The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXV

njobe89

has anyone flown with frontier? they have a ticket Atlanta to St. Louis for $100

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Ghostvette

I used to fly Frontier, but since they've become the "RyanAir" of the US, I stay far away. You would be better off flying Southwest.


Depending on when you are traveling, Southwest fares are about $125 one way, and from STL to ATL $99.

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JARblue

I absolutely love Southwest. They have the best rewards program by far. My wife and I should get a companion pass for next year based solely on credit card spending. The companion pass is basically buy one ticket get one free for my wife. No restrictions other than seat availability.

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ChaseZ

I only flew southwest once. Wierded me out I'd never seen rush seating for an airplane before lol

They also had me 45 minutes late on a half hour flight from San Jose to LAX. could happen to anyone though.. and it got me stuck in LA for a weekend, which I didn't mind terribly much. Well except for the bit that the only hotel I could find on a Friday night was in Inglewood

njobe89

i manage to get about 15k out of mine lol
yeah you're definitely doing something wrong lol
i didn't see southwest being 99 atl to stl?

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Ghostvette

It was on the return trip, STL to ATL, for $99, but the dates were for like the 10th of September. I would imagine that doesn't fit into your dates...

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njobe89

i flew with southwest once to chicago, it wasn't bad. but then again i hate flying lol
lol nope, i need october 6th and come back the 9th

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JARblue

I fly SW about once a month on average. I think there are more flights in Texas, being the airline's home state. Rarely ever delayed and never cancelled.

Rush seating makes it sound like the first person to the plane gets the best seat lol. You get a number and board in order; the number is assigned based on when you check in or if you have status or pay extra for early automatic check-in. The earlier you are in the order, the more seating options you will have when you board. I like it much better than having to pay extra for a damn window seat on virtually every other airline now.

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ChaseZ

Thankfully don't have to pay extra for a window seat here, but they are always adding extras wherever they can so I'm sure it'll come at some point. The only time I've paid for 'upgrades' like that are in charters wher you can get say an emergency row window seat with more legroom or only two seats in that row for like $20.

I usually fly WestJet here and as long as you check-in online within 24hrs of your flight you reserve an assigned seat for no charge. If you book in advance of the 24hr window they charge you a couple bucks for it. I like it better since I don't have to get to the airport early to get a better seat - though they've been steadily shrinking over the years so better is a term to be used rather loosely.

No preferred status here so I get to ride with the rest of the sardines at the will of the airlines lol

Ghostvette

The company I work for primarily uses Southwest for travel. I do enough traveling to be A-list, and I'm a little over halfway to A-list Preferred. My trip to Orlando in October only cost me $13.50...

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ChaseZ

Even with all the fees on top of that its still incredible

b15

This is the sole reason I refuse to fly SW anymore. Used to fly them back in college for trips with friends and they were fine, usually on time but I hated the whole boarding process. I want assigned seating, but then again as a frequent business traveler I'm pretty biased against these budget airlines and specifically the class of people that fly them.

There's really no good domestic airline sadly. I personally fly United as I have status and they have the best flight options for me. My preferred domestic carrier is Delta.