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[Moldy Rutabaga]

[peppermint]

I find Asiana stewardesses creepily clone like actually, and very unhelpful. Haaven't flown with Korean air, but they don't sound promising. and I paid through the nose for every flight I've taken with them

I've gotten great service from Thai and singapore airways. Eva Air was consistently a half hour late every time I flew with them, but great service once they got in the air.

Air Canada- bumped me to first class the last time I got on a long haul flight, so maybe I'm biased

[Natalia]

Any airline in India - take your pick. I have flown just about every Asian airline, and many European airlines, but there is nothing as bad as the Indian airlines.

The domestic is far worse than the international - they seem to lower their standards considerably when the planes stay in India. The planes stink, the windows are greasy and have face marks and hand prints all over them. The magazines are so greasy you don't want to pick them up for fear of catching some awful disease.
The planes never leave less than three hours late. The flight attendants think they are too good for their jobs and literally throw the meals at you as if you have offended them by simply being there (not that you would want to eat the meals anyway). And don't be surprised if the pilots decide to take a stroll around the plane to chat up the flight attendants in the middle of the flight!

[Homer]

Air Canacrap still ranks #1 in overall crap factor for me.

Bad service.

Bad prices.

Bad inflight service...no wait...horrid in-flight service.

That is our experience anyway (wife and I).

When we fly to Canada we use Northwest...they have better in-flight service and fly out of Busan.

Their domestic flights are horrible however.

We also use JAL or KAL both of which are eons ahead of Air Canacrap when it comes to service.

[Tiger Beer]

Philippine Air has been the worst for me.

Recently I had to book a return flight from Manila to Seoul before the March semester began.. only BUSINESS CLASS was available.. so I booked it.

They ran out of two of the three meals available (why didn't they shortchange the economy passengers on that one?).. in addition they ran out of the 2 out of the 3 juices available. Not only that, but the movies were pre-chosen exactly the same as economy class as well on any other airline.

None of this matters that much.. but I did have to spend significantly more for Business Class to get back to Seoul but it was MUCH worse than any economy ticket I've ever booked on any other airline.

[bucheon bum]

[krats1976]

[kermo]

[Homer]

[Neil]

Air China and EasyJet.

[davyteacher]

Easyjet, cheap and cheerful.

[buildbyflying]

I had a miserable time dealing with Delta. Last summer, I was flying out of LaGuardia, en route to Houston,TX via Charlotte, NC.
Problems started as soon as I got to the airport. At the outside check-in stand for Delta, the clerk weighed my bags and told me one bag was over the limit and if I didn't want to pay extra, I'd have to shift around some stuff. I already knew that the bag would likely be heavy and was well prepared to resort my bags until they balanced out. I got out of line resrted my bags, and they weighed in under the limit. The guy gives me my boarding pass, and I say thanks. No problem.
Then as I walk away, he scoffs, "So I just saved you about a hundred bucks! Don't you know how to tip?" Affronted and a tad embarrassed, I dropped a tener and went on my way. I boarded the flight, which was otherwise uneventful. However, when I arrived at Charlotte I found my bags never left LaGuardia.
My next flight was on North West. The Delta rep in Charlotte said that he'd track the bags and send them to Houston. He asked for a home address. Itold him "Don't send it to my home address, I'm going to Houston." He said he understood but he needed an address. I agreed. He sent the bags to my home address in NC.
I found out in Houston. The NWA reps did their best to track the bags which Delta lost. Icalled the Delta reps who said they'd dropped the bags on the porch of my house (no one was home). I told them to pick them up and send them to Houston. After a number of calls, they did.
The bags arrived in Houston a day after me. I was staying DT with friends. I ask them if they'll deliver the bags to an address in residential Houston. They said no. (Even after sending the bags hundreds of miles and then driving them to my home another hundred miles to/from Charlotte -- and they wouldn't drive it an extra 20 miles)
I asked fruitlessly, if there was any chance I'd get a basic stipend as stated in their lost baggage policy. They insisted because I gave my home address, it was my fault. They were rude, unapologetic and incompetent.
We agreed that I could pick up the bags when I leave HOuston in a week.
I left HOuston but my bags didn't follow me to Narita or Incheon. Korean Air eventually hunted down my luggage and hand delivered them to the school where I work. Delta sent me a $100 voucher. NWA sent me $25 and they didn't lose my bags.

[Tiger Beer]