Anyone used Monarch Airlines?

[OrlandoMagic]

Has anyone used Monarch Airlines before? I have seen mixed reviews on them and just wondered what experiences others havwe had? I have seen a direct flight to Orlando for £269 which is pretty cheap.

Thanks,
Simon.

 

[Pooh Bear Hugs]

No leg room, rude staff, the worst meals and dirty. The worst flight I've ever had.

 

[Graeme]

No leg room, the worst meals and dirty.

I'll go with that much, but what do you expect for that price? We've been with them and paid another £30 each for an emergency escape seat for the extra legroom.

 

[gilld]

They really are bad, and several companies have dropped them. 29" seat pitch makes for a truly dreadful flight, but, you pay your money and take your choice....they are cheap. Personally, I'd avoid they like the plague.

 

[Sunrisedream]

Never had a problem with them. We fly Premium - food ok, staff friendly and seat back TVs. I also read somewhere they have just been voted leisure airline of the year by the Travel Trade - beating Virgin!

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

I use them for flights to Spain and have never had a bad journey with them.
Always either on time or even early, sure its lo-co so you have to buy extra seat pitch, food and drinks, but if you want Rolls Royce quality you pay for a Rolls Royce flight, don't expect a Trabant priced flight to be as good and you won't go wrong.

 

[OrlandoMagic]

Do all the planes have tv's on the back of seats for longhaul?

Also can you find out which type of plane you will be flying on by the flight number?

 

[Sunrisedream]

From memory on our flight is was only Premium that had seat back TV

 

[Graeme]

From memory on our flight is was only Premium that had seat back TV

Seat back TV? The last Monarch plane I went on was so run down I counted myself lucky I didn't have to sit on the wing and flap!

 

[OrlandoMagic]

Wow, some of you guys are even making Mytravel sound good!!

 

[powerranger]

Have only flown with them once, won't be doing it again, enough said else i would be here all day with the list of complaints against them

 

[KatyTheFairyPrincess]

We're flying with them in a few days... we're flying premium though, so hope it won't be too bad.

Any way, just take a book and sleep, the planes taking you to the happiest place on earth, theres no point getting too down about it.

 

[Kirsteen]

We've only been to WDW once and we flew Monarch but I thought it was fine, food was ok, leg room was good on way back as we were at the back of the plane (the first of the 2 seats with 3 in front so we had more room). We're flying with VA for the first time in Dec. I'd fly Monarch again.

 

[dtm316]

flown with monarch once and it was the worst of all the flights I've had over there I'm sorry to say. That's not to say it was unbearable but Mytravel and XL were much better

 

[bobkat]

Flown with Monarch twice, both times had very bad delays, and you don't get any extras i.e seat back tv's. However, I thought the food was quite good, and they do seem much cheaper than anyone else. Depends what your priorites are I suppose...

 

[stephensmum]

Used Monarch Newcastle to Orlando last August and it was quite uncomfortable, not much room. Small screens about every six rows but only up the middle made viewing impossible. Staff and food were fine & would use again to be able to fly from local airport. (No delays)

 

[Soprano]

Used once. Never again. Very little space, rubbish entertainment - 2 films only, no back seat TV.

Alright for short flights I'd guess, but NEVER for a trip to the US.

 

[casinocolin]

We're flying with them in a few days... we're flying premium though, so hope it won't be too bad.

Any way, just take a book and sleep, the planes taking you to the happiest place on earth, theres no point getting too down about it.

We have just got back after flying monarch premium. You have no worries as both our flights inbound & Outbound were very good. The food for plane food was of a high standard & the staff were very friendly.

After reading some of the other comments on here were we lucky or are folk too fusy? Going to book with Monarch for nexts years trip.

 

[jut2y]

Hi

We have booked flights with Monarch for next August and were assured that the seat back tvs were standard on the airbus A330. I do hope that this is correct, otherwise we probably would have thought twice.

Jut2y

 

[selmuir]

Its not bad at all infact its better than Virgin trust me the people who complain they complain about the littlest things