what is the best airlines, comfort/service, to ireland ...america west, american airlines, delta, aer lingus, or other? thank you!

It probably depends on your US departure city. I'd fly any airline to avoid a change of planes at JFK. If there's only one carrier that goes nonstop from my city, that's the one I'll choose.<BR><BR>As far as I know, only Aer Lingus, Continental, and Delta fly between the US and Ireland; they all have agreements (some are code shares) with plenty of other north american carriers for your connection to the gateway city. <BR><BR>Some people also choose a British carrier, with a connection through London.

We flew British to London. Then air lingus to Shannon. We were very happy w/both airlines and would do the same thing next time!!

This answers to this question are subjective, and only as good as the memories of your last flight.

We also took British Airways to LHR and then Aer Lingus to SNN. It was just fine... no complaints at all, really. Would definitely do it again. I have heard some bad things about Aer Lingus but I thought they were just fine for the hour-- hour and a half that we used their service. Have fun.

Use direct flights to Ireland wherever possible.It can take as little as 6h 20 mins from Boston to Dublin for example while a flight through London can take 2h extra.There are direct flights from New York,Boston,Atlanta,Baltimore,<BR>Philadelphia,New ark,Chicago and L.A.At present Aer Lingus has a sale at www.aerlingus.com but sometimes it is cheaper to fly through London or even Paris.

Sue:<BR><BR>I've flown four different airlines to that general area and haven't found huge differences in any of them. That said, I agree with the poster that stated that flying directly into Irealnd as opposed to London and then Ireland is nice. If you hit London first, you probably won't arrive in Ireland until early to mid-afternoon.<BR><BR>I thought Continental was fine last year and thought they were fine. You would have to change planes in Newark but they have the great advantage of flying directly in and out of Shannon without a trip to Dublin. American code shares with Aer Lingus, so the flights you see from them will have you flying out of either JFK, Boston or Chicago to get to Ireland. You end up flying through Dublin in one direction or another. <BR><BR>Delta does not code share, but does the same thing. You can fly directly into Shannon, but you fly through Dublin on the way out.<BR><BR>In the end, I've always gone for the deals and Aer Lingus has never been the cheapest for me.<BR><BR>Bill