Preferred Airlines

[DonMacGregor]

They are definitely not the cheapest. But they've intentionally been trying to differentiate themselves as something more than just mass transit, and they've been moderately successful at it. I'm in a place in my life where I don't mind being a little bougie when it comes to travel. For example, I get grouchy when an airport only has a Priority Pass lounge, and not a proper SkyClub.

Preach, brother.

 

[🍀TwinsMom]

Darn thats what I was hoping I feel like we're going to
be swapping for universal a lot

They used to deliver to Universal before Covid I guess, but their warehouse is really close to MCO. They operate 365 days a year, and we just Ubered from MCO to the warehouse, picked up our lockers, threw them in the Uber, and went to Universal. Then we loaded the lockers into an Uber XL and went over to WDW DVC for the second half of our trip, and they picked up the lockers at WDW DVC so we didn't have to worry about the dropoff on the way home. Their customer service is excellent. They had our lockers ready by their front register/desk for us to pick them up, no waiting for them to get them out of storage.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Darn thats what I was hoping I feel like we're going to
be swapping for universal a lot

Apparently, it has something to do with the Loews Hotels specifically. Owner's Locker has something like 300 hotels in their pull-down menu that they will deliver to, all over the greater Orlando area, but specifically none of the Loews-run Universal locations.

 

[chicagodisneyguy]

We're based out of Chicago and are loyal to AA. We have status and the credit card that gets us into the lounge....so we never really have to pay for any add ons. They also usually have 4-6 nonstop flights a day so pretty convenient. We will sometimes jump to UA if prices are super low....but with no status and just their basic credit card we get less perks flying them.

 

[Psymonds]

So Southwest was my preferred airline until their awful policy changes.

I know this is subjective to where one lives, but what are your airlines of choice? I am on the hunt for a new one to be loyal to and I'm not sure if any of them offer no change fees, but that is what i miss most. Extra points if yours has that with an economical price.

With me being a super stalker im looking for an airline with flexibility for when those waitlists go thru!

This really depends on your home airport.

if you live in Seattle, Alaska and Delta are maybe your best options.

In SFO, Alaska and United, etc.

in the end, I try to fly Alaska because I have status from work travel with them, but Southwest and united are cheaper sometimes too.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Yeah it does depend heavily on where you live. Don’t want to say where I live but Delta has such an overwhelming blatant dominance over our international airport I’m wondering who they paid off to make it happen

 

[beccasmom]

Ours is American 90% of the time. They have many non-stop flights from our airport (PHL, which is a hub for AA). It has mostly worked out well. We have their credit card, so bags are free. We once used SWA about equally with AA, but non-stops from PHL are now few and far between and the fares haven’t been all that great either. Delta has no-stops from here either, but our experiences with them have been so-so anyway.

I well remember the days (early 2000’s?) when my mom (now deceased) would call me at work telling me about a great SWA fare so we could plan a last-minute WDW trip (booking DVC last minute was easier then too). She disliked the no-assigned seating policy, but we got some awesome fares back then. Now we have a good number of miles, but they’re usually reserved for longer-distance trips.

 

[Lorana]

JetBlue is our airline of choice. I travel a lot for work, so always hit Mosaic status every year which has some nice perks. They have more leg room than most coach seats, and a good selection of free snacks, and we just overall like them a lot.

When we first started going to WDW, we flew Delta a lot, and then Southwest (but we didn't like the no assigned seating policy when traveling with young children; it added to the stress), but we've been regularly flying JetBlue for the last decade or more and love them.

We're fortunate that they fly out of 4 airports near us, including two of the smaller airports, so we have a lot of options too and can avoid the city if we want.

 

[Girlstar30]

I'm not loyal to any airline. I'll chose whichever airline has nonstop flights to my destination and have the best times that work for me. To Orlando, that's usually Southwest (there's also Spirit but I will never book a flight with them). Flying to LAX in September and only chose United because I had travel credit on my account. From personal experience, Southwest's customer service is better than United but who know how long that will be true with the new changes.

They're being extra nice right now

 

[RuntheMouse]

I just royally messed up a Delta flight modification and a lovely agent sorted everything out for me via chat. I was something that should have cost me money to remedy but she fixed it no fee. Never mind the fact I’m only a lowly silver medallion member. They truly have never let me down, this is why I’m so loyal to them.