Our flight to Madrid from Amsterdam was delayed by nearly two hours due to industrial strikes in France, which seem to be about as reliable a source of delay in Europe as snow is to O'Hare or fog is to SFO. At the end of the jetway just before the boarding door was a selection…
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This is the only blog I read daily. I'll check in on Boarding Area throughout the day to see if anything piques my interest, but I actually type this URL into the address bar every day. I'm so grateful that you're offering this POV since I'm also a Delta flyer. It's a combination of Delta being the airline my company uses, and really liking the airline. I don't use miles anyway since I "have to" qualify for Platinum or Diamond every year. Really...never used my miles on a trip for myself--ever. Family, friends, other people... Anyway, I booked this trip to outbound Air France the whole way and return on KLM. I just can't bring myself to get reduced MQM's. It's so rude. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks.
Discussion of Almodovar on One Mile at a Time? Where I usually expect to see praise for the latest Sandra Bullock comedy? What a day!
Hey Nick, nice report.:)
One more thing, you mistakenly entered destination as Amsterdam. It should be Madrid Barajas (MAD).
"I haven’t flown Iberia, but I’ve heard it described as something akin to the “Amtrak of the Skies.”"
I've heard it described as "the Delta of Europe".
Urgh, such elitist observations on all these travel blogs. Not everyone have so many miles/points to book award biz/first class. Some of us DO NOT fly for work, meaning, we have to pay out of our own pocket and HAVE TO fly a lot to earn status. Is there a blog for more down-to-earth flyers who fly economy usually?
And there are so many bad stereotypes on Air Europa or Iberia. C'mon, it's 2015. I took Air Europa JFK/MAD 5 yrs ago in economy--perfectly fine on A330. Meals were tasty. Free wine. Friendly service. New plane, seats and IFE. Much like DL A330 or B767. However, the return flight was canceled by Air Europa and I called them so they booked my friend and me on Iberia, which was an older A330--no IFE but there's live cam for takeoff. The food was great with real utensils, not plastic. And the blanket was large, thick and warm--much better than Delta's. Now Iberia has new planes or retrofitted the seats with IFE. So ya, for regular folks like me, the TATL economy class on Air Europa and Iberia was totally fine.
Business class on intra European flights is such a let down; bordering on scam: eonomy seats with the middle seat blocked out. Same kind of arrangement exists for Air France, among others. So, unless your client is paying, it just ain't worth it. As a side note, though, BA within Europe, from memory, have great leather seats in both cabins... and more space/pitch too than a lot of the other airlines - that's how it felt, anyway.
@neo74 unfortunately BA has enhanced that away, and now all seats except for bulkhead and exit row have 30" pitch, even "business" class.
I find Air Europa an airline that focuses just on the basics. My wife has used them several times to fly between Caracas and Amsterdam and they have some positive sides: mostly the price and the baggage limit: you can take two suitcases of 23 kg (50lbs) each. That already saves some money, especially when she's flying over pretty soon to come live with me (finally).
Luxury? Nah. Anything special? Nah. But they deliver my wife safely in my arms, so it's ok. It's somewhere in the middle of full-service carriers and the Ryanairs of this world. That they partner with KLM/AF is a mystery to me, I find KLM/AF a full-service airline. But then again, within Europe there's not much difference.
Air Europa airline won the first place in my personal ranking of airlines offering the worse service to its passengers!
I flew home with my whole family from Palma de Mallorca – I bought expensive tickets with a minimum transfer, as I was flying with my wife and three young children.
The Air Europa airline without warning has canceled our flight, although we have already registered it online the day before departure. Then, the airline changed our flight to other with two transfers (although we bought a flight with 1 transfer) on which it was impossible to catch a connecting flight. In the result: we were late and arrived home 16 hours later than planned. Moreover, these out-going actions of airlines have led to serious injury of my child and long-term moral damage for the whole family.
In addition, Air Europa has lost checked luggage, which I was looking by myself for a few days after arrival.
Unfortunately, choosing Air Europa, we have become victims of the airline, which not only provided absolutely no service, but also harmed the health of my family!
That’s why, if somebody will ask me: will you use Air Europa again? I will answer NEVER AGAIN!
And not recommended to you too!