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Originally Posted by Draug
I'm still waiting for a good sale priced fare to London this summer. I must leave here on July 28, but the return date is flexible. Somewhere between 7 and 21 days. I've probably only got one more week to wait for a sale before I face rising pricing due to an imminent departure date.
Air Transat is the cheapest right now, by quite a bit, at around $1050.
How is the flight experience on Airtransat? Is it horrible? I heard someone refer to them as cattle liners. Should I pay more for a different airline?
It will be me, my wife and our two children aged 4 and 2 going so comfort is an issue to a degree.
Thanks for any I sight!!!
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Hi Draug,
Well, horrible can be pretty relative. I mean, people aren't screaming out in pain during the flight or anything like that from what I've seen. Basically you'll just have very little leg or shoulder room.
How much discomfort that causes might be influenced by your size. I'm 6'2 around 200ish and I've lived through the Air Transat experience a few times. Yes it's a little more uncomfortable than other airlines but I certainly wouldn't call it unbearable or anything.
Your next best option looks to be around $700 more per passenger on Air Canada or Lufthansa, not chump change especially for a family of 4.
So I guess you have to weigh your relative comfort vs 2 grand or so. Think of it as your family getting paid $117/hour to endure the pain.
cM