NY : Delta vs Vrigin vs BA Vs AA

dseventy

Thanks all. Its good to see Delta getting some good reviews (later in the thread anyway)... they go into JFK and their times are better....

decisions decisions...

D70

Obviously_the_best

Just to point out, for getting to Manhattan, JFK is actually worse than Newark IMO.

Mr_Wang

£400+ to NYC, isn't anyone else thinking that's expensive :cool:

Nick_C

At those prices, I would probably go with AA. Yes the staff are rude and the food is just about edible, but the seats are comfortable, the IFE is OK, but best of all the seating config on the 777 is 2-5-2 and you can reserve your seat when you book.

You can check airline reviews at https://www.airlinequality.com

richardw

Mr_Wang wrote: »

£400+ to NYC, isn't anyone else thinking that's expensive :cool:

relative to what sort of price then?

duchy

Mr_Wang wrote: »

£400+ to NYC, isn't anyone else thinking that's expensive :cool:

For a non stop from London nowadays ?
Nope -Not mega cheap but not expensive either.
(Sadly the days of £200 return in the low season are long gone)

Mr_Wang

richardw wrote: »

relative to what sort of price then?

I think I usually pay in the region of £300 or less, I know the £199's are long gone, but just 2 years ago I paid something like £389 LHR - LAX return.
£400+ for a 7 hour jolly seems really expensive.

duchy

Nick_C wrote: »

At those prices, I would probably go with AA. Yes the staff are rude and the food is just about edible, but the seats are comfortable, the IFE is OK, but best of all the seating config on the 777 is 2-5-2 and you can reserve your seat when you book.

You can check airline reviews at https://www.airlinequality.com

Not so much rude as geriatric and a bit disinterested.
(The long service staff get the pick of the routes and like transatlantic as they can do their hours over fewer flights and as the unions are strong they have no incentive to give good service-they'd have to murder a passenger (and then only a first class one) to get fired ! I've seen some notable exceptions who've given great service though. I find AA have the most comfy seats but Delta crew (although also unionized) give the nicest service.

Virgin crew are a bit hit and miss -I've seen some real school girl petulence at times.....and my favorite blonde airline moment was the Virgin trolly dolly who came up to the Nigerian Clergyman seated next to me and trilled "Are you the Hindu meal?" Unsurprisingly...he wasn't :rotfl:

I like AA for the frequency of their flights....one time three of us were flying home on a 9pm flight .......and they were overbooked - we volunteered and got $600 each in vouchers for the next trip and flew 2 hours later (hardly a hardship to fly at 11pm instead of 9pm on an overnight)

duchy

Mr_Wang wrote: »

I think I usually pay in the region of £300 or less, I know the £199's are long gone, but just 2 years ago I paid something like £389 LHR - LAX return.
£400+ for a 7 hour jolly seems really expensive.

That was two years ago - try costing it now.
Most people who last flew transatlantic a couple of years ago suffer sticker shock when they check prices now.

That said -I'm seeing Delta for £390 with netflights for the OP's dates so a little cheaper. Only other way that would be cheaper would be to fly out to Dublin first and then a seperate ticket DUB JFK comes to £358 for all flights but the Ryanair bag charges negate the saving.

Caz3121

Mr_Wang wrote: »

I think I usually pay in the region of £300 or less, I know the £199's are long gone, but just 2 years ago I paid something like £389 LHR - LAX return.
£400+ for a 7 hour jolly seems really expensive.

Which airline do you normally fly with - the Delta £390 flight is made up of an actual fare of less than £50 with over £350 being "taxes and fees" - which include the magic "fuel surcharge"
BA also charge over £350 for taxes and fees so, unless you start from outside the UK, sub £300 is not going to be realistic