slEAZYJET

[MungoP]

Just wondering... does anyone else out there loath flying with EasyJet as much as me ? I've tried it twice thinking maybe I was just unlucky the first time and discovered that once is enough and twice is just massochism. From the internet only booking system onwards it's the most uncomfortable experience in aviation short of a wing falling off or finding yourself sitting next to a 300 lb fellow traveller who's a stranger to deodorant, which you probably will be.
Both times on booking, the price quoted was increased after moving to the 'book this flight' page... probably on the principle that anyone having got that far would rather continue than start all over again elsewhere... the prices are not cheap unless you lead the sort of life that allows you to book months ahead... The cattle drive that gets you on board is only marginally less excrutiating than the vaudeville performance that the male flight attendants feel obliged to put on in the mistaken belief that camping it up is part of the job description and that the audience is made up of gerriatric retards on their way to a home for the under-utilized.....
To my great horror I found this week that I may have to resort to them again as BA were booked solid... only to discover one of aviations best kept secrets.... another major airline ( won't say which as someone will accuse me of being the CEO ) can fly me back to London at 70 Euros less... and... better still it's to LHR.... better still they won't have the nerve to try and charge me 5 eur for a small can of beer AND even better... it's not bl**dy slEAZYJET... so.. don't just sit and suffer... look around...

[NoJoke]

Sleazy PAX

Well ya payz ya money, ya takes ya chance. With the price of air travel now the great unwashed is everywhere. As for the CC, the camp chaps are out and about. I remember travelling to New York with BA on a night flight when one tried to 'tuck me in'. I respectfully declined!!!!!!!!! Go first class next time. Sounds like you deserve it.

[bladewashout]

You're not alone, I live 10 miles from Luton but after numerous of bad experiences, we don't fly easyjet any more: life's too short.

The savings aren't usually massive (compared to a timely BA booking) and the reduction in quality of life isn't worth the saving.

But if cost is the only consideration to a passenger, it's their call!

BW

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[172driver]

If you think SLEAZY is bad, try Ryanair !

[10secondsurvey]

Originally Posted by NoJoke

I remember travelling to New York with BA on a night flight when one tried to 'tuck me in'. I respectfully declined!!!!!!!!!

Yo really should get with the programme. Just because a CC member seemed (in your eyes) to be 'camp' (whatever that means), I'm sure he wasn't about to do anything untoward. BA staff in my experience are usually pretty professional.

Bit of an outdated backward attitude methinks.

[MungoP]

Quick update... just checked in for my flight from NICE to LHR by my preferred choice... was 5+ Kgs overweight ( luggage not me ).... handluggage was slightly bigger than that normally allowed ( I'm going to the middle east for 3 months )... no problems... no extra charges, not even a raised eyebrow... Nothing like the performance experienced with EJ where I was refused access with a standard airline handluggage bag because it did'n't fit their silly little frame and had to go unlocked into the hold... with an extra charge of course...

[Big Tudor]

Beg to differ Mungo. I've just booked EZY to Ams next week for £100 'cos BA wanted £350! That's a hell of a lot of excess baggage I can take.

And BTW, if your hand luggage didn't fit their 'silly little frame' then it ain't standard airline hand luggage. EZY use the same size frames as BA & everybody else. IMHO the size of hand luggage being allowed on carriers like BA is getting ridiculous, some people are taking the p!ss.

[GANNET FAN]

MungoP, how I agree with you, in every aspect of your post. I really dislike Sleezy. However if on business I need to get in and out of Mallorca in a day, no-one else does it and as someone else has remarked, you pays yer money, yer takes yer choice. Just clench yer teeth, and get it over with as soon as poss.

[Skylion]

My experiences seem to differ from the above. Yes, the boarding process is a bit of a scrum but their cabin service has always been fast and efficient, their checkin usually easy and certainly better than most LHR experiences, their choice of airports around London is good and their domestics are excellent. In Europe they often use the same handling agents as BA and others, the main difference being that Easy's punctuality and baggage delivery at the other end is usually better. Staff attitudes seem to be consistently good and often cheerfully informal while still professional. Price-wise Easy and other low costs have opened up the opportunity for air travel to vast numbers of people for whom it was previously out of reach. Their provincial and domestic networks knock the socks off BA .They have never claimed to offer a Rolls Royce service although often they beat those who do. If they can get their crew numbers better sorted and avoid this summers "planned cancellations", they will have removed their main downside.Seat selection would be nice too.

[Paranoid Parrot]

I would say that Merchant Venturer's post is the most balanced and sensible so far.

[Curious Pax]

I'm with Skylion on this. Probably not travelled as much with them as some, but it's always worked for me - having a young kid helps relieve the boarding scrum aspect of course.

[goshdarnit]

quote - "I would say that Merchant Venturer's post is the most balanced and sensible so far."

Merchant Venturer - watch yourself, you'll be banned if you carry on like that

[apaddyinuk]

I cant believe poeple here still compare LOCO airlines to Full service airlines! Sorry but your booking a totally different experience when you book a loco to a full service. No point complaining about them!!!

[Brian H]

My wife and I both fly regularly with EZY from NCL, and have always had good service at good prices. The route we use the most is NCL-STN, about 7/8 times a year. As we are retired we can book well in advance, and two of us can fly to STN to visit family in Essex for less than the cost of one of us by rail. For what we pay EZY I feel we get excellent value for money.

[eviljames]

Cancellations

I'm very interested in finding out as much as possible about the spate of cancellations that Easyjet have had this summer.

Is there anywhere on the web that I can find out what flights were cancelled?

[eviljames]

Cancellations

Originally Posted by 10secondsurvey

A recent news item is on the BBC regarding this;

see here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2182650.stm

I did see this, but it was published in August 2002.

I don't fancy my chances in obtaining any current info direct from easyJet, plus if I phoned them my bill would be higher that than number of cancellations!

[nivsy]

I think the main point is low cost operators at least operate from the provinces and on a daily basis to the destinations that many pax want. The like of BA do not unless you fly from LHR,LGW,MAN or BHX. While i have used many low cost and so called full service airlines I really dont see much of a difference - or perhaps I am oblivious to it now - seat allocation being maybe the only exception - however the likes of Flyglobespan etc all offer that anyhow. BA did not even have any blankets or pillows on the evening jaunt down to Budapest the other week, a non interested crew and I was not particularly happy about who i was sitting beside - but hey you pay your money and you take your choice as posted earlier! Might as well have gone EasyJet at a much cheaper price.

[Final 3 Greens]

Paddy

You said I cant believe poeple here still compare LOCO airlines to Full service airlines! Sorry but your booking a totally different experience when you book a loco to a full service. No point complaining about them!!!

Unless booking business class, I wonder just how different that experience is these days?

Look at EZY t&cs regarding disruption and tell me what you think of those.

Having sasid that, it seems to me that most airlines go through phases of canx and its very annoying to the pax when they are caught in it.

[birdonthewire]

Honey, you get what you pay for.

If you want to get from A to B relatively cheaply, cfly with a LCC.

If you want pillows and blankets, complimentary drinks and a representative in the terminal handing out sympathy during delays, backup aeroplanes (make that backup crew, if it's easyJet) to come rescue you if it all goes wrong, fly mainline carriers. These extras all cost money and you only get so much for £40 a ticket.