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  #1  
Old December 3rd, 2003, 01:45 PM
Larry
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I recently took Gulf Air Flights from London to Abu Dhabi, where I stayed a few
days, then on to Kathmandu. Repeated flight cancellations and, at the last, an
overbooked flight for which I was denied travel, meant that I missed two major
Nepal festivals. I gather that Gulf Air routinely overbooks their flights, so
CAVEAT EMPTOR. Becasue of the overbooking, I was given hotel accommodation and
meals and a $250 voucher (good only on full-fare flights on Gulf Air, so
worthless to me). I would have been far better off paying more to fly a more
reliable airline and will not fly Gulf Air again.

Larry in Bangkok
seaotter6 at aol dot com
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Old December 4th, 2003, 06:52 AM
justme
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Default Gulf Air - a company to avoid

you must have been a white man..they are only interested in muslims..ran
into the same thing in Colombo Sri Lanka on Emrits air..
"Larry" wrote in message
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I recently took Gulf Air Flights from London to Abu Dhabi, where I stayed

a few
days, then on to Kathmandu. Repeated flight cancellations and, at the

last, an
overbooked flight for which I was denied travel, meant that I missed two

major
Nepal festivals. I gather that Gulf Air routinely overbooks their

flights, so
CAVEAT EMPTOR. Becasue of the overbooking, I was given hotel

accommodation and
meals and a $250 voucher (good only on full-fare flights on Gulf Air, so
worthless to me). I would have been far better off paying more to fly a

more
reliable airline and will not fly Gulf Air again.

Larry in Bangkok
seaotter6 at aol dot com



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Old December 4th, 2003, 12:32 PM
Orzowei
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Default Gulf Air - a company to avoid

Whereīs the problem? I lived exactly the same with Lufthansa and donīt think
itīs a company to avoid. In fact all companies overbook their flights,
thatīs the real world. Other carriers, from developing countries mainly,
wonīt solve accomodatio, no hotel, voucher or even meals, nothing, of course
cheaper.

"justme" escribió en el mensaje
news:vYzzb.299374$275.1037645@attbi_s53...
you must have been a white man..they are only interested in muslims..ran
into the same thing in Colombo Sri Lanka on Emrits air..
"Larry" wrote in message
...
I recently took Gulf Air Flights from London to Abu Dhabi, where I

stayed
a few
days, then on to Kathmandu. Repeated flight cancellations and, at the

last, an
overbooked flight for which I was denied travel, meant that I missed two

major
Nepal festivals. I gather that Gulf Air routinely overbooks their

flights, so
CAVEAT EMPTOR. Becasue of the overbooking, I was given hotel

accommodation and
meals and a $250 voucher (good only on full-fare flights on Gulf Air, so
worthless to me). I would have been far better off paying more to fly a

more
reliable airline and will not fly Gulf Air again.

Larry in Bangkok
seaotter6 at aol dot com





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Old December 4th, 2003, 01:44 PM
Dieter Aa
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"Orzowei" ...
Whereīs the problem? I lived exactly the same with Lufthansa and donīt

think
itīs a company to avoid. In fact all companies overbook their flights,
thatīs the real world. Other carriers, from developing countries mainly,
wonīt solve accomodatio, no hotel, voucher or even meals, nothing, of

course
cheaper.



You clearly missed the point.
The point is which criteria the companies apply when they have to select the
passengers who have to stay on the ground.
Do we agree that there are companies who apply some very dark criteria?
When there are overbookings, some companies clearly prefer muslims and
dislike other people, so they have to stay.
These criteria we in mostly label as "racist" isn't it ?

That's the point



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Old December 4th, 2003, 03:20 PM
Orzowei
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Default Gulf Air - a company to avoid

Racist? I have no information as Iīve never flown Gulf, but what surprises
is that the complaint from Larry comes against a company ranked four stars,
that is better that for instance Air France or Thai Airways. Of course I
missed the point as the poster never mentioned the racist issue, perhaps, us
western travellers are much used to be granted when travelling third world
countries. Too often somebody tends to generalize after a bad experience, as
a thread bellow regarding the old and dangerous planes run by Royal Air
Cambodge, if my information is not outdated and the company started again
operations after the bankrupted, the carrier was run those days by the
Malaysian Air System and even though there were not reported accidents since
1975, the you can think, what are they talking about?

"Dieter Aa" Dieter escribió en el mensaje
...

"Orzowei" ...
Whereīs the problem? I lived exactly the same with Lufthansa and donīt

think
itīs a company to avoid. In fact all companies overbook their flights,
thatīs the real world. Other carriers, from developing countries mainly,
wonīt solve accomodatio, no hotel, voucher or even meals, nothing, of

course
cheaper.



You clearly missed the point.
The point is which criteria the companies apply when they have to select

the
passengers who have to stay on the ground.
Do we agree that there are companies who apply some very dark criteria?
When there are overbookings, some companies clearly prefer muslims and
dislike other people, so they have to stay.
These criteria we in mostly label as "racist" isn't it ?

That's the point





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Old December 5th, 2003, 12:13 PM
Jokertje
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Default Gulf Air - a company to avoid

Orzowei wrote:
Whereīs the problem? I lived exactly the same with Lufthansa and donīt think
itīs a company to avoid. In fact all companies overbook their flights,
thatīs the real world. Other carriers, from developing countries mainly,
wonīt solve accomodatio, no hotel, voucher or even meals, nothing, of course
cheaper.


Well, to be honest, Lufthansa is pretty crap on their African and Asian
flights service wise. Overall unfriendly staff, who wants you to be
seated (strapped down would even be more convenient)all flights. Air
France or Iberia have better service.
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Old December 5th, 2003, 02:40 PM
Dieter Aa
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"Jokertje" schreef in bericht
...
Orzowei wrote:
Whereīs the problem? I lived exactly the same with Lufthansa and donīt

think
itīs a company to avoid. In fact all companies overbook their flights,
thatīs the real world. Other carriers, from developing countries mainly,
wonīt solve accomodatio, no hotel, voucher or even meals, nothing, of

course
cheaper.


Well, to be honest, Lufthansa is pretty crap on their African and Asian
flights service wise. Overall unfriendly staff, who wants you to be
seated (strapped down would even be more convenient)all flights. Air
France or Iberia have better service.



Jokertje

Sorry to disagree
Lufthansa is among the best for service and customer friendliness

Air France you say ?
Rude, that's the correct word to summarise the behaviour of the Air France
personnel
Dirty, thats the perfect word to summarise the status of their airplanes


Heb je al eens met de nieuwe Swiss gevlogen ?
De Zwitsers zijn de wereldkampioenen in smalle zetels en kleine beenruimte
Bovendien moet je sinds kort op elke Swiss vlucht betalen voor een
frisdrank, een sandwich, een water
Never seen before, 2 EUR for a glass of water
That's the new Swiss

Thai Airwais is still the best.
Singapore or Malaysia can't beat them


 




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