Least unpleasant SF Bay Area - Boston nonstop economy flights?

SMS wrote:
VS wrote:
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SMS wrote:

I'd avoid Jet Blue at all costs, simply because the chances of
getting stuck are much higher than with United.

I find it amusing how some posters become very emotional
after one bad experience with an airline and start badmouthing
it at every opportunity instead of calmly considering the facts.

If it were just my experience then I wouldn't have posted that. But it
isn't. Numerous individuals, including at least one journalist, have
reported similar experiences.

Here's some more on the Jet Blue policy:

"http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10010725-60.html"

The difference is that if United cancels a flight, they'll get you
on another flight to your destination in a reasonable time period,
albeit perhaps in not the most direct way.

Except, of course, when they don't:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...1m13braun.html
http://www.untied.com/cgi/lookup.pl?...et.09.02,24348
http://www.untied.com/cgi/lookup.pl?...et.09.02,71023
http://www.untied.com/cgi/lookup.pl?...t.09.01,106413

etc etc etc.

Jetblue isn't perfect, but United is no paragon of virtue either.
Given a choice I'd fly Jetblue because they have a lot more leg room
(both regular seats and the extra cost extra space seats) and their
attitude is far less toxic.

R's,
John

On Mar 12, 1:15*pm, John Levine wrote:
The difference is that if United cancels a flight, they'll get you
on another flight to your destination in a reasonable time period,
albeit perhaps in not the most direct way.

Except, of course, when they don't:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...t.09.01,106413

etc etc etc.

Jetblue isn't perfect, but United is no paragon of virtue either.
Given a choice I'd fly Jetblue because they have a lot more leg room
(both regular seats and the extra cost extra space seats) and their
attitude is far less toxic.

R's,
John

Has anyone flown Virgin America on this route? I think they just
started SFO-BOS recently.

Thanks
Alin

In article ,
SMS wrote:

Numerous individuals, including at least one journalist, have
reported similar experiences.

Of course, many more have reported horrendous experiences with United.
There is an entire site devoted to this:

http://www.untied.com/

The difference is that if United cancels a flight, they'll get you on
another flight to your destination in a reasonable time period

... or deliver you to a different airport and dump you the

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...ver-usat_x.htm

... or, after a misconnect caused by their own late arrival, offer
to rebook you on a flight two days later:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7653460-post20.html

Stories like this are the reason why United is so hated. They are
second to last among US airlines in the American Customer Satisfaction
Index; only US Airways is worse.

Jet Blue can't do that because they
have so few flights between your origin and destination, often only one
per day, and subsequent day's flights are likely to be fully booked.

Even though JetBlue has few nonstops between the Bay Area and Boston,
they have plenty of flights connecting through JFK. Considering that
JetBlue cancels flights much less frequently than United, your chances
of getting to Boston and back are better on JetBlue than on United.

Jet Blue likes to boast about how they'll refund your fare if they can't
accommodate you

So does United. See Rule 260 in United's contract of carriage.

Really, is it a lot to expect that an airline will get you between point
A and point B at the agreed upon fare?

Every airline in the U.S., including both JetBlue and United, reserves
the right to refund your ticket if they cancel the flight and you do
not like the alternative transportation they offer.