I'm Asking: Do You Have a Preferred Airline?

August 7, 2008

Comparison shopping is the name of the game when it comes to buying plane tickets, but I must say I'm delighted when JetBlue or Virgin America turn up on top of my search results. And if the flight is on the long side or a red-eye, I may be willing to pay a little extra for tickets on my favorite carriers. Do you prefer any particular airline to the others?

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leyi171 4 years 40 weeks

I wish I had a favorite airline. Even flying out of LAX doesn't afford that many options if you want to fly direct - so I usually go with the best possible option (good service, rates, flight times) and wish for the best. Recently I came across a customer service blog that highlights the bad and good and has entries about airlines and airline cards - I love information and ate it up at http://thebusinessofno.blogspot.com/

Kellanawida 4 years 40 weeks

Definately Singapore Airlines for International flights and Qantas or Virgin Blue for Domestic.You just can't go past Singapore's built in game system, I LOVE Super Mario!We don't really have much choice in Australia!

Kellanawida 4 years 40 weeks

Definately Singapore Airlines for International flights and Qantas or Virgin Blue for Domestic. You just can't go past Singapore's built in game system, I LOVE Super Mario! We don't really have much choice in Australia!

cotedazur 4 years 40 weeks

I'm a huge fan of AirFrance and British Airways -- free alcohol on both! They also seem very professional. The flight attendants are always multi-lingual, everything is clean, the seats are comfortable, etc. And I recently got a round trip flight from Paris to Barcelona for $104 on AirFrance, which I think is the cheapest flight I've ever taken.

swolfcg 4 years 41 weeks

American, domestic and international.

bibelot 4 years 41 weeks

JetBlue, Alaska or Virgin America for continental US travel. I like British Airways or United for overseas flights. :-)

smugirl 4 years 41 weeks

I love Continental. I have also flown Jet Blue and AirTran a couple times and really liked them. To the UK I like British Airways. I like that there's free booze. I book the red eye, drink some wine, and pass out.

piper23 4 years 41 weeks

Continental! Super clean!

piper23 4 years 41 weeks

Continental! Super clean!

skigurl 4 years 41 weeks

WestJet!

skigurl 4 years 41 weeks

WestJet!

cubadog 4 years 41 weeks

I love swissair. They are great!

megln1022 4 years 41 weeks

Continental almost always. except to London which i prefer Virgin. though Continental partners with Virgin for some flights so last time i flew there i got a Virgin flight and earned continental frequent flier miles... best of both worlds! i have a continental CC too so i earn miles that way. i've been able to get 2 practically free flights by using my frequent flier miles (one domestic and one to mexico) so i can't really complain!

j2e1n9 4 years 41 weeks

I'm in love with Frontier too silver penny!! Dont really know why tho. I think I like the big warm pretzels and the airplane tracker, too

will205 4 years 41 weeks

Even with the price cuts, I still support Delta :-)

g1amourpuss 4 years 41 weeks

us continental preferably.southwest when i'm scrimping on a trip.

g1amourpuss 4 years 41 weeks

us continental preferably. southwest when i'm scrimping on a trip.

silverpenny013 4 years 41 weeks

I guess I'd pick Frontier... they're based in Denver, so there's always a flight somewhere and they have that little airplane tracker on the back of the seat too. Plus, they're nice and it's fairly comfortable. I've also really enjoyed my flights on Alaska - the pilots were really good. No bumpy landings, no mountain-feeling takeoffs, just really smooth and lovely. The pilot even told us what the weather was like, why there was a little turbulence... it felt good to be informed.

silverpenny013 4 years 41 weeks

I guess I'd pick Frontier... they're based in Denver, so there's always a flight somewhere and they have that little airplane tracker on the back of the seat too. Plus, they're nice and it's fairly comfortable.I've also really enjoyed my flights on Alaska - the pilots were really good. No bumpy landings, no mountain-feeling takeoffs, just really smooth and lovely. The pilot even told us what the weather was like, why there was a little turbulence... it felt good to be informed.

rickimc 4 years 41 weeks

TWA was and will always be my preferred airline. St. Louis was their hub, so almost every flight we took until they went under was on TWA. Also, I find it very hard to avoid peanuts on airlines (not quite as much now as then because they have been cutting back on things like that), but TWA served AB pretzels (which also no longer exist) for as far back as I can remember.SwissAir is also pretty cool because they serve chocolate.

rickimc 4 years 41 weeks

TWA was and will always be my preferred airline. St. Louis was their hub, so almost every flight we took until they went under was on TWA. Also, I find it very hard to avoid peanuts on airlines (not quite as much now as then because they have been cutting back on things like that), but TWA served AB pretzels (which also no longer exist) for as far back as I can remember. SwissAir is also pretty cool because they serve chocolate.

insanitypepper 4 years 41 weeks

Southwest, please.

insanitypepper 4 years 41 weeks

Southwest, please.

Marci 4 years 41 weeks

Southwest or JetBlue are always great in my book.

itsme3683 4 years 41 weeks

I don't really care that much. I travel frequently enough that anything under 15 hours doesn't qualify as a "really long flight" so I'll take anything that's cheap!I have had really good experiences on British Airways, KLM and Lufthansa, and I LOVE Qantas.

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