# What's your favorite airline? Or don't you care which one you get? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544 "2001-09-09T18:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/21 "2001-09-10T14:15:16Z")
Midway Airlines was great for Raleigh until those bitches decided to declare bankruptcy. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/22 "2001-09-10T14:20:37Z")
Singapore Air rocks baby. Brand new planes, good food, on time, and they really understand the service thing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/23 "2001-09-10T14:32:09Z")
I used to love Alaska Airlines because they had great looking attendants and never crashed. That was a couple of years ago. The best service I ever received was on Quantas. My international friends in the know all say Singapore Air is unbeatable. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/24 "2001-09-10T14:43:58Z")
Disclaimer: I speak from limited experience - almost all my airline flights have been between Bradley International Airport in Connecticut and either Tampa or Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. However, for these short east-coast flights, I’ve used quite a few carriers (I book my flights through Yahoo Travel and usually take whatever’s cheapest). I don’t much care for Southwest’s cattle-call seating, but they’re very friendly and helpful, and their seats beat the hell out of Delta Express, which is usually another one of the cheapest options. I eventually came to the conclusion that Delta Express generally flies 737-200’s on the routes I fly, whereas Southwest uses 737-400’s, which are just a tad more comfortable (more legroom, etc.) I’m a big guy (6’1", 300 lbs) and while I still fit into a single coach-class seat, it’s always a rather tight fit, so any extra room is appreciated. I’ve flown US Air a couple of times, too, and they were pretty good (I think their Metrojet service covers the east-coast routes). ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/25 "2001-09-10T15:25:15Z")
American. Comair get points for customer service but I call them Comedy of Errors for a reason. So help me god, I will never fly Continental again (unless there is no other choice). ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/26 "2001-09-10T15:51:11Z")
I usually only fly in Canada or between Canada/US. For in Canada, I prefer **Westjet** (our version of Southwest) over the Air Canada monopoly. The odd time I have flown to the US it has been via Air Canada. Frankly, I have found their service to be terrible and getting worse. I don’t necessarily blame the Attendants/gate people since they are probably overworked, but my god. The last 4 times I have flown the aircraft have been filthy from the last flight… not even vacuumed before boarding the next flight. Kleenex laying around and crumbs everywhere. Yech. :rolleyes: The odd time I have flown other than AC or WJ, I would have to say I liked **Skyservice**. I believe they are more of a charter airline than anything else. Flew with them to the Dominican Republic. An absolutely fantastic meal and great service all around. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544/27 "2001-09-10T17:29:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grok \* > I fly on Southwest a lot because they have cattle call seating, and I hate having assigned seats! > > Seriously! > > Southwest is ALWAYS on time, largely because they don’t waste time catering the flight and monkeying around with seating the prima donna first class people ahead of others, etc. > . . . > > But as for getting you where you’re going on time and with minimal hassle, I don’t think Southwest can be beat. I agree. Living in LA, and travelling frequently to the Bay Area, I take Southwest whenever possible. I won’t say they’re _always_ on time, but they generally are, and compared to the other real choice at LAX, which is United, well there’s really no comparison. And if you can find a 3 year old to travel with you, you can preboard and take whatever seats you want! Plus you can fly into Oakland, and miss the hell that is SFO entirely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-airline-or-dont-you-care-which-one-you-get/80544.md?page=1)