Comments on: Upgrades and Downgrades — December 14, 2007 — Lufthansa (hearts) JetBlue, Silverjet (hearts) Maxjet, and a German guy (hearts) his vodka

By: Kango Suz

Kango Suz — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:25:36 +0000

What a coup that would be for a budget airline like Jet Blue to join such a major network! I know that they’re pretty new, but I use them all the time for my flights and it would be great to be accumulating miles that I could use to travel abroad with…

By: J. Jarman

J. Jarman — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:58:48 +0000

I think the other reason Silverjet’s doing well is they’re forever having promotions. I wonder what percentage of tickets they actually sell at full fare? They’re discounting yet again this Christmas - £999 London-New York/Dubai.

By: Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:34:04 +0000

Having flown on both Air China and Shanghai Airlines (not Air India)I can safely say the biggest drawback to flying either carrier are not the planes or service, but rather your fellow passengers! If you thought domestic US passengers were bad, you haven’t seen anything yet. I’ve seen passengers who go to smoke in the lavatories and really believe no one will notice, and people who stand up on final approach to collect their luggage and go to wait at the front to be let out. Let’s not even talk about boarding wide-body aircraft. The only reason to fly these airlines is because you absolutely have to when traveling anywhere inside China, and you might as well get miles that are worth something for your sacrifice.

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:23:28 +0000

Ok, fair enough. Air India is especially notorious for delays, etc. But they’re expansions of the Star Alliance network footprint. So maybe I should have said, “Upgraded?”

By: Suresh Ramasubramanian

Suresh Ramasubramanian — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:44:17 +0000

Air India (or Air China) joining are “upgrades” to *A? I wish you luck flying on any of those airlines.. particularly Air India.