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solanasunshine
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nicklangdon
 United Kingdom
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Status: offline |  Posted - 23 Jun 2005 : 09:44:10  
| | We used First Choice Airways (i think they bought Air2000 planes)direct from Gatwick to Sanford and thought it was great.Nice new refurbished and plenty of leg room! | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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domster
 United Kingdom
5779 Posts
Joined: 02 May 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 26 Jun 2005 : 19:08:03
| To be honest we normally fly Charter (as we are in July with charter travel). I have never had a bad US flight and have flown with Mytravel, First choice and Thomson.
I always find they are good value for money and would rather pay less, but still fly direct.
I am a sort of person who just can't stomach paying over the odds for flying scheduled (even if the seat has 1inch more legroom).
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DOM
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 26 Jun 2005 : 19:31:45
| I agree DOM, I don't see any sense in paying more for something that is basically the same product and I have travelled on several charters and virtually all the major scheduled carriers.
However I think the scheduled airlines do have the edge when it comes to flexibility on dates and trip durations. Because of my work schedule I can't often go over for periods of full weeks. Unless I am very lucky, I find it almost impossible to use charters for these periods. Some even insist on 14 days only, take it or leave it. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Magical Dreams
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Status: online | Posted - 26 Jun 2005 : 19:40:57
| We usually do a thorough search.
Charter or Scheduled - Makes no difference. Still prefer Virgin
Flights are no better, but the staff are by far we have found!
We are now going with US Airways in Novemeber, but not sure about August/September, but its looking like Virgin.
May even try TCD!
Its only for closing, so a cargo plane will do as long as we get there and things are sorted!!
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Andrew & Diane Moore
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orlandodaze
 Ireland
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Status: offline | Posted - 19 Jul 2005 : 19:42:15
| We have travelled to Florida in the past with Delta, BA and Virgin Atlantic. However this year we chose to fly direct from Dublin with Aer Lingus. The fare was slightly higher than BA but we decided to go with as the flight was direct and you clear immigration in Dublin. Unfortunately Aer Lingus do not offer Orlando bound passengers the opportunity to clear immigration in Dublin. It's completed in Orlando with all the BA, Virgin Atlantic and other charter passengers ahead of you in the queue.
The outbound flight was ok. The majority cabin crew were quite unfriendly and rushed the service. Dinner was either lasagne or beef which was adequate. The only other snack was tea\coffee and one (1!) biscuit an hour before landing. There are no seatback tv's and the airbus 330-200 is crammed with seats. There were a total of 4 toilets for over 230 passengers...
While the outbound flight was ok, the return flight from Orlando was a disaster. We departed Orlando two hours late. The Inflight Entertainment was out of order. The cabin crew were miserable and made no secret of it. They ignored any passenger requests\call bells, one lady with a sick child was repeatedly ignored when she asked for help. The pilot made one announcement blaming the delayed departure on a "aircraft technical problem" - no further explaniation or apology was offered, nor was there any reassurance that the technical problem was resolved!
The senior cabin crew appeared to spend the majority of the flight sitting \ sleeping in the (empty) business cabin. On arrival in Shannon where we told we had to drop of two passengers and would be back on route to Dublin in 40 minutes, this turned out to be 2 hours sitting on the tarmac in Shannon with no passengers disembarking. The crew made no effort to explain what was happening and again repeatedly ignored the ringing call bells. The Cabin Manager then announced that we would all have to disembark in Shannon as the crew were not continuing onward to Dublin. No furthr info was offered and any requests were met with a indifferent suggestion to complain to the Station Manager. Many other passengers had connecting flights to the UK and beyond which they all missed.
In Shannon we waited over two hours in the departure lounge until we were offered seats on the Chicago flight(!!) which would drop us of in Dublin!!
Eventually we arrived back to Dublin to chaos in the baggage hall. Aer Lingus had no idea where the baggage from the original Orlando flight was, two hours later the baggage appeared. After originally being scheduled to arrive in Dublin at approx 9am it was 13.00 when we made it to Dublin ,we were the lucky ones we were only 12 miles from home unlike many people who had missed their connecting flights , and people who had long car journeys ahead of them .I believe Aer Lingus are axeing the Dublin /Orlando route in January , a shame really because it was terrific to have a direct flight from Ireland. Next time we shall go with B A or Virgin or Delta , all of whom we have travelled with in the past most successfully.
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Macka
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 15 Sep 2005 : 15:53:26
| Whoa, thanks for the info Olive, won't be doing that then.
We travel BA whenever possible. the only airline we've found that were better were Thai, who ironically are the littlest people but have the biggest seat pitch of all.
I've heard a lot of people unhappy with BA but we've never had a bad flight with them, and on the last 7 trips to Florida, we've had an upgrade to Club at leat one way. We've paid £250 to upgrade once (bargain) and once took a flight via Chicago rather than direct to Orlando, in return for Club class to Chicago and £250 each for the four of us as compensation. That's 1000 quid for something we opted for!
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Sally D
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 15 Sep 2005 : 18:29:07
| | We have flown Virgin and BA, had no problems with either but BA had the edge for us. Hopefully I will be saying that again in 4 weeks as we are flying with BA again. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Magical Dreams
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domster
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ALR
United Kingdom
907 Posts
Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 11 Jan 2006 : 19:20:59
| | I like Virgin because I prefer a direct flight and if we flew with BA we would have to go down to London which we have done in the past but after a long flight home you don't want to start another journey, and you don't want the hassle of getting off one plane to get on another to fly up to manchester and then have to drive from Manchester across the pennines home. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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ShirleyCottam
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ShirleyD
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orlandodaze
Ireland
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Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 00:32:19
| | I reserve judgement until I have traveled with Air Canada this year , so far we have gone with Delta , Virgin BA and aer Lingus , and probably BA come out on top for what you get for your money . I really dont expect great things from Air Canada but this year they are the cheapest and going through Toronto suits us . |
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becbecs
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 13:23:16
| | The only bad fight we've ever had was with Air Canada....we use Jetblue for our trips down to FL...all the staff are really good at their job...very friendly and helpful...we use them about 5 times a year and every trip has been first class... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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orlandodaze
Ireland
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Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 15:27:57
| | Oh Chrizzy ,you scare me ,we are flying with Air Canada at the end of June to Toronto and then on to Tampa. We choose A .C because they were the cheapest. |
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Magical Dreams
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orlandodaze
Ireland
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Status: offline | Posted - 15 Jun 2006 : 01:01:33
| | Andrew and Diane , thank you for your comments , I just met a lady at work today who had flown from Toronto to Dublin no problem while she assured me they were nowhere superb they were fine and delivered what they had to well . Who cares Im going to end up in Florida anyway Yippppeee. |
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trevlad
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 16 Jun 2006 : 22:41:49
| VIRGIN FOR US AND THE KIDS . GAMES /FILMS ETC.
ALEX GOES PREPARED WITH HER COLOURING PENS NOW, SHE WON A FLIGHT BEAR LAST YEAR AND CHOCOLATES THIS YEAR IN THE KIDS COLURING COMPETITION
WE HAVE HAD FREE FLIGHT VOUCHERS FROM THEM FOR OFFERING TO DELAY AND KAREN GOT CHAMPAGNE AND A £50 VOUCHER FOR MEDICALLY TREATING A HEART PATIENT AT TWO IN THE MORNING COMING HOME(PROBABLY SAVED THEM THOUSANDS NOT HAVING TO LAND SOMEWHERE - OR WOULD THEYVE JUST CARRIED ON???) 
OH AND CREDIT TO THE ENTRPRENEUR BRANSON |
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