Oh you two are from Australia! I'm actually planning a flight from Brisbane to Perth soon. Do you have any suggestions on which airline to use?
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I haven't had any bad flight experiences. I used to fly with Virgin Blue (V. Australia now) when they were the budget airline, but have flown with Tiger Airways a few times with no real hastle. Just make sure you're well and truly on time (as you should with any airline anyway...) and don't try to take bags over the allowed limit you purchased, as they will charge a lot more for that (as will any other airline.)
Really though, whichever is the cheapest flight, with the most reasonable timing for you. Or if you want to pay more for a few extra features (I don't know how much legroom or services Qantas offer.)
I haven't had any bad flight experiences. I used to fly with Virgin Blue (V. Australia now) when they were the budget airline, but have flown with Tiger Airways a few times with no real hastle. Just make sure you're well and truly on time (as you should with any airline anyway...) and don't try to take bags over the allowed limit you purchased, as they will charge a lot more for that (as will any other airline.)
Really though, whichever is the cheapest flight, with the most reasonable timing for you. Or if you want to pay more for a few extra features (I don't know how much legroom or services Qantas offer.)
Main problem I had with Tiger was being delayed by 3 hours, The staff weren't particularly friendly about it which put me off. I generally fly Virgin Australia or Qantas. I was also delayed once with V Australia for ~ 3 hours, they let me go into their lounge and have free food / drink for those three hours, plus the staff were very friendly and explained what happened.
I had a couple of bad experience with Jetstar screwing around with flight times after I booked. My sister in-law also had a delay for over 6 hours because and I quote "One of the cabin staff was sick and couldn't fly" ..... they couldn't get a replacement for over 6 hours .....
Brisbane to Perth is a fairly long flight, I'd be tempted to fly Qantas as they will atleast give you food and drink.
Ahh, although the delays have only been very minor for me, Tiger did change the time of one flight recently, however, they offered a refund, or an option of numerous other flights. For me at that time though, it wasn't an inconvenience at all, but at a different time, it could've been.
However, all airlines can do this, as they'll usually only fly when enough passengers have booked. I've heard (reliable source) of a Qantas international flight being "overbooked" after their luggage was taken. They had to pay for another flight, however, I assume they got their money back on the initial flight.
Either way, delays, overbookings etc can happen with all airlines. You just don't expect it when you pay for the more expensive fares (and I'd like to believe they happen far less with the more expensive fares.)
I'm off to bed. Night bar! :wave:
However, all airlines can do this, as they'll usually only fly when enough passengers have booked. I've heard (reliable source) of a Qantas international flight being "overbooked" after their luggage was taken. They had to pay for another flight, however, I assume they got their money back on the initial flight.
Either way, delays, overbookings etc can happen with all airlines. You just don't expect it when you pay for the more expensive fares (and I'd like to believe they happen far less with the more expensive fares.)
I'm off to bed. Night bar! :wave:
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Hm I dont fly that ofter - well europe is rather small
-had no real bad experiences yet
my baggage vanished on one flight from berlin to lisbon via amsterdam but the day after it was delivered to our hotel - so not much strees we just had to say that it didn't arrive with our flight
Hm I dont fly that ofter - well europe is rather small
-had no real bad experiences yet
my baggage vanished on one flight from berlin to lisbon via amsterdam but the day after it was delivered to our hotel - so not much strees we just had to say that it didn't arrive with our flight
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It wasn't so much the issue with flights, more the way I was treated by customer service
well it depends on the flight - inside germany - i fly as cheap as i can get it (if i fly)
for in europe travels well cheap to medium budget is ok
for everything out of the continent i want a somewhat better airline - 9 hour flights with cheap airlines are a pain
but then again i don't fly much
for in europe travels well cheap to medium budget is ok
for everything out of the continent i want a somewhat better airline - 9 hour flights with cheap airlines are a pain
but then again i don't fly much
crab juice me, please...
Just got an email saying we could leave 2 hours early for labor day and thought "yay! out at 1:30!"
Then I realized, no, jaygun, you come in at 6:30. 6:30 + 6 = 12:30.
:jig:
Just got an email saying we could leave 2 hours early for labor day and thought "yay! out at 1:30!"
Then I realized, no, jaygun, you come in at 6:30. 6:30 + 6 = 12:30.
:jig:
Gonna start chopping up 5 onions, 10 peppers, mucho garlic and 3-4 chili and fry that up with 2,5kg of minced meat. Somehow not looking forward to it. And I'm already stressed out after the shopping today...
*Grabs a bottle of wine for company*
*Grabs a bottle of wine for company*
and one hour to go... :tongue:
also *crab juice* not the other kind... try it. It's way better than that nasty yellow/green stuff y'all drink all the time.
also *crab juice* not the other kind... try it. It's way better than that nasty yellow/green stuff y'all drink all the time.
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