airline opinion

[rm]

Frontier Airlines -- yay or nay?

Are they on time?
Is their customer service tolerable if shit goes wrong?
How onerous is the stopping in Wisconsin on the way to the West Coast?
Newer planes or other airlines' cast-offs repainted? (um, yeah, I care -- it has to do with the pressurization and my sinuses; newer planes mean less in-flight pain for me).

It's like a $200 difference on a trip for Patty and I, so I care, but if it's going to be hell, I'll just spend the money (I won't, for example, fly Spirit for cost savings).

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[rm.livejournal.com]

This would be over Labor Day weekend. Are there thunderstorms then? I don't even know!

[mellacita.livejournal.com]

It's peak storm season for tornados and severe thunderstorms, yeah. But those at their worst are not as disruptive as snow and ice. You'd maybe/probably? be okay. I have been stuck overnight in Columbus and Cleveland at that time of year due to thunderstorms in Chicago, though. But not often.

As for the plane age, most airlines describe their fleets on the websites, and when you shop for flights you can often see the description of the equipment. That and judicious application of google should tell you a lot about whether the plane itself is likely to give you trouble.

If you do fly with them, try flying earlier in the day, maybe? That way if there are disruptions there are more options later in the day.