What airline do you prefer?

Well this was a viking cruise and they are contracted or whatever to United. Numerous people had issues getting there. At least 12 people missed first day of cruise due to United plane issues

I was hardcore Delta for many, many years and kept Platinum status year over year over year. Then I stopped travelling for work as much and fell out of qualification and used my banked miles.

Now, I'm not particular to any carrier domstically but usually wind up on SW.

For International flights, I make a rule to always book non-US carriers and I've had good experiences on all the ones I've used.

Lufthansa was good. Flew I to Frankfurt on that.

Not a fan of that airport either. I'm kind of hard of hearing and didn't understand what they were asking me. I wound up in the side room being frisked by the polizia. Was quite the trip

This was a package type deal. Shouldn't say deal because was not cheap.

United sucked all the way around. I will say though, viking cruise lines hooked us up after our ordeal.

I’ve rarely had problems with United. We fly out of IAH several times a month and most all flights are direct.

Re domestic, I have an unpopular choice for preferred airlines....Spirit lol. I fly Spirit probably 4x a month. If you travel light and dont mind mid-air women fistfights, it is hands down the most reliable for me. Almost always on time. Its also the cheapest airline, and i LOVE that people cant recline their seat back on me (which absolutely p*sses me off). Plus their planes are all new.

Their customer service absolutely sucks *ss though.

I’m based in Amsterdam, so KLM and ergo to an extent Delta when I fly back to the US since they tend to operate KLM bookings to and from the US.

In the past I also had good experiences with Luthansa, had the luxury of flying their first class (not business) many moons ago as an unaccompanied minor, and that was a flying experience I’ll never forget.

I digress, back on the topic of Schiphol, Jetblue has fought their way into getting steady routes there served via BOS and JFK and I have to say their transatlantic service blows the dick off of Delta’s IMHO.

Free wifi that works well, better food, my flight over to BOS I had the gay FA experience which I suspect Lemmy alluded to, homeboy had a fresh bloody mary in my hand every time I blinked.

Fares are also very competitive however due to airport taxing/fees structures if you’re flying round trip with Europe as your return point fares will generally be half of what they are the other way around regardless of carrier, a nice perk for living on this side of the pond (I paid €400 round trip Amsterdam to Richmond, VA with Jetblue booked a few weeks in advance) and with Delta/KLM I’ve never paid more than ~ €850 round trip to the US from AMS whether going to Denver (my parents) or Orlando/Tampa (inlaws).

In spite of that I still stick to KLM because most of my air travel in intra-EU and I’m on track to get their gold status this year and my partner already has it so when we travel together she can always bring me into the lounge at whatever airport.

TL;DR - fly to Schiphol with Delta/KLM or otherwise Jetblue (if we’re talking about flying to Europe*).

Singapore Airlines and it ain't close. Everything is first class.

Zero airline loyalty

I rotate through different credit cards playing the points game so I am loyal to who offers the best product, price and schedule for that trip at that time