jborosara said:
We are trying to decide which is more important - We generally fly Delta as the Atlanta hub is fairly accessible to us - last year we had NO problems going through customs in Atlanta and flights were right on time.
This year we are considering a swap to American Airlines/US Air - we'd go through CLT - but I am concerned about bad reports I continually hear about service on AA -
We'd have to take a regional jet to get to CLT (I don't like to fly - really don't like the little planes) - BUT a first class fare is the same as economy on Delta... so it's a HUGE price differential
thoughts?
One more opinion here - we've only flown Delta a few times and in honesty, we had no problems. That said, AA is our carrier of preference and we've never had a problem with them either as far as routes, crews or service.
AA does seem to cancel flights but they will usually work with you on making suitable arrangements when this happens and I think a lot of those changes happen to us because we usually fly in the soft shoulder season.
The thing is, I often read about DTA cancelling flights, too, so I think that is a phenomenon of today's air travel in general and it will happen more based on your frequency of travel. These days we only seem to fly about twice a year but we still end up with at least one cancellation a year requiring rebooking.
I can't speak for anyone else but if First/Business (I don't think AA actually offers a First Class to St. Maarten?) is less expensive on AA than Coach on DTA, and assuming the price difference includes your regional air flight, there'd be no contest for me - I'd take AA Business in a heartbeat. But that's just me and keep in mind, I'm one of the few who isn't a huge fan of JB and will only book them if they're the only n/s available to me. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
