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[hugekebab]

Hi,

My gf is going to go back to the UK and we have found an aeroflot flight for really really cheap. (�330)

The flight is ICN-Moscow (flight change) - Rome.

I'm mostly concerned about the hassle she might get trying to change flights in Moscow airport, which I've heard can be a bloody nightmare.

Does anyone here have experiences of that airline that they would like to share?

Ta

[waynehead]

Yes I have and it's as bad as you've heard. I did Seoul-Moscow-London a while back.

The service is terrible (for example the "drink service" was a lot of watered down orange juice left on a table at the back of the cabin surrounded by surly flight attendants), the planes are rickety and old, moscow airport is a first class dump, the in flight entertainment is practically non existent, and Russians as traveling companions are worse than most.

If you can find something better, go for it.

I'm not sure but I also think Aeroflot has one of the worst safety records among airlines.

[kohmelo]

Don't worry too much I've flown with them to/from seoul from london heathrow and they weren't that bad, of course food was quite bland plenty of drinks service but very bad inflight entertainment, they fly B767's to seoul which don't have seat back entertainment.

Aeroflot has a good safety record I trust them over any american airliner

[stevieg4ever]

jesus man, i am looking at the same flights. Is Moscow really just an hour from London?

This is so strange, i checked them up on Wikipedia and sure enough they have some accidents. But Korean Air has its own page for accidents and crashes.

[soviet_man]

[rocket_scientist]

Yea, I have flown three times and I was bumped to 1st class twice. The leather seats make my stinky butt radiate stinkiness but thats ultimately not my problem. A.Flot is my airline of choice but paying them is difficult as the Russians are xenophobic and routinely cut themselves off from communication and don't cooperate as a way of making others leave. This means you have to pay in cash at an office.

Aeroflot 1st class passengers get entertainment device loaded with music they want you to hear and movies they want you to see. I watched two Soviet classics; The White Sun Of The Desert and another film that looks like the Bob Newhart show where some doctor and a Blond woman fall in love over a befuddled News Years Eve. The later film did an excellent job making Soviet citizens look just like regular people.

The transfers are pretty easy. Only once was I messed with, one transfer clerk sent me to the wrong gate on purpose, this way they could act rudely to Americans and Poles as I was catching a Lot flight. The airport is very small, you visit all of the gates quickly. I did that and caught the flight. Security and immigration was unremarkable.

[hugekebab]

[hugekebab]

[rocket_scientist]

The transfers go smoothly but you have to get a transfer ticket/boarding pass from the ticket, there might be a line. It should go pretty smoothly. She will be at the same terminal and the terminal is small.

[Ninjaniki]

I haven't flown with Aeroflot but I did buy a ticket with them because it was very cheap. Well within 3 weeks of my flight they decided they didn't want to fly to my destination and so they cancelled my flight. A couple days later they said they were unsure if they would fly and they wanted me to wait a few days until headquarters in Moscow decided. Well since my vacation is next month I told them to give me a refund and I ended up buying a more expensive ticket with another more reliable airline.

[stevieg4ever]

Most of Korea's accidents were domestic I believe. But makes one think.

By the way Air China has flights for 330 odd quid. 1 hour stopover in Beijing I believe.

[hugekebab]