Has anyone flown from LaGuardia since the positive bag matching started? Questions???
Jan 27th, 2002, 07:02 AM
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Has anyone flown from LaGuardia since the positive bag matching started? Questions???
A friend told me the horror story of his flight from JFK this week since the positive bag matching started. He left at 5:00 a.m. (we are 1 hour from the airport) for a 9:00 a.m. flight and says he just made the flight! He said there were lines everywhere and people were missing flights right and left.
I have a 7:15 am flight from Laguardia coming up, with my kids. Does this mean I have to get them up at 2:00 a.m. to make sure we don't miss our flight? I'm already stressing over this as it will basically nullify the entire first day of our already brief 6 day vacation not to mention the last day of our return flight. We will arrive exhausted and basically ruined for the day. Please tell me his experience wasn't the norm.
He believes this is going to kill the travel industry since it is so much of a hassle to fly that people won't do it - at any cost!
I have a 7:15 am flight from Laguardia coming up, with my kids. Does this mean I have to get them up at 2:00 a.m. to make sure we don't miss our flight? I'm already stressing over this as it will basically nullify the entire first day of our already brief 6 day vacation not to mention the last day of our return flight. We will arrive exhausted and basically ruined for the day. Please tell me his experience wasn't the norm.
He believes this is going to kill the travel industry since it is so much of a hassle to fly that people won't do it - at any cost!
Jan 28th, 2002, 01:18 PM
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How is asking someone who HAS FLOWN from Laguardia in the last 2 weeks whether they think it is necessary to arrive over 3 hours early an idiotic question? Since you answered me, I assume you have in fact flown from Laguardia very recently and can attest to horrendous waits then, or are you just rude?
Jan 28th, 2002, 01:25 PM
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Perhaps "x" is responding to your last line, Nervous: "He believes this is going to kill the travel industry since it is so much of a hassle to fly that people won't do it - at any cost!" Sounds a LOT like Vance and the anti-Southwest Airlines posts he occasionally pops off with.
I, too, avoid posts with Chicken Little comments like this. I made an exception with yours to tell you why people avoided it.
I, too, avoid posts with Chicken Little comments like this. I made an exception with yours to tell you why people avoided it.
Jan 28th, 2002, 01:35 PM
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Well THANK YOU Bob! I was only trying to find out if it was as bad at Laguardia as it was at JFK! Excuse me for trying to get a little travel info off a travel forum.
By the way, my friend is VP of sales for a television network and I'm only telling you all what he told me. He will not travel for pleasure and only for business if absolutely necessary after the experiences he's had recently. Just offering an observation from a former frequent flyer on the off chance that some would find it interesting, but I guess that's a no-no here too for some reason?
By the way, my friend is VP of sales for a television network and I'm only telling you all what he told me. He will not travel for pleasure and only for business if absolutely necessary after the experiences he's had recently. Just offering an observation from a former frequent flyer on the off chance that some would find it interesting, but I guess that's a no-no here too for some reason?
Jan 28th, 2002, 03:37 PM
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David is correct. Southwest has one class seating. Call it first, business or coach but there's no differentiation. Fare differences are much lower than most other carriers, too, between 21-day advance fares and "walk up" fares. Even coast to coast, SW full fares are reasonable compared to the other carriers.
Jan 28th, 2002, 04:09 PM
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OK, so maybe my friend told me the wrong airline. What's the Big deal? If it makes you happy I'll call him tomorrow to verify exactly which airline. Sheesh! I know he said it was the only way he could fly non-stop from JFK to Las Vegas. After he said he flew first class on Southwest I didn't grill him as to whether he was sure it was the correct airline. Obviously you all know more about which airlines have which classes than I do, which is why I'm here looking for answers, instead of accusing people of making up silly stories! Mea Culpa already!
