Comments on: Air Travel Gets Worse – The Top 9 Stingiest Airlines http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/ Family travel, girlfriend getaways, romantic escapes, solo trips -- these four moms cover it all. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pixelpat http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4613 Pixelpat Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:38:11 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4613 We just flew back to Seattle from Panama City via Atlanta on Delta Airlines. On the International flight breakfast, pillows, blankets and headphones were free. From Atlanta to Seattle there was a charge for lunch, certain snacks, games and movies and $2.00 for a headset. Credit cards were readily accepted. Mark, I think you are right....you'll soon need a credit card to open the restroom door! We just flew back to Seattle from Panama City via Atlanta on Delta Airlines. On the International flight breakfast, pillows, blankets and headphones were free.
From Atlanta to Seattle there was a charge for lunch, certain snacks, games and movies and $2.00 for a headset.
Credit cards were readily accepted. Mark, I think you are right….you’ll soon need a credit card to open the restroom door!

]]> By: jamie http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4602 jamie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:58:38 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4602 I remember the days (long ago) of paying for headset cords to watch the movie. Remember headset cords? I felt the same way then that I do now: charge me once for everything. Include it in the ticket price. I remember the days (long ago) of paying for headset cords to watch the movie. Remember headset cords?

I felt the same way then that I do now: charge me once for everything. Include it in the ticket price.

]]> By: The Artful RV Adventurers http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4601 The Artful RV Adventurers Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:57:46 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4601 When they start charging for the rest room, I'm outta there for good. You laugh, but just you wait. mark When they start charging for the rest room, I’m outta there for good. You laugh, but just you wait. mark

]]> By: We Have to Fly, But We Now Hates It at HippyGeek http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4599 We Have to Fly, But We Now Hates It at HippyGeek Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:52 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4599 [...] sit together on the last leg to FL. I am afraid to check and see which airlines we are stuck with. Some are stingier than others: I wonder if we will be charged now for water and coffee. If so, all the more reason to just get [...] [...] sit together on the last leg to FL. I am afraid to check and see which airlines we are stuck with. Some are stingier than others: I wonder if we will be charged now for water and coffee. If so, all the more reason to just get [...]

]]> By: Jilly http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4597 Jilly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:09:10 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4597 I unfortunately have to fly next month. We officially now hate flying, so we tried hard to come up with an alternate plan. Driving from CA to FL was out - too much time, too much hassle, too much gas. We figured we'd try a sleeper car on the train. Well, there we had to go from FL to CHICAGO to CA, inexplicably. Plus the sleeper closets cost about the same as a cruise ship trip. Then we saw the first class flight tickets also cost more than a cruise. We even considered renting an RV to drive back so we would only have to fly one way...then got wrapped back up in the gas situation. So, yeah, we gave up and bought plane tickets. We have to change planes in Atlanta and can't even sit together on the last leg to FL. I am afraid to check and see which airlines we are stuck with. Am NOT looking forward to this. I always get sick when i fly. I'm going to try really hard not to this time, even if it means wearing gloves and a mask. Sheesh. Flying. I unfortunately have to fly next month. We officially now hate flying, so we tried hard to come up with an alternate plan. Driving from CA to FL was out – too much time, too much hassle, too much gas. We figured we’d try a sleeper car on the train. Well, there we had to go from FL to CHICAGO to CA, inexplicably. Plus the sleeper closets cost about the same as a cruise ship trip.

Then we saw the first class flight tickets also cost more than a cruise.

We even considered renting an RV to drive back so we would only have to fly one way…then got wrapped back up in the gas situation.

So, yeah, we gave up and bought plane tickets. We have to change planes in Atlanta and can’t even sit together on the last leg to FL. I am afraid to check and see which airlines we are stuck with.

Am NOT looking forward to this. I always get sick when i fly. I’m going to try really hard not to this time, even if it means wearing gloves and a mask. Sheesh. Flying.

]]> By: Keith http://travelingmamas.com/2008/08/28/air-travel-gets-worse-the-top-9-stingiest-airlines/#comment-4595 Keith Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:45:23 +0000 http://travelingmamas.com/?p=501#comment-4595 There was one airline .... Monarch, I think ... who made you pay for headphones. You could keep them afterwards, though ... and a lot of us found that the phones from our Walkmans and personal CDs would work in the entertainments system. There was one airline …. Monarch, I think … who made you pay for headphones. You could keep them afterwards, though … and a lot of us found that the phones from our Walkmans and personal CDs would work in the entertainments system.

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