I see Play airlines advertising a lot lately.

AMKC · 07-02-2022 2:51pm #1

Why would someone choose to fly with these to America? Surely flying with Aer Lingus is not that much more expensive as well as being on a bigger plane with Aer Lingus and a more direct and more comfortable flight.

I can understand maybe going from here to Iceland on a Play flight but to America no way.

xper · 07-02-2022 3:12pm

Well lets have a quick look...Dublin Boston one way in late June is over €600 with Aer Lingus and under €200 most days with Play at the moment. Return, its about 750 vs 350. Big money saving vs big time saving (remember US immigration clearance too with the direct flight).

Note sure what bigger plane has to do with it, its just one economy seat you're getting in either case. And if you flew from Shannon, you'd be on the very same type.

retalivity · 07-02-2022 3:14pm

Is this the rebirth of WOW air that went bust a few years back? I flew with them to REykjavik a few years back, found them fine. No idea what the leg from there onto the states would be like...

AMKC · 07-02-2022 8:07pm

Why do Play think they can be successful at this when Norwegion Airlines could not and it practically made them go bust?

kevinandrew · 07-02-2022 8:22pm

PLAY is pretty much WOW 2.0 so if you manage to get a great fare, go for it, but I doubt it’ll be a long term success.

Eventually it’ll be on the ropes and bookings will be risky but at the moment it probably has sufficient funding from the usual suspects.

Locker10a · 08-02-2022 12:13pm

It’s a no from me, especially for New York, they fly to Stewart which I’ve used before…. It’s wayyyy out. At least 2 hours from New York. When you factor this in along with a connection it’s simply not worth it.

Noxegon · 09-02-2022 9:16am

Depends where you're going. Stewart is a far less awkward airport than JFK if you're hiring a car and driving somewhere other than NYC.

However, the connection is a hard no for me. KEF is not the worst place to lay over by any means, but I just don't see why I'd do that when I can do a non-stop flight to where I'm going.

I see Play airlines advertising a lot lately.

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