Please advise on airlines from US to UK

[Lisa and Spence 0]

Great choice once you fly Virgin you wont wanna fly with anyone else, like i said in my post im flying Virgin back to London on th 28th september for two weeks to see the family and go to sisters wedding...enjoy the trip.

Spence

[Fandango 1,439]

I forgot to mention...Continental and VA are sister airlines. My first time on VA was actually booked through continental.

[Rodgiegirl 0]

Hey I've flown to asian twice and to africa, and I highly suggest British air. They have great customer service and safety. I will fly with them every time. Also you can sign up for frequent flyer miles. Hope this helps!

[Nilz07 0]

I would go for virgin myself, its the best airline Ive been on by far! The prices are also the same sometimes cheaper than ba. Also ba has problems with baggage at the moment.

[Captain Oates 911]

I am trying to book flight from San Francisco to London. Will be meeting with my fiance there (he will fly from Ukraine). Prices pretty much the same, but I feel so uncomfortable to fly alone 10 + hours, so I need to know all info ahead :-))

Can you please suggest which airline is better : United or Britishairways in terms of convenience , safety, service?

Thanks in advance!

Safety ? we don't fly 'wings fall off' Tupolevs here you know !

Fly BMI Chicago to Manchester and train to Leeds and stay in Yorkshire - London is horrible...

Yorkshire is like the garden of eden - full of naked people living on apples and reaching for fig leaves ....

No really, my American wife thinks Americans miss out on so much by going to dirty over-priced cosmopolitan cities like London.

Try York and the Yorkshire Dales....If it isnt in Yorkshire then it is hardly worth going to...

http://www.rpfuller.com/photographs/Yorksh...5904AA_1280.JPG

Edited September 10, 2007 by saywhat

[Lansbury 19]

Fly BMI Chicago to Manchester and train to Leeds and stay in Yorkshire - London is horrible...

My eldest son flies BMI MAN - ORD when he comes to visit. The only problem with Chicago is delays caused by weather. last time we went via there is was raining a bit and we had to wait so long in the take off queue they turned the engines off to save fuel.

[Captain Oates 911]

Fly BMI Chicago to Manchester and train to Leeds and stay in Yorkshire - London is horrible...

My eldest son flies BMI MAN - ORD when he comes to visit. The only problem with Chicago is delays caused by weather. last time we went via there is was raining a bit and we had to wait so long in the take off queue they turned the engines off to save fuel.

Yes Carolyn loves that flights as much as you can sitting 7 or 8 hours on a plane. She should have landed in Chicago about 1 hour ago so I am expecting a text from Milwaukee about 5 pm central.. I am just waiting for confirmation from VJ bods about whether CR1 visas via NVC to standard embassies only receive 1 letter from the Embassy (The one with the interview date ) rather than a checklist first.

DOS Washington told me that's correct today and Margotdarko thinks it is so too- just need one or two more to confirm and that will be superb as it will save me about 4 weeks from pckt 3 to pckt 4 I reckon....

It will make our week if that is the system. ....hoping...

alan

[Buxton babe 0]

My ex-wife was a Continental Employee. I have flown to the UK about six times a year since '98. CO is a very good Airline. All my friends and family who visit me fly Virgin. My wife just flew back from the Uk in Virgin upper class, she was quite impressed. We flew BA in April using our K1 from Heathrow before the Baggage problems and found BA to be quite pleasurable.

[ChasUK 0]

They all have their pros and cons. As someone here already said, it's personal.

Ask a Mercedes owner what is the best car and you'll get Mercedes as the answer. Ask a Lexus owner the same question and...... you see my point.

[Buxton babe 0]

They all have their pros and cons. As someone here already said, it's personal.

Ask a Mercedes owner what is the best car and you'll get Mercedes as the answer. Ask a Lexus owner the same question and...... you see my point.

I agree with the above. But when a Kia or Hyundai? owner says his car is as good as a Mercedes or Lexus, then there is room for debate.

My wife has flown from the uk with "First choice", a little little Airline that thinks it is big. It is Not.

[ChasUK 0]

They all have their pros and cons. As someone here already said, it's personal.

Ask a Mercedes owner what is the best car and you'll get Mercedes as the answer. Ask a Lexus owner the same question and...... you see my point.

I agree with the above. But when a Kia or Hyundai? owner says his car is as good as a Mercedes or Lexus, then there is room for debate.

My wife has flown from the uk with "First choice", a little little Airline that thinks it is big. It is Not.

LOL, well , ... yes. Within reason of course. A Mini Cooper is definately no Bentley.

[Captain Oates 911]

It's a while since I was on a virgin (wink wink)

I prefer airlines with the maximum number of gay men as stewards - I prefer people without PMS (PMT in English) serving me, as being irritable and distracted is a recognized symptom of this condition

Never heard a customer complain about a gay man being brusque - have you ? heard plenty complain about female cabin dragons who should have transferred to the admin office 10 years prior when the glam of the job wore off...

and, if you get sick, the gay stewards will offer to take you round the back while you are recovering..

and I can flirt with them without my wife getting jealous - more fun than watching a video

Yes gimme a ginger beer any time.

[Lansbury 19]

It's a while since I was on a virgin (wink wink)

I prefer airlines with the maximum number of gay men as stewards - I prefer people without PMS (PMT in English) serving me, as being irritable and distracted is a recognized symptom of this condition

Never heard a customer complain about a gay man being brusque - have you ? heard plenty complain about female cabin dragons who should have transferred to the admin office 10 years prior when the glam of the job wore off...

and, if you get sick, the gay stewards will offer to take you round the back while you are recovering..

and I can flirt with them without my wife getting jealous - more fun than watching a video

Yes gimme a ginger beer any time.

I boarded a BA flight from Zimbabwe back to London in February a few years ago. It being summer there that time of year and hot even though it was 10 o'clock at night I was wearing shorts and a bush shirt. As I put my carry on in the over head a BA steward who had walked down the aisle said "Oh sir is going to get those lovely legs awfully cold when we get back to London". Only on BA do you get compliments like that

[Captain Oates 911]

I boarded a BA flight from Zimbabwe back to London in February a few years ago. It being summer there that time of year and hot even though it was 10 o'clock at night I was wearing shorts and a bush shirt. As I put my carry on in the over head a BA steward who had walked down the aisle said "Oh sir is going to get those lovely legs awfully cold when we get back to London". Only on BA do you get compliments like that

Yes you know when you are getting old when even a compliment from a gay steward is welcome...

These guys do a very good job from my observation...

So as long as... stop it Alan