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Specifically, San Francisco to New York?

I have been flying American Airlines flagship first recently, which is generally pretty aged. Flagship business with the sliding door is exciting, and I will try that in November. I know that plenty of people are die hard Polaris or delta one, and so I would like to hear from them as to which is better. But, in particular, I would like to hear from people who have flown in multiple different products as opposed to just One that they really liked once, or someone who can really vouch for, say, Polaris, because they’ve flown only Polaris 50 times in the last year.

I don’t care about points, I don’t care about status.

I know that one loophole in all of this is taking an international flight from Asia that stops in San Francisco on its way to New York, but unfortunately those cannot be boarded in San Francisco, and I am not interested in buying a ticket from JFK to Seoul via SFO and skip lagging when I get home. If you thought of that too, two points for hufflepuff!

Thanks for perspective!

We have a 5 hour layover in Heathrow. We will NOT be leaving the airport. It will be my wife and I along with our 18 year old daughter. We arrive in Terminal 5 and depart Terminal 3. This will be a Saturday and times are approx 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

i have a flight from dublin to heathrow (aer lingus) to toronto (British airways). I’ll have to go from T2 to T5. I have an indian passport, irish residence permit & hold US & Canada visa. Just very confused whether I need a transit visa? Heard the rules changed recently. Please help

I’m considering between Air Europa and Iberia for flights between Madrid and Lisbon/Porto (1h15m). Air Europa costs half the price of Iberia. Should I choose Air Europa?

Given the flight duration, I don’t care about in-flight service. My main concern is not losing my checked baggage and experiencing significant delay (both flight and baggage). From what I read, both airlines seem to experience baggage loss/delay often, and neither seems better than the other in this respect, even though Iberia seems to be a superior airline overall.

Experienced international traveler but getting older now and a very bad car accident 40 years ago has left me with issues, but my back on long haul is the most concern. If you had $7500 to spend what itinerary would you go with if you were me? Additionally, was there a specific reason your itinerary departed LAX/SFO/etc.? In a perfect world there’s a lie flat for that price but I can’t find it.

Looking at flying Jeddah to Riyadh on 30. December in the late afternoon to evening with checked luggage. Have an international flight to catch from Riyadh at 02:00 a.m. on 31.12 and would prefer not to spend half a day at the airport. I see that Flynas and Flyadeal have flights pretty much every hour of the day. But does anyone know how reliable they generally are? For peace of mind, at what time would you book a flight? 18:00? 19:00? 20:00?

Hi everyone!

My partner and I are travelling from Ljubljana to Glasgow with a connection in London, both flights with easyJet. We have two separate bookings: Ljubljana → London and London → Glasgow.

During check-in, we entered our passport details for the Ljubljana → London flight, but we didn't enter them for the London → Glasgow flight. We have already checked in and have boarding passes for both flights; our passport numbers are shown on the boarding passes of the first flight (LJ-LDN) but not the second one (from London to Glasgow).

Since London → Glasgow is a domestic UK flight, do we need to provide our passport details separately for the second flight? Or is it enough that we entered them for the first flight? I’m so confused and I really don’t want us to have problems. Please help!:)

So I've flown... infrequently, over the years, to put it mildly. But I've always been a big dude and, until this latest trip, I've never been asked to purchase an extra seat. In this most recent case, however, I was shifted to a (7 hours) later flight because the one I was booked on was already filled to capacity.

If them's the rules, them's the rules, but I was wondering if others have dealt with this and, if so, what you feel is the best way is to deal with the situation. Is it best to go ahead and buy the extra seat upfront? And, if so, is there a way to indicate that you're purchasing an extra seat for yourself, as opposed to having another passenger along?

ETA: I see some folks seem to have misinterpreted the purpose of the post. I'm not asking if I should expect to have to buy an extra seat based on my size (clearly my size is such that I may be asked to do so, given my recent experience). I'm asking what the most convenient method is for dealing with having to purchase an extra seat, as I saw no option to try to buy more than one seat when I initially purchased my tickets.

Cross posted from r/UnitedAirlines because the app recommended.

CUN-IAD-BOS 03 Oct with a 1h 39m connection.

Did my wife and I set a new connection speed record last night?

Inbound aircraft delay put us leaving Cancún over an hour late.

Nice flight to IAD. Touchdown and taxi. There’s still a shot. The FA’s make announcements and have those of us with tight connections hold up our hands so everyone can see to let us all off first.

Oh no, our gate is occupied. Tik tok. Tik tok.

Taxi to gate, C3?. Yay! If this was D there would be no chance. Oh no, nobody to move the jet bridge yet. Tik tok. Tik tok.

Finally the seatbelt sign goes off. Start the clock. It seemed like the entire plane did the right thing and tight connections got off. Thank you fellow passengers.

Race to immigration.. CBP officers at every booth getting us through quickly. Nice! Thank you CBP.

No checked bags, nothing to declare. Thank goodness. Some who were in front of us are now standing and staring at an unmoving baggage return. Tik tok.

Get upstairs and check the board. C28. #%#@. There is no way. But then, beep beep. Enter the real heroes of the story. Two airport workers on a golf cart. “Hey man, can we get a ride? C28 and it already boarded.” You guys probably broke several speed rules, but omg was that a fast trip. Horn blaring, people moving. “It’s still open! It’s still open!” I think you two were as excited about it as we were.

Gate agent scans us in, we board and sit down. Whew!

23 minutes. We disembarked, cleared customs, travelled the entire C terminal, and boarded. All in 23 minutes.

Sometimes everything and everyone just works out right. I know you wont see this but thank you to all who made it happen. Sleeping in my own bed was amazing.

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