travel city direct (not travelocity)

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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Mach 2
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blue nose
Your making assumptions,i will fly with any airline anywhere in the world, which i consider to be fairly priced.


bluenose.
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Good for you[msncool]

Lets hope you get what you pay for[msnwink]
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and it looks as tho he probably will [msnwink]

Dave
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Oh really????[msnwink][msnwink][msnwink][msnwink]

Interesting reviews.....................

1 November 2004


Outbound flight Manchester to Sanford 02/09/2004 was ok, but the return journey on 16/09/2004 was a different story. Due to 'technical difficulties' 16 of the 22 Sunshine First passengers were allocated seats on the Sunshine Upper Deck. The remaining 6 Sunshine First passengers (of which we were two) and all the original Sunshine Upper deck passengers, who like us had paid for upgrades, were downgraded to economy with no explanation or apologies. Travel City Direct airport representatives were nowhere to be seen and the airline crew couldn't have cared less really. Broken toilets, broken toilet lights, smelly toilets, broken seat tables and lack of entertainment on a very old 747-200 made the return journey even more unbearable. We would never travel with Travel City Direct.


20 October 2004


Air Atlanta 18th September Manchester to Sanford for Travel City Direct, Plane delayed by 22hrs due to technical problems - old 747-200 with no First Class section. Sold upgrade to upper deck which was not available due to passengers who were sold Sunshine first upgrades being accommodated on upper deck. Return journey delayed by 3hours no explanation given, Travel City Totally disinterested in our complaints.

22 October 2004

Gatwick to Sanford 11th September 4hr delay due to technical problems. Return flight 25th September flight cancelled. We were turned away from the airport at 2pm, but at 12pm the flight was still going and on time! Rescheduled to fly Tuesday 28th September at 6.10pm. At 12.pm flight ok and on time at 2pm (after we had returned our hire car) we were told flight was delayed until 12.20am, flight actually took off at 1.30am and they would not tell us until we were on the flight whether we would have to stop en route to refuel. I can't believe these people are still in business!

29 December 2004


The airline from hell! Travelled to Orlando in Oct 04 - Dirty inside, my seat wouldn't stay upright, toilets filthy, 25hour delay on return. Flight worse than a cattle truck, where at least the RSPCA would condemn it. Wrote to the company and eventually got a reply, HA HA they've done it all before. Never again

26 April 2005


Gatwick to Sanford - 7 April 2005. Flew on the old 747-200! Sat second row from the very back on the right. The interior window panel had slipped down and seemed to be pinned together. Around the edge of the window frame you could see daylight to what we assumed to be the exterior window of the plane, there appeared to be no insulation between the interior and exterior window! The horrendous noise from the window left us with a headache before the plane had even moved, never mind the worry about what was going on with the window itself! At no time during the time at the Gate (during emergency procedure presentation) nor any other time in the flight could we hear a word said over the speakers by either crew or pilot! If we had had to evacuate in an emergency the rear people in the plane would have had no chance of hearing what needed to be done. The panelling on the floor was hanging off, and we could see loads of wiring (hardly a good way to instill confidence). We were gibbering wrecks before we left the Gate, hoping the window stayed in place and nothing happened to the wires. The seats were broken, forget seeing the one TV screen miles away, and as for then listening to the music by the headphones instead, no chance, as the stations working were drowned out by the noise from the window! Flight back - 747-200! Changed rows. Seat arm taped with electrical tape, toilets broken and lights not working properly, seat pocket things in front hanging off, couldn't see TV at all due to positioning, and even less music stations worked. Overall interiors of plane very tatty, which makes you spend 9 hours worrying about what's going on everywhere else.

4 April 2005


Flew to Sanford from Manchester on 19 March 2005 and returned 02 Apr. Cabin staff were friendly and efficient but the level of information received

[Andy and Wendy]

Interesting debate as ever when the subject of TCD raises its head!

I'm sure there must have been some positive reviews too Lucy - I know I posted one as we have been with them 3 times in the last 12 months.

Like someone said earlier, it is all down to personal choice and that is the great thing about travel today.

Go back say 15 years before the advent of the European low-cost airlines (which I suppose TCD may be the nearest equivalent to in some respects for its routes, although I confess I'm no expert) and the world seemed a much more distant (and for many inaccessible) place than it is now.

So it can't be all bad that there are options such as TCD - if nothing else it gives competition to some of the state-subsidised flag carriers (aren't most of the US airlines getting hand-outs of one form or another) and the British airlines (who to be fair have to stand on their own 2 feet).

I'm sure Virgin/BA and others would love to have less capacity on their routes as they could up their prices accordingly and then we would all suffer, including those who would never use TCD?

It would however indeed be boring if we all had the same preferences. "Vive la difference!"

Andy

[LiesaAnna]

I to Julie aka Lucy have gone through lots of reviews over the last few weeks, we were wanting flights for sept this year, and want cheap flights but with cheap flights i also want to be able to get there in one piece also i fear that some of the cheaper airlines have cramped conditions therefore i would probably need a wheelchair to take my ever so stiff joints off the plane!
i have read over the months of being on Ov about TCD and the way some people have been treated by them was not so nice!

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quotearen't most of the US airlines getting hand-outs of one form or another) and the British airlines (who to be fair have to stand on their own 2 feet).
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I would agree with the thrust of your argument about competition from Low Cost airlines being a good thing.

However your quote above is not accurate. It is USA based Airlines that are in dire financial trouble because they do not get financial help. Some have gone bust and Delta and US airways have been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

BA had debts written off and in fact the USA Government have made official protests that UK(and French) airlines receive an indirect subsidy by the British and French goverments supporting Airbus with funds. That practice started with them giving Concordes to BA and Air France(sorry Lucy)

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quotearen't most of the US airlines getting hand-outs of one form or another) and the British airlines (who to be fair have to stand on their own 2 feet).
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I would agree with the thrust of your argument about competition from Low Cost airlines being a good thing.

However your quote above is not accurate. It is USA based Airlines that are in dire financial trouble because they do not get financial help. Some have gone bust and Delta and US airways have been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

BA had debts written off and in fact the USA Government have made official protests that UK(and French) airlines receive an indirect subsidy by the British and French goverments supporting Airbus with funds. That practice started with them giving Concordes to BA and Air France(sorry Lucy)
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Its Ok Robert[msncry]

[janice]

Well Sammibabe, Hope you got the answer you were looking for!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't want to meet some of this lot in a dark alley [msnwink][msnscared][msnsad][msnoo]. Here's hoping you make the right choice and enjoy your holiday [msnsmile2].

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by janice
Well Sammibabe, Hope you got the answer you were looking for!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't want to meet some of this lot in a dark alley [msnwink][msnscared][msnsad][msnoo]. Here's hoping you make the right choice and enjoy your holiday [msnsmile2].
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Personally Janice I don't frequent 'dark alleys' however I do know a lot about the airline industry and think its only fair people hear the good and the bad so they can make an informed choice[msnsmile2]

If anyone likes to go to Florida for 3-4 weeks at a time TCD don't allow that either[msnwink]

[AngelaB]

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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by janice
Well Sammibabe, Hope you got the answer you were looking for!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't want to meet some of this lot in a dark alley [msnwink][msnscared][msnsad][msnoo]. Here's hoping you make the right choice and enjoy your holiday [msnsmile2].
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Personally Janice I don't frequent 'dark alleys' however I do know a lot about the airline industry and think its only fair people hear the good and the bad so they can make an informed choice[msnsmile2]

If anyone likes to go to Florida for 3-4 weeks at a time TCD don't allow that either[msnwink]
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Yeah thats true. I tried to get a quote for our jaunt in February for 3 weeks an d couldnt get a price.

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Right - I'm locking this thread as it's going nowhere.