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Aer Lingus Dublin - Orlando

  • 26-09-2008 09:50AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭


    I'm flying to Orlando on 1st October. Anyone know if they are using the more modern A330 on this route?. 9 hours without a seat back tv might be a bit hellish.:(:(

    Corm500


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Search boards there are many threads on it at this stage

    There is a slight chance you will have a new aircraft, but a similar chance you won't.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Celtic Mech


    corm500 wrote: »
    I'm flying to Orlando on 1st October. Anyone know if they are using the more modern A330 on this route?. 9 hours without a seat back tv might be a bit hellish.:(:(

    Corm500

    All things going to schedule and no major changes in the mean time, the aircraft that is due to operate the 121 on 1st october is EI-EWR


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭corm500


    That is one of the older ones isnt it.......nooooo!!!!!

    No inflight entertainment for me then. Better get dosed up on sleeping tabs.:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Celtic Mech


    Its no big deal. Just bring a book or something with you. 9 hours without watchin your own personal tv...i reckon you will survive. Sure you will be able to watch whatever movie(s) are on the screens overhead anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭corm500


    Im not the worlds greatest flyer, I need everything I can to distract me from the fact that I am 35000 feet in the air:D:D


    Corm500


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭alpha2zulu


    Of course if you really wanted to guarantee youreslf a PTV, you could go for the 250euro each way upgrade to get the Premier cabin with economy service:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Fabio


    haha!

    Didn't know EI fly to Orlando...is this recent or is OP using connecting flights?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭corm500


    No its direct Dublin-Orlando


    Corm500


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,466 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    alpha2zulu wrote: »
    Of course if you really wanted to guarantee youreslf a PTV, you could go for the 250euro each way upgrade to get the Premier cabin with economy service:D
    I was not aware such a service existed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭GeturGun


    alpha2zulu wrote: »
    250euro each way
    Bramble wrote: »
    you are just paying for the comfy seat.

    €250 each way?!?!? Wow, hardly seems worth it just for the better seat (or is it??!?!?!) Although, maybe if I arrived at airport tired after my holiday (and by some minor miracle actually having €250 to spare at the end of a holiday ;)) I would be tempted.

    Bramble, any idea what the general uptake rate of this 'upgrade' is????Just curious


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭positivenote


    hi guys, sorry to hijack this thread, but im just wondering if anyone has heard of a similiar deal on flights to San Fran by any chance. We are travelling out on june 15th (not yet booked) on our honeymoon and it would be a nice touch to avail of the business class seating without all the frills for an extra 250 or so euro? Or even has anyone experienced anyway of upgrading cheap when you check in?
    any info, please post:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭FoldedShirt


    hi guys, sorry to hijack this thread, but im just wondering if anyone has heard of a similiar deal on flights to San Fran by any chance. We are travelling out on june 15th (not yet booked) on our honeymoon and it would be a nice touch to avail of the business class seating without all the frills for an extra 250 or so euro? Or even has anyone experienced anyway of upgrading cheap when you check in?
    any info, please post:)

    All long-haul routes with the exception of Orlando offer business class service. To San Francisco, if you want the seat, you'll have to pay the Premier fare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭positivenote


    yeah, i was thinking that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Not too sure about Aer Lingus, but on Delta/US Airways/Continental you can upgrade at checkin to business class for a few hundred Euro- Its been a wihile since I've flown over but it could be between 200 and 600 euro.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    hi guys, sorry to hijack this thread, but im just wondering if anyone has heard of a similiar deal on flights to San Fran by any chance. We are travelling out on june 15th (not yet booked) on our honeymoon and it would be a nice touch to avail of the business class seating without all the frills for an extra 250 or so euro? Or even has anyone experienced anyway of upgrading cheap when you check in?
    any info, please post
    :)


    heh heh, ya got to get in line behind all the liggers and chancers and the lookin over-the -rim-of -the-glasses-fcukers-who always-want something-for-nothing.


    And there's many:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭pm.


    corm500 wrote: »
    That is one of the older ones isnt it.......nooooo!!!!!

    No inflight entertainment for me then. Better get dosed up on sleeping tabs.:(

    how old are the old planes ? my wife would like to go to Orlando this year but im freaked about flying, damn Helios :mad: scared me for life


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭alpha2zulu


    how old are the old planes ?

    The oldest of the EI A330 fleet only dates back to 1994/1995, which in aircraft terms isent particularly old at all. The mainstays of the Delta and Continental transatlantic fleet, the 757 and 767 are largely hitting at least 20 years old for example.Aslong as they are maintained correctly (which they all are btw) you sholuld have no qualms about flying on aircraft of this age.

    I'd take a 25 year old 757 with a guaranteed PTV over a 10 year old A330 with drop down t.v's anyday...(Hint to EI, get a move on updateing the rest of the fleet!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭pclancy


    pm. wrote: »
    how old are the old planes ? my wife would like to go to Orlando this year but im freaked about flying, damn Helios :mad: scared me for life

    The Helios incident isnt something that should put anyone off flying, there are still thousands of 737 classics in the air every day without any issues flying all over the world, It was due to the crew not configuring the pressurisation system properly and then suffering from hypoxia before they could fix the problem (a switch in the wrong setting :( ) it wasnt a defect with the plane, it was human error.

    Aer Lingus havent had an accident in a LONG time and their fleet is very well maintained. The A330 fleet worldwide has been extremely safe, only 2 as far as i can wiki have ever gone down and neither was in passenger service. A plane might seem old compared to a car but its flying hours are whats used to measure its age and those planes are probably only a third though their lives if even. They're heavily inspected in regular, organised intervals and checked over before every single flight.

    On the drive to the airport you're thousands of times more likely to have an accident :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭positivenote


    slightly off topic guys, but if the chance of an upgrade on our direct flight to and from san fran - dublin what at least are the chances of getting a plane that has personal tvs as opposed to the ones that hang from the ceiling?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Alicano


    Bramble-is it a silly question to ask where you work!?:p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭pm.


    pclancy wrote: »
    The Helios incident isnt something that should put anyone off flying,

    On the drive to the airport you're thousands of times more likely to have an accident :)

    that accident happened about 6 months after i flew with them, there where 2 helios jets heading for dublin we where suppose to take off 1st but after waiting an hour the other plane set off for dublin. when i looked out the window on the far side i could see 4 mechanics taking a part from the engine :eek: when we went to take off there was a really loud noise from that engine scared the sh!t out of me. the rest of the flight was ok but when we went to land at dublin " that low i could see pebbles on the ground " we had to go up again then the pilot announced that there was a thenical problem with the landing gear. you could hear a pin drop on the plane, then there was a loud bang and the plane started to shake as we made our descent, the scariest moment of my life. but i have to thank aerlingus i went to Switzerland last march and the flight attended was brilliant she sat beside me and explained all the noises and introduced me to the pilots talk about going the extra mile in work.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 wquinn


    All things going to schedule and no major changes in the mean time, the aircraft that is due to operate the 121 on 1st october is EI-EWR


    I am flying to Orlando on the 28th march ,would you have any idea what plane is scehduled for this time .
    Will they use the new EI-EAV on this route ?or what route will that fly just curious


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    My sources suggest EAV will be used on JFK and KORD initiallly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    get urself an nintendo Ds - great to pass hours of fun!! and yes for all ages, not just for the kids


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 wquinn


    My sources suggest EAV will be used on JFK and KORD initiallly
    which ei- usually operates to mcoy thanks for the repliesz


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