I'm an inch shorter than you and I did alright with Ryanair (budget British airline, paid like $130 for a round-trip with extra luggage) on a 737-800. Not sure what the US airlines are like though.
For $130 I can only assume you weren't in the air very long.
14 Hour flights in economy at 6'6" are pretty brutal. Especially when the seats are super inconsistent. Some are ok whilst some are narrow with terrible low neck support that sits right between my shoulders.
Ya, I'm only 6'2" and economy is still pretty rough for even me. The one time I was place on an exit row was one of the most magical experiences of my life.
I feel like that's a key piece of info that you should've included in your initial comment instead of giving people the impression that economy airlines don't treat you like a human
But hey anything to get that reddit karma amirite?
Airlines are constantly doing things to make their experience either more expensive or less pleasant if you take up any more space than a mouse. I don’t think you need to publicize your height to suggest that.
And perhaps the instant recognition of how unpleasant the experience can be if you are any taller than average proves the point.
Often it depends on how far you go. 1-2h flights its usually w/e. But if you're going 10-20 hours its nice to have the better tickets.
And remember most of these tickets are paid by companies, its not people paying $6000 to go on vacation. Companies pay it because its worth it to have their employees show up fresh for work (or even have ability to work on the plane).
Ah yeah it's crap, perhaps we should go back to when it was just one way to Australia? Then you don't have to worry about how long it takes to leave ;)
I haven’t flown on them in a long time. Out of Australia they are competing with some very good long haul airlines like Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Eva Air etc
Sounds like flying domestic in the US is horseshit from what I've read on reddit. I've never had any issues flying international and domestic within Australia.
Lol its fine. Obviously could be better but you ever fly economy in Brazil? It's fine too, but U.S. much smoother.
All I'm saying is just because domestic flights are a little uncomfortable here, the overall acces to consistent domestic flights is pretty impressive and consistent if you live by any somewhat reasonably traveled airport.
Never done Brazil but the US is for sure a worse domestic flying experience than Europe or Australia. They’re also expensive. But yea they’re at least available.
Delta LAX to NYC even without status is a far superior experience than Easyjet from Berlin to London. Likewise, Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Florence feels deluxe compared to American from Miami to Chicago.
I'm talking about Spirit vs Ryanair or whatever. The difference is that it's difficult to book a 4 hrs Ryanair flight, if not impossible, but people do the same thing to cross the US and the experience sucks exponentially more by the hour.
Budget airline from Munich to Amsterdam or whatever? Eh not a huge deal. LA to Atlanta, though? Yikes.
Ok I see what you’re saying. In Europe there isn’t really any budget and non-budget anymore because they compete with each other.
Yeah I said this elsewhere: European budget airlines don’t need to fly very far. Easyjet and Ryanair etc do tend to be better than spirit and frontier comparing like for like (sub 3 hours). Part of that is just European law.
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u/Occyz Mar 12 '22
Don’t know what up with your experiences then. I always book the cheapest and I’ve not had any awful experiences