Sentences with phrase «worse than airlines»

Not exact matches

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

Spirit Airlines had nickel and dimed me with extra fees to the point where this flight was now more expensive than most, but the cramped quarters, piercing glares from the staff, and the weird vibe as I boarded were starting to make me wonder: Is this the worst airline ever?

To identify the best and worst airlines, we surveyed more than 55,000 members last summer, who reported on nearly 98,000 domestic economy flights and 8,700 first - class and business - class flights.

But no matter how bad your commute or travel plans were, I don't think they were worse than 50 or so souls aboard a United Airlines flight into Dulles airport outside Washington reportedly endured.

How, then, could the airline industry have fared worse than most other industries?

While it's true the airline industry is financially healthier than it has been in years — thanks to cost - cutting and its new pay - as - you - go approach (United Airlines is even offering passengers who don't qualify for elite status the opportunity to pay $ 500 a year for seat upgrades and another $ 350 a year to avoid baggage fees)-- the changes have made flying a truly trying experience that is only likely to get worse.

Therefore we could see, should the terms of exit be worse than they currently, a material decline in revenues and profits for airlines.

After getting stranded on more than one occasion, bad weather, and numerous airline delays and cancellations we made the conscious decision to stay at home in Virginia for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

There is nothing worse for a parent then the thought of travelling on an airline with an infant less than two years of age or even being a passenger waiting in the departure lounge cringing at the thought that child any minute could dissolve in a torrent of loud tears.

Scott McCartney, Travel Editor of The Wall Street Journal, discusses how the airlines now make more money from their frequent flyer programs than they do from normal airline operations, and which airlines are the best and worst at making award seats available to passengers.

Seats recline more than a standard airline seat and come with a leg / foot rest so aren't a bad option, especially during the day.

The worst values with HawaiianMiles come when using those miles to book partners with disadvantageous award charts, such as ANA, American Airlines and Korean Air, which charge significantly more miles for the same routes than Hawaiian does.

If you're happy to pay exorbitant surcharges on awards you can use your AAdvantage miles to book British Airways Business Class and First Class awards... but then you're simply overpaying for products that are considerably worse than what we have come to expect on premium airlines.

On the whole, Economy Class awards on partner airlines have always been even worse value than Economy Class awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award tickets.

The general opinion has been that American Airlines is more than happy to offer more or less what United is offering but it doesn't want to go too far and offer something worse.

Within 60 days non-elites will be stuck with a $ 125 change fee, which is no worse than other airlines» fees.

Second, I hope SPG points are converted in no worse than 1:3 ratio to Marriott Rewards points — since SPG points are worth so much more, especially when considering the ability to transfer to airlines.

Because American already offers worse partner earnings than United Airlines and I don't see American making things even worse when compared to a primary competitor.

Unlike many airlines, Alaska doesn't have a giant shopping catalog that will let you redeem 200,000 miles for a $ 1,000 computer — and that's a good thing, because that deal is even worse than redeeming for PreCheck.

It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need for Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.

The question to me isn't whether the Southwest flight is «better» or «worse» than the American flights, it's whether the Southwest flight is going to be better by enough, often enough, to justify jumping through their hoops in addition to the ordinary searches I do for paid tickets and awards on real airlines.

Still, it is worth noting that 126,000 miles is still cheaper than a United partner award (140,000) and with no fuel surcharges, the higher mileage requirement isn't as bad as it first appears compared to those other airlines.

There's nothing worse than arriving on your surf holiday, collecting your boards from the airline, and seeing a giant ding in one of them.

That's not a bad redemption rate and is cheaper than most airlines like American, Delta, Aeroplan, etc..

Most of the ANA values on these routes are either worse than or equal the U.S. airlines levels.

This got me wondering — are these multi-airlines rewards cards better or worse than the single - airline cards generally?

And that's bad news — usually, the value for your points is drastically lower when redeemed for gift cards or products than for hotels or airlines.

You'll need 23,333 Starpoints to become 70K Marriott Rewards points to get 25K airline miles, so that's worse than Starwood's tranfer ratio.

What is nearly as bad as these lap child fees is the fact than the airlines disclose these policies very poorly, if at all.

Hawaii to the West Coast is 20k Elevate / 29k Membership Rewards (worse than Avios, better than most airlines).

If you don't have enough rewards to cover a flight, you can buy points or miles from the airline, but this is almost always a bad deal because they cost more than they're worth, on average.

If you want to earn United miles and enjoy their lounges, you could do a lot worse than to receive the United Airlines MileagePlus Presidential Plus Card.

A flight booked with Chase points via Chase's online booking portal for instance will give you a much worse value than what you'll be able to book yourself simply by transferring those points to an airline first, and booking from your account with that airline instead.

«The force of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake followed by a tsunami is far worse than would be inflicted even by a direct - hit airline crash or bombing raid.

When it comes to those airlines with less than ideal frequent flyer programs, Spirit and Frontier score the worst.

It is easier to not eat a bad airline meal than suffer when only the salmon option is available by the time the trolley reaches you.

My husband and I are both airline pilots and live in a dark and dreary apartment that is worse than all of the hotels we are always staying in!