Comments on: Skybus on your horizon? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Heidi http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19250 Heidi Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:50:44 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19250 I am addicted and I can not get enough of the newest Airline, Skybus. Ok, so it seems like there is no service. Well, what can I expect… Have you ever ran a business and sold inexpensive products? You can not always afford the expensive fine linen and china. If you are looking for service, then pay for it. Try flying Delta or United in the first class cabin. I have, and enjoyed it, but I paid over $800. Currently, I have bought over 10 tickets, some at $10 (plus the tax $normally around $10). Even then I have not spent over one roundtrip ticket on Delta. I have never had as much fun on any airline like Skybus. Knowing I spent $40 for a roundtrip ticket to Biloxi, saving hundreds of dollars over other airlines, I laugh all the way, while sitting in the crowded terminal, walking out on the tarmac with planes moving down taxiways, walking up the stairs you just can not go wrong. Ok, so I bought some food, I bought the 6 hot wings for $7 a Drink for $2 and still saved money. When you arrive, you can go to the Casinos or drive to New Orleans in 90 minutes. I park my car there for only $44 a week. Let’s add it up, gas to and from Biloxi to Columbus $180, and all in 2 Hours. I Love Sky Bus can not get enough....... Oh I have bought $50 one way tickets, still cheaper then $150 one way in couch through Delta. And Yes I am a Delta Gold Sky Mile member, but hey the Skybus Flight attendants are young and cute. I have many phone numbers, something I would not want from the old wrinkly Delta Attendants. Party on, and see you at Mardi Gras. I am addicted and I can not get enough of the newest Airline, Skybus. Ok, so it seems like there is no service. Well, what can I expect… Have you ever ran a business and sold inexpensive products? You can not always afford the expensive fine linen and china. If you are looking for service, then pay for it. Try flying Delta or United in the first class cabin. I have, and enjoyed it, but I paid over $800. Currently, I have bought over 10 tickets, some at $10 (plus the tax $normally around $10). Even then I have not spent over one roundtrip ticket on Delta. I have never had as much fun on any airline like Skybus. Knowing I spent $40 for a roundtrip ticket to Biloxi, saving hundreds of dollars over other airlines, I laugh all the way, while sitting in the crowded terminal, walking out on the tarmac with planes moving down taxiways, walking up the stairs you just can not go wrong. Ok, so I bought some food, I bought the 6 hot wings for $7 a Drink for $2 and still saved money. When you arrive, you can go to the Casinos or drive to New Orleans in 90 minutes. I park my car there for only $44 a week. Let’s add it up, gas to and from Biloxi to Columbus $180, and all in 2 Hours. I Love Sky Bus can not get enough……. Oh I have bought $50 one way tickets, still cheaper then $150 one way in couch through Delta. And Yes I am a Delta Gold Sky Mile member, but hey the Skybus Flight attendants are young and cute. I have many phone numbers, something I would not want from the old wrinkly Delta Attendants. Party on, and see you at Mardi Gras.

]]> By: Doug Whiting http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19105 Doug Whiting Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:38:05 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19105 On another note, did you know that parking at the Portsmouth airport is free! How much additional savings does that add compared to some of those major hubs in the big cities! Mooooo...keep hearding me like cattle all the way to the bank! Thanks Skybus! On another note, did you know that parking at the Portsmouth airport is free! How much additional savings does that add compared to some of those major hubs in the big cities!
Mooooo…keep hearding me like cattle all the way to the bank! Thanks Skybus!

]]> By: Doug Whiting http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19104 Doug Whiting Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:30:12 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-19104 What a bunch of bunk. I've flown skybus a bunch from Columbus to Boston (Portsmouth) and Hartford (Chicopee). I've found the staff to be generally very nice. It doesn't bother me a bit to pay $8 for their breakfast sandwich or $2 for a cup of coffee. I find thier on line scheduling system to be very simple and fair. The only delays I have experienced have been due to weather and the FAA. Luggage has never been delayed or lost and the planes are much more comfortable than those of Continental or US Air. Prior to learning about Skybus I commuted home on weekends on these other two airlines for 6 months. They were incredibly unreliable and cancelled a number of flights without explanation. Go Skybus! I hope you are wildly successful! What a bunch of bunk. I’ve flown skybus a bunch from Columbus to Boston (Portsmouth) and Hartford (Chicopee). I’ve found the staff to be generally very nice. It doesn’t bother me a bit to pay $8 for their breakfast sandwich or $2 for a cup of coffee. I find thier on line scheduling system to be very simple and fair. The only delays I have experienced have been due to weather and the FAA. Luggage has never been delayed or lost and the planes are much more comfortable than those of Continental or US Air. Prior to learning about Skybus I commuted home on weekends on these other two airlines for 6 months. They were incredibly unreliable and cancelled a number of flights without explanation. Go Skybus! I hope you are wildly successful!

]]> By: Upgrades and Downgrades — October 22, 2007 — Hotel executives, flu shots, A380 voyeurism, and more » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-17031 Upgrades and Downgrades — October 22, 2007 — Hotel executives, flu shots, A380 voyeurism, and more » Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:02:13 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-17031 [...] Skybus adds flights from Greensboro Late last month, I posted about Skybus’ plans to expand to a new hub — or “focus city,” if you must [...] […] Skybus adds flights from Greensboro Late last month, I posted about Skybus’ plans to expand to a new hub — or “focus city,” if you must […]

]]> By: Peter Greenberg.com » Travel News Roundup, Oct. 10, 2007 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16724 Peter Greenberg.com » Travel News Roundup, Oct. 10, 2007 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16724 [...] Link: Upgrade: Travel Better [...] […] Link: Upgrade: Travel Better […]

]]> By: TierFlyer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16622 TierFlyer Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:56:07 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16622 I took food on my last Skybus flight - just waited until the stew's had finished the so-called service, whipped out my BoJ chicken buscie and chowed down. They came by and chewed me out. I just smiled. Then after they left I ate the other one. What are they gonna do, make me get off in Columbus. Whoops, that is what I was gonna do anyway! -TF I took food on my last Skybus flight - just waited until the stew’s had finished the so-called service, whipped out my BoJ chicken buscie and chowed down.

They came by and chewed me out. I just smiled.

Then after they left I ate the other one.

What are they gonna do, make me get off in Columbus. Whoops, that is what I was gonna do anyway!

-TF

]]> By: mrelegazna http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16612 mrelegazna Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:05:16 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16612 I guess it just kind of depends on what kind of traveller you are. I'm an infrequent one, so maybe that informs my just-happy-to-be-flying, unspoiled, unjaded attitudes. But if you can jump on any of those ten dollar tickets (or $40 ultimately or whatever), they can treat me like cattle, including the branding. How exponentially cheaper is this for most routes(if you get the cheapest tickets) than GREYHOUND? I guess it just kind of depends on what kind of traveller you are. I’m an infrequent one, so maybe that informs my just-happy-to-be-flying, unspoiled, unjaded attitudes. But if you can jump on any of those ten dollar tickets (or $40 ultimately or whatever), they can treat me like cattle, including the branding. How exponentially cheaper is this for most routes(if you get the cheapest tickets) than GREYHOUND?

]]> By: The Global Traveller http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16597 The Global Traveller Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:06:12 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16597 Yowser. Lots of 20-odd minute turnarounds. I bet the afternoon/evening on-time performance won't be good. Yowser. Lots of 20-odd minute turnarounds. I bet the afternoon/evening on-time performance won’t be good.

]]> By: Smail http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16593 Smail Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:43:25 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16593 It is a little crazy to think of the coverage they currently have with only five planes, and how much more coverage they'll have with the 65 additional planes they're getting over the next few years. I'm sure some of those will go to backups and multiplying existing routes; plus, don't they have to give their current planes back to Virgin America? I'm from Columbus, but have spent the past few years living in Baton Rouge. About two weeks ago, I received four or five calls from friends back home that "Skybus is adding service to New Orleans!" Of course, knowing how "the Bus" really operates, I had to explain that "No, they're adding service to GPT which is 75 minutes away from New Orleans and two hours away from Baton Rouge." While the wife might use it for the occasional cheap weekend trip home, I'll give it a big no thanks. It is a little crazy to think of the coverage they currently have with only five planes, and how much more coverage they’ll have with the 65 additional planes they’re getting over the next few years. I’m sure some of those will go to backups and multiplying existing routes; plus, don’t they have to give their current planes back to Virgin America?

I’m from Columbus, but have spent the past few years living in Baton Rouge. About two weeks ago, I received four or five calls from friends back home that “Skybus is adding service to New Orleans!” Of course, knowing how “the Bus” really operates, I had to explain that “No, they’re adding service to GPT which is 75 minutes away from New Orleans and two hours away from Baton Rouge.”

While the wife might use it for the occasional cheap weekend trip home, I’ll give it a big no thanks.

]]> By: Mark Ashley http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16590 Mark Ashley Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:58:42 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16590 If Skybus succeeds, then they'll be tapping a leisure market that wouldn't fly at higher prices. If I could fly across country for $40 including taxes, I'd do it. So fair enough. But note that many fares are actually much higher than that, matching the majors' fares, without the majors' conveniences. Moan all you want about the airlines today, but they're still offering more customer service than Skybus. And if you're a business traveler in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, or High Point, with a corporate policy mandating the lowest fare, look out. You'd better hope that Skybus' limited schedule doesn't fit your plans. This isn't an airline built for business. If Skybus succeeds, then they’ll be tapping a leisure market that wouldn’t fly at higher prices. If I could fly across country for $40 including taxes, I’d do it. So fair enough.

But note that many fares are actually much higher than that, matching the majors’ fares, without the majors’ conveniences. Moan all you want about the airlines today, but they’re still offering more customer service than Skybus.

And if you’re a business traveler in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, or High Point, with a corporate policy mandating the lowest fare, look out. You’d better hope that Skybus’ limited schedule doesn’t fit your plans. This isn’t an airline built for business.

]]> By: askmrlee http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16587 askmrlee Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:09:03 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/09/30/skybus-on-your-horizon/#comment-16587 You can complain all you want about Skybus, but the airline serves a need that the majors just didn't/couldn't. US/HP and DL serve(d) CMH-LAX with red-eye flights, but many want daytime flights. Most of the first Skybus destinations (BUR, SAN, Seattle/BLI, OAK) were not served non-stop despite having sufficient passengers to do so. GSO certainly has demand for some service, as CO.Lite made an attempt there and certainly filled some planes. Problem was that CO cannot /did not want to create a lite service. So where does this leave us, a Ryanair type service. If you see Ryanair and EasyJet's route map, it's hard to determine a hub, because there is so much point to point service. This is what Skybus' route map will resemble. You can complain all you want about Skybus, but the airline serves a need that the majors just didn’t/couldn’t. US/HP and DL serve(d) CMH-LAX with red-eye flights, but many want daytime flights. Most of the first Skybus destinations (BUR, SAN, Seattle/BLI, OAK) were not served non-stop despite having sufficient passengers to do so.

GSO certainly has demand for some service, as CO.Lite made an attempt there and certainly filled some planes. Problem was that CO cannot /did not want to create a lite service.

So where does this leave us, a Ryanair type service. If you see Ryanair and EasyJet’s route map, it’s hard to determine a hub, because there is so much point to point service. This is what Skybus’ route map will resemble.

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