American Airlines vs. US Airways

Cleef · #1 05-28-2002, 10:31 AM

I'm looking for some opinions on these airlines. SDQ to Boston.

Both right around $580 r/t.

I've flown US Airways often, but American offers a direct flight and gets in much earlier, so I'm leaning that way.

Thoughts, comments or suggestions?

Thank you.

kjdrga · #2 05-28-2002, 11:35 AM

AA might offer better departure and arrival times, but I have never been on a ON TIME flight with AA many times my flights were delayed by 4-6 hours. So I would go with USAIR. I have flown from MIA-SDQ 3 times and been delayed each time. And also been on USAIR PHL-SDQ and no problems and better service all around.

Thanks just my two cents...

Bugsey34 · #3 05-28-2002, 03:01 PM

USAir!

rbazan · #4 05-28-2002, 09:22 PM

USAir

I recently (April'02) went from SDQ-PHI. On time great service.

ricktoronto · #5 05-28-2002, 11:33 PM

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Originally posted by kjdrga
AA might offer better departure and arrival times, but I have never been on a ON TIME flight with AA many times my flights were delayed by 4-6 hours. So I would go with USAIR. I have flown from MIA-SDQ 3 times and been delayed each time. And also been on USAIR PHL-SDQ and no problems and better service all around.

Thanks just my two cents...

In my last six trips over the past year AA had a dealy on the last flight from MIA to SDQ of 2hrs 20 minutes and they were only 90 minutes late arriving. Otherwise based on legroom and the uncertainty of US Air right now anything fairly soon you may want to go with AA and buying on US Air well into the future, who knows?

Latino2002 · #6 05-29-2002, 11:21 PM

I belive that US AIr will be operationg for few more months or 1 years.

sam

Cleef · #7 07-29-2002, 07:37 PM

Just finished up the final leg of my AA vs. US Airways test.

AA did pretty well. Far better than anticipated.

I arrived at SDQ at 2:05 for a 2:25 flight - and made it!!

(You'll have to buy my forthcoming book "When To Act Like a Confused Gringo" to find out the details of that exciting time in my life - or wait for the DVD).

Left close to on-time, got to Boston 35 minutes EARLY, only to realize/remember that flying into Boston means - Logan Airport.

Logan is far and away the most pitiful airport ever dreamed up. It should have been a golf course. Logan would have delays and cancellations if it only handled crop dusters and traffic helicopters. It may as well be a double-wide trailer in the middle of an abandoned field. Only that you have to pay tolls to leave. "Welcome to Boston, Now F'n Pay Me!"

So after waiting 35 minutes on the runway, then another 40 at the gate, I was now running late. Excuses piped over the system was "we're waiting for customs" "now we're waiting for immigration".

None of this is/was AA's fault from what I could tell. Just part of flying into a one-horse town.

Trip home was on time, no problem.

I think the plane was way-overstaffed - perhaps relative of the $582.

I'll be on AA (direct) until further notice. Nothing wrong with US Airways. But one less landing/taxi/security/taxi/takeoff is one less chance that my pilot fat-fingers a button and puts me in the ground instead of on it.

I think AA has nicer planes too. Airbus 300. No problem with leg room. I'm 6'2".

To avoid all this in the future though I'd definitely consider Pan Am out of Portsmouth, N.H. if the price is right.

I'm willing to bet I could get to downtown Boston faster via Portsmouth than Boston/Logan. How screwy is that?

Bugsey34 · #8 07-29-2002, 10:30 PM

Great post Cleef, hilarious. I have definetly been there before. And the Confused Gringo act take a while to master, I commend you.

I am flying on PanAm soon, your post makes me think it was the right choice. Logan is a disgrace, and the new runway won't give that much help

mainer · #9 07-30-2002, 10:32 AM

Cleef,
I have to agree with you about Logan. Especially since they closed the garage (which was always full anyway). Pan Am flies Sunday to Sunday into POP out of Portsmouth. We are going for 11 days, so opted with AA.

And yes, that means Logan again! After I swore I would never fly outta there again.

Porfio_Rubirosa · #10 07-30-2002, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by Bugsey34
Great post Cleef, hilarious. I have definetly been there before. And the Confused Gringo act take a while to master, I commend you.

I am flying on PanAm soon, your post makes me think it was the right choice. Logan is a disgrace, and the new runway won't give that much help

Please post your experience with Pan Am. As you can tell from my previous posts, I have some experience with that airline and am most critical of it. But I'll be curious about your experience. I hope it's a good one.

Just as another note to this thread, there are definite advantages to non-stop flights - and this argues for AA. But in regard to aircraft, AA's A300s are twenty years old. USAirways flies brand new A320ERs on the BOS-PHL-SDQ route. Also, while the USAirways flight is not non-stop, it is direct, with no change of planes in Philadelphia.