US Airways

irishgirl19

Anyone have any experiences with these? Flying to Canada via Charlotte this summer and returning via Philadelphia. What is the in flight entertainment like. Will I have to check bags when I'm connecting. Thanks

ProudDUB

If all your flights are on the same booking, your bags will be checked through to your final destination.

jaymcg91

I've been told they're ancient planes - don't quote me on that though. My friend said last year it was a drop down TV in the aisles instead of seatback screens .

BuffyBot

It really depends on the aircraft. Mostly out of Dublin it is the 757/767's, however,which do not have individual screens in economy.

irishgirl19

Aww. Wish I hadve paid the extra for air Canada now

BuffyBot

Wouldn't make much difference if you were flying them out of Dublin. Air Canada's flights are operated by Air Canada rouge, their "vacation" offshoot. They don't provide individual entertainment either

braddun

you have to buy food on the American leg

free food on international leg

gets some bad reviews


there may be no inflight movies on American leg


the good thing you should arrive in same terminal as you leave from on next flight

if you fly aerlingus

you will think they are good

give yourself 2 hours or more in Dublin to go through us customs

don't wait at duty free go to usa pre clearance as its slow

when checking in your bags find out where to collect them they should go directly to Canada you might have to do customs there as well,

johnire

Sorry to say this but I've only one word for them .....dire.
We took a flight with them from New York to Dublin and I actually thought it was being filmed as some sort of joke. It was absolute chaos...the crew were so rude I just couldn't put into words.
I actually lodged a complaint after the flight but just got all the usual waffle about improving customer service back in an email.
All I can say is don't expect much!!

irishgirl19 wrote: »

Anyone have any experiences with these? Flying to Canada via Charlotte this summer and returning via Philadelphia. What is the in flight entertainment like. Will I have to check bags when I'm connecting. Thanks

irishgirl19

Thanks, not really looking forward to it now. Its a 7 hour layover each way too :eek: we paid 200 deposit with travel agent. Im considering just losing the deposit and booking air canada online myself. I flew with them to canada via london last year and the flights had backseat tvs and they were great to fly with. From what I can gather US airways just seems like a transatlantic ryanair.thanks for your replies

tannytantans

I flew US Airways in August and after reading reviews about it I was dreading the flight. But, honestly, it was grand (we flew Dublin - Charlotte, then on to Orlando). There were no seat back TVs but we knew this in advance so we were prepared with books and a few movies on iPad/ phone. I actually slept for a lot of the journey so didn't even need these. Food was fine, typical airline food and I found the cabin crew to be fine. Neither of us are particularly tall so we didn't notice any problems with legroom. On our return flight we actually had a newer plane with individual TVs which was a treat since we weren't expecting it.

coylemj

johnire wrote: »

Sorry to say this but I've only one word for them .....dire.

Darren Clarke tweeted this on July 6th to his 260K followers, pretty strong stuff when you consider how many different airlines he must have flown on....

In all my years of flying I've never come across a more rude/unhelpful/arrogant set of employees than @USAirways.

BuffyBot

I've flown US Airways before. It is what it is..bring your own entertainment and you'll be fine . The service isn't all that worse then their other North American competitors apart from that.

Rowley Birkin QC

Just back from Vegas with US Airways. Was also dreading it. It was grand. Had two seats to myself on both transatlantic legs, 45 min delay on the PHL to LV leg but other than that no complaints.

endofrainbow

johnire wrote: »

Sorry to say this but I've only one word for them .....dire.
We took a flight with them from New York to Dublin and I actually thought it was being filmed as some sort of joke. It was absolute chaos...the crew were so rude I just couldn't put into words.
I actually lodged a complaint after the flight but just got all the usual waffle about improving customer service back in an email.
All I can say is don't expect much!!

US Airways don't fly from NY to Dublin - was it AA by any chance?

Flew with them in September from PHL to Dublin and the aircraft was a brand new Airbus with AVOD. food was good for airline food and we were all offered complimentary wine with meal

munchkin_utd

endofrainbow wrote: »

US Airways don't fly from NY to Dublin - was it AA by any chance?

Flew with them in September from PHL to Dublin and the aircraft was a brand new Airbus with AVOD. food was good for airline food and we were all offered complimentary wine with meal

mad how the standard of service and aircraft varys with the same airline.
How can you find out in advance what aircraft you'll be allocated for a US airlines flight?
To be honest 6 / 7 hours is not that long so between eating / sleeping and reading a couple of articles on the ipad/ kindle (or a film on the ipad) - you dont really need a world beating entertainment system built into the seat in front - but you do need to know to be prepared in advance.

The grumbles about service/ entertainment facilites in my opinion seems to be overblown, at least if you paid a few euro less than €400 return which is what my sister got for Dublin to Los Angles the year before last with Us Airways - and I presume others have also chosen US airways for their price rather than an expectation of top of the range pampering en route.

I'm possibly too used to having to be self sufficient with 2 toddlers, but you learn to bring your own entertainment (and food, and other supplies) on trains and planes and ferries to not rely on what the service provider may (or may not) have.

endofrainbow

munchkin_utd wrote: »

mad how the standard of service and aircraft varys with the same airline.
How can you find out in advance what aircraft you'll be allocated for a US airlines flight?

The airlines' websites shows which planes operate on which routes but do bear in mind that aircraft can be changed at any time for *operational* reasons but it gives you a good indication.

zagmund

Just sayin' . . . I don't get the obsession with in flight entertainment. I mean, it's grand and all, but a couple of hours reading a book or a magazine or something instead of watching the latest movie isn't the end of the world.

I would be more interested in things like the end to end timing for connecting flights, transfer options at the intermediate airport, etc . . . than whether or not there was a 5" telly on the seat in front of me.

z

irishgirl19

Ah I booked it too hastily just for the option of paying a deposit with it. With the price of flights its hard to get over 1200 up in a lump sum. US worked out the same price as air canada with deposit that travel agent gets (100 each)
The flight route and travel time is actually more hassle with us airways.
Ah well ,hindsight is 2020,lesson learned I guess

ProudDUB

zagmund wrote: »

Just sayin' . . . I don't get the obsession with in flight entertainment. I mean, it's grand and all, but a couple of hours reading a book or a magazine or something instead of watching the latest movie isn't the end of the world.

I would be more interested in things like the end to end timing for connecting flights, transfer options at the intermediate airport, etc . . . than whether or not there was a 5" telly on the seat in front of me.

z

You took the word right out of my mouth. I really don't get it either. I honestly don't get why it comes up here so often. I must be missing something.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop

Dont mean to derail the thread but heading across the pond on Delta 767-400 out of Dublin. Are these any better, anyone flown Delta? I do like the seatback TV, it passes the time!

Thanks

tricky D

zagmund wrote: »

Just sayin' . . . I don't get the obsession with in flight entertainment. I mean, it's grand and all, but a couple of hours reading a book or a magazine or something instead of watching the latest movie isn't the end of the world.

I would be more interested in things like the end to end timing for connecting flights, transfer options at the intermediate airport, etc . . . than whether or not there was a 5" telly on the seat in front of me.

z

Also the screen/picture quality and volume levels can leave a good bit to be desired.

Lima Golf

tricky D wrote: »

Also the screen/picture quality and volume levels can leave a good bit to be desired.

Kind of remind me of this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b3dYS7PcAG4

johnire

Yes...we flew via Philadelphia.

endofrainbow wrote: »

US Airways don't fly from NY to Dublin - was it AA by any chance?

Flew with them in September from PHL to Dublin and the aircraft was a brand new Airbus with AVOD. food was good for airline food and we were all offered complimentary wine with meal

bnt

Just off US723 to Philadelphia, waiting for my connection. Pretty good flight as these things go. The B767 is old but comfortable, I thought. The most serious complaint I've had on long haul flights before has been the seats, struts digging into my coccyx by mid flight, but not this time. I was seated next to a new mother and her baby who cried for about one minute in a flight of well over 7 hours, either sleeping or feeding the rest of the way. Cabin crew kept plying us with drinks and ice cream. We arrived 20 minutes early, too, plenty of time for connections. At Philadelphia it was straight on to the air side concourse, no checks, and free WiFi and power points for chargers. So far so good, then!

Rowley Birkin QC

bnt wrote: »

Just off US723 to Philadelphia, waiting for my connection. Pretty good flight as these things go. The B767 is old but comfortable, I thought. The most serious complaint I've had on long haul flights before has been the seats, struts digging into my coccyx by mid flight, but not this time. I was seated next to a new mother and her baby who cried for about one minute in a flight of well over 7 hours, either sleeping or feeding the rest of the way. Cabin crew kept plying us with drinks and ice cream. We arrived 20 minutes early, too, plenty of time for connections. At Philadelphia it was straight on to the air side concourse, no checks, and free WiFi and power points for chargers. So far so good, then!

Don't get a sandwich in the sports bar. Absolute muck. The asian/thai place is pretty good.

bnt

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Don't get a sandwich in the sports bar. Absolute muck. The asian/thai place is pretty good.

Had an extra hour, since my connection was delayed, so got a cheese steak sandwich at the food court to keep me ticking over. A bit overpriced, but it's an airport, whaddya gonna do?

I suppose the main thing to watch out for at PHL is the sheer size of the place. Landed at Terminal A, connection at Terminal B = 15 minutes solid walking. Too many shops selling the same things, too. How many headphones do people need? :pac: