Independence Air...

[sarahsmom73]

They are flying into Orlando beginning 10/13 (I think) Check it out! I checked out Christmas flights just for the giggles and they are $99 each way!

 

[nana2tots]

getting ours for 59, one way, flying out of Greensboro nc

 

[NCRedding]

I was excited to see them flying out of Greensboro--Delta has reduced their fares by $80-100 to come close to them. Do we have assigned seating on Independence or is is open seating??

 

[nana2tots]

Just got my e-mail from them yesterday. if you book your flight before Sept. 27th, you can get the price of $59.00 one way. We are going to get our tickets today or tomorrow, there are 6 of us. Anyway we are excited about leaving from Greensboro, thought we were gonna have to fly SW from out of Raleigh, now we don't. nana2tots

 

[clkelley]

They are also flying direct out of Huntsville!!!!

I am excited!! Although I may not be using them, they at least will keep the prices on our Delta Connection flights low!! If Delta doesn't keep their flights low, I'll switch to Independence!!

Carol

 

[cruise-o-matic]

We booked our Nov flights on Delta 2 weeks ago when the rates were $192 (before going back up to $232). Plus we had 2 $26 vouchers to bring down our tickets to $166.

I checked today and our trip is now $187 ($5 less) but the leave early (6:10am) return late (9:35pm) R/T is $142! Holy cow.

I still like Delta's schedules and hope they stay in business. But I really love the competition and the fact that IA has direct flights, something AirTran didn't have.

If Delta does go under, still beats going to RDU to catch SWA.

 

[n2mm]

They will be flying non-stop out of Dulles on the Airbus carriers in November. A great rate until Jan. 31, 2005. $64 each way. I crunched the numbers for my January trip and it's $146 rt. And surprisingly United/TED is matching the price. If you book for the first time before Dec. 31, 2004, you can get an additional $25 off of your flight if you register with Flyi.com. Glad to see some competition out of Dulles now for non-stop carriers. Also glad to see they will be using the Airbus 319 instead of the 30 seat jets.

 

[cruise-o-matic]

I like the little jets. Quick on, quick off.

Plus when you hit turbulence, look down the isle of a big jet and watch it flex.

 

[llij]

Originally posted by NCRedding
I was excited to see them flying out of Greensboro--Delta has reduced their fares by $80-100 to come close to them. Do we have assigned seating on Independence or is is open seating??

Independence does assigned seating. No cattle herding to get a seat! We flew them last month and they were great!!!

 

[Vavasmon]

I have flown Independence Air fron Dulles to Dayton Ohio.

The trip was excellent ! I would fly them again in a minute.

They are Atlantic Coast Airlines (the people who were United Express until this summer at Dulles). Their staff knows the "ijet" (really a CRJ) since they have been flying them for years.

Seats are assigned.

My one word of warning - BE ON TIME

They board the plane and takeoff - no last minute stragglers.

 

[emagirl]

I just booked Independence for a flight on Nov.10th (they start service out of Portland, Maine to Orlando through Dulles on Nov. 3rd). They offered great prices and it was easy to book online (plus I received a $25 discount on each ticket because I signed up for their iClub.)

I am a bit concerned that they may delay the start of their service and they won't be flying on 11/10. If that's the case, what would they do for all of the folks who had booked flights? Anyone know?

 

[emagirl]

I just booked Independence for a flight on Nov.10th (they start service out of Portland, Maine to Orlando through Dulles on Nov. 3rd). They offered great prices and it was easy to book online (plus I received a $25 discount on each ticket because I signed up for their iClub.)

I am a bit concerned that they may delay the start of their service and they won't be flying on 11/10. If that's the case, what would they do for all of the folks who had booked flights? Anyone know?

 

[nana2tots]

Emagirl, we just booked our tickets, we called them and ask the same question, their reponse was, they are going to fly, their service will not be cut!!!!!!nana2tots

 

[emagirl]

Awesome!!!
Thanks so much nana2tots!

 

[Harligirl]

Hi all-

When you booked your flight online did you get to select your seats?

I am leaning towards IA due to the fact all the ticket prices in Feb are outrageous! I normally do not like to do connecting flights with the kids (thats all I can find) but it will be worth it to save $$$

Thanks
Lisa

 

[nana2tots]

yes you get to choose your seating!!!!nana2tots

 

[Vavasmon]

I would not woory about the service starting. They have met every rollout date since the started in June/July. We flew the week after they started the DAY route. I am so happy to hear about a non-stop to MOC from Dulles

 

[Momto4]

Yes, you should be able to select seats. We got to choose our seats for our trip next month, AND the seat numbers show up every time I bring up the online confirmation (which, of course, I printed for a hard copy).

I was concerned about this too because I will be the lone adult on this trip and I didn't want my children to be seated anywhere but very near to me!

 

[Miss Kelly]

How was the service? Clean? Nice?

I'm thinking booking them for our trip next year. They sound great so far!

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by Miss Kelly
How was the service? Clean? Nice?

I'm thinking booking them for our trip next year. They sound great so far!

I used them last month to fly from JFK to RDU for a wedding last month. I'm making the same trip for the same reason this Friday.

All of the staff I came in contact with were very friendly and helpful. The planes were clean.
I was very pleased with IA.