Best Airline You Have Travelled On?

Jim Davis wrote:

"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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irwell wrote:

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PANAM in the sixties was VERY good.

And expensive (for the 60's)


Maybe that's why it was expensive.



A lot of the cost had to do with goverment regulation.
Service was how you chose among carriers that cost the same equally high
price.

Carol Eskra wrote:

Years ago I flew from Ca. to Hong Kong first class on North West. The
service was outstanding and the food was excellent. Caviar, wine and
cheeses from around the world, filet mignon. Enjoyed the upper lounge on
the 747.


Must be BA, no doubt.

My friend went BA on a 2 week holiday to Belize. BA lost all luggage. It
was returned only AFTER he arrived back home 2 weeks later.

/Nisse

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:19:38 -0700, (Rail Fan) wrote:

Hi!- That would be Pan Am 747's in the 1970's. They were 'the world's
most experienced airline'. How about breakfast between SFO and LAX in
First Class? And real food & tableware in coach. Also TWA's L-1011's
were great before the Icahn era.

Yes, the Lockheed 1011's were great, so was TWA for many years
before they started going downhill.

"TMOliver" wrote in message
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"Larry in AZ" wrote in message
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Waiving the right to remain silent, (Carol Eskra) said:

Years ago I flew from Ca. to Hong Kong first class on North West. The
service was outstanding and the food was excellent. Caviar, wine and
cheeses from around the world, filet mignon. Enjoyed the upper lounge on
the 747.

Many years ago, I flew American Airlines 747s from LAX to BOS on a fairly
regular basis. They served meals as good as that, and you could call the
night before and order a "special meal" which could be one of several
choices, if you didn't want whatever the two meal choices were. We also
enjoyed the upper lounge, where they had a bar/lounge setup with FAs
serving
drinks.

Oh... did I mention that this was in COACH..?

Things have changed. You now have to pay $3,000 for what I got in the
70's
for $100.

A. You're mistaken as to the price. It was more than $100. A good bit
more. As for the meal, the last time I looked, AA does give me a nibble
between LAX and BOS, admittedly not as "good" as the coach meal of the
70s.

Not sure about BOS-LAX, but HNL-SFO/LAX was $110 in Coach and $144 in First
Class as recently as 1969.

B. You do recall that dirty little word "inflation". .....And I can buy
coach and first class RTs between LAX and BOS for a good bit less than
$3,000. In fact the non-refundable economy ticket is, adjusted for
inflation, less today than in the 70s, actually a good bit less than the
"standby half price ticket" from SFO to DFW in my drawer. Of course,
being in dress blues, that trip was upgraded to First, with champagne &
prime rib carved in the aisle on DL.

That's why flying is so much less pleasant. Folks will select "cheap, but
Greyhoundish" instead of "costly luxury" nearly every time.

TMO

Jeff wrote:
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Not sure about BOS-LAX, but HNL-SFO/LAX was $110 in Coach and $144 in First
Class as recently as 1969.

Was that eash way or roundtrip?


What cost $110 in 1969 would cost $648.90 in 2007.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

I found a roundtrip for next month (kayak search) on NW for $373
roundtrip SFO-HNL. UA and AA are $380.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:44:27 -0700, "Mr. Travel" wrote:

Jeff wrote:
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Not sure about BOS-LAX, but HNL-SFO/LAX was $110 in Coach and $144 in First
Class as recently as 1969.

Was that eash way or roundtrip?


What cost $110 in 1969 would cost $648.90 in 2007.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

I found a roundtrip for next month (kayak search) on NW for $373
roundtrip SFO-HNL. UA and AA are $380.

And that's the point. It cost me $750 to fly to Europe in 1970. That
would be something like $3000 today in economy. The good old days of
the CAB.

"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Jeff wrote:
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Not sure about BOS-LAX, but HNL-SFO/LAX was $110 in Coach and $144 in
First Class as recently as 1969.


Was that eash way or roundtrip?

One way fares - walk-up, refundable. With meals, etc. And when Continental
started service, "K" class (no meals) was $85.00

What cost $110 in 1969 would cost $648.90 in 2007.

Compare that with unrestricted "Y" today and you'll see the fares are quite
comparable.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

I found a roundtrip for next month (kayak search) on NW for $373 roundtrip
SFO-HNL. UA and AA are $380.

"Rail Fan" wrote in message
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Hi!- That would be Pan Am 747's in the 1970's. They were 'the world's
most experienced airline'. How about breakfast between SFO and LAX in
First Class? And real food & tableware in coach. Also TWA's L-1011's
were great before the Icahn era.

I can remember eating my way SFO-HNL on a Pan Am 707 in economy class in the
late '60's. and a 3 hour meal service Dallas-Honolulu on "747 Braniff
Place." I guess it really was a golden age. Flying was fun.