Would You Fly Long Haul On A Low Cost Airline
By Paul Connor
@mrtoffee (1522)
November 5, 2015 7:16am CST
Earlier I had and advert on my mylot page mentioning an article about Ryanair starting long haul flights to America so I clicked through and had a read.
It seems that by 2017 Ryanair want to be flying to and from America with fare sometime being as low as £10 each way, although it did say to expect an average fee of £100 each way. To me this seems extremely cheap, but then I though about all the extra costs these low budget airlines charge for things like food and baggage.
If I am very honest I do not think I would fly for that long on a low budget airline, mainly because they are often not the most comfortable planes and being stuck in a small cramped seat for 7 or 8 hours seems no fun at all.
What do you guys think of flying long haul with a low cost airline, would you give it a go or stick with the main carriers.
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5 responses
@kataomoi (708)
• Japan
5 Nov 15
I wouldn't mind trying it, but I think I would first fly somewhere close with them to test the waters. Like you said, long flights are a pain so I wouldn't want to be uncomfortable. I've used low cost carriers before and they are fine. The seats are a bit tight and you're really just paying for a seat, but the price is unbeatable. I think there are a few LCC that I wouldn't mind flying long flights with.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
5 Nov 15
I would prefer not to have to go on a long haul flight at all, but if I did I would want to have as much luxury as I could afford.
@garymarsh6 (24025)
• United Kingdom
5 Nov 15
I would never fly with Ryanair even short haul let alone Long haul. They bump up their charges on food, baggage and other bits a pieces. Plus if you do not print off your tickets and boarding cards at home they charge you around £40 which is equivalent to around $60. Often they do not work out that much cheaper than a scheduled flight with one of the biggies, I am afraid for a number of years now I have only flown business class especially long haul as being squashed in economy is detestable!
@JustEmm (148)
• United States
6 Nov 15
I am ex-airline and the seat sizes on them would be the same as other airlines except first class or biz class leg room and seat size. I recommend looking at performance of airlines, on time, delays, cancelled flights, crashes..If I go very far (over 3 1/2 hrs) I plan to go first class. Some flights although connect take 24 -hrs like from Canada to India and I would HAVE to go first class on them or not go!
