airtran pennywise poundfoolish?

[DizMom11]

I swore that I would not sink to buying airfare just for the great low fare. I always travel by myself with 3 young kids(13,10,7) I just could not pass up an Airtran fare of $49.00 Newark to Orlando. There is a plane change, and the flight time total is 51/2 hours. I also could not reserve seats ahead of time. I will be saving at least $400 this way. Anybody out there have an opinion? :headache:

[safetymom]

I have flown AirTran quite a few times with no problems.

[Brian Noble]

$400 is a lot of mickeybars. I say good for you!

[deltachi8]

mmmmm..mickey bars.....

had to post something, im going through Disney Withdrawl

[rkmassa]

We love Airtran and will always try to book them first through their web site. We have not had any problems with them. We choose our seats 24 hours before and print boarding passes from the web site. I think you can only do that when booking directly with them as opposed to booking with Orbitz for example. When we booked our first flight through Orbitz with them, we showed up at the counter and requested seats together due to having small children, no problems at all. Our return trip this Christmas ran into some delays due to snowstorms, and all the Airtran employees we came into contact with were helpful and cheery dispite having some really angry people getting up in their faces. The only bad thing is that if a lower fare is published they will not adjust or change your ticket without a 50.00 fee. Still doesn't make me want to fly SW on the chance that a reduced fare may happen. SW is really good about adjusting fares, but the random, cattle proding, boarding system of no reserved seats is not for me-ever. You will like Airtran.

[DizMom11]

Thank you for your good news it, I sincerely appreciate it. It was just what I needed :flower1:

[CaliforniaDreaming]

We just traveled over the holiday with AirTran. Both ways we had no problems getting seats together at check-in at the ticket counter. Great airline! Love the 717 jets! ;)