of WestJet in April 2010, one of Gregg Saretsky's first initiatives was to enter into code - sharing arrangements: strategic partnerships that would allow WestJet to sell seats on other airlines» flights, as well as handle check - ins, issue boarding passes and seamlessly transfer passengers and luggage.

Spirit Airlines is notorious for four things: Dirt - cheap fares, cramped seats, no free water, and bottom of the barrel ad campaigns.

Increasingly cramped airline seating has spawned a cottage industry of wacky inventions aimed to help business travelers get some much - coveted shut - eye.