Airline/Airport/Travel questions and queries

Mortelaro

L1011 wrote: »

Thongs in Australia mean sandals...

Didn't know that but I can tell you theres absolutely no problem wearing sandals in a Qantas lounge or shorts or t shirts or anything like that
I guess I have to report I even wore a thong myself in the Qantas lounge in Hong Kong in October
Never thought I'd be saying that!

I guess the point is,less frequent fliers want to know what's on and what's not especially if they are travelling J or F for the first time
There may be dress code policies and other obscure admittance policies gathering dust on websites or somewhere but in practice, what you would normally wear in public excluding obviously swimwear is not going to get you booted out

Locker10a

Mortelaro wrote: »

Didn't know that but I can tell you theres absolutely no problem wearing sandals in a Qantas lounge or shorts or t shirts or anything like that
I guess I have to report I even wore a thong myself in the Qantas lounge in Hong Kong in October
Never thought I'd be saying that!

I guess the point is,less frequent fliers want to know what's on and what's not especially if they are travelling J or F for the first time
There may be dress code policies and other obscure admittance policies gathering dust on websites or somewhere but in practice, what you would normally wear in public excluding obviously swimwear is not going to get you booted out

Yes and that’s probably accurate but airlines do have dress codes, obviously they don’t enforce them for reasonably dressed folks, but in the case some loon rocks up in something ridiculously inappropriate for a flight, having such a policy in place gives airlines a leg to stand on.
Also having the policy on their website discourages people dressing like scumbags getting on flights, I personally support that anyway. And no you don’t have to dress like a knacker to be comfortable, there’s perfectly comfortable casual clothing options that look decent and respectable.

Thongs in Australia are specifically flip flops that have the divider inbetween your big toe and small toes.

Creamy Goodness

Sandals (well flip flops) are annoying due to the sound they make.

I’ll always dress in a T-shirt jeans hoody and then when on the plane change into shorts or tracksuit depending (fly business most flights) and most do this.

MJohnston

I always rock up in jogging trousers when I'm flying long-haul, to do anything else is to torture yourself.

Storm 10

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/flight-diverts-to-shannon-with-passenger-suffering-psychotic-episode-on-board-974090.html

easypazz

Do we really need to be allowing these incidents land in Ireland, taking up so much resources?

I wonder is yer man on a trolley at UHL now being watched around the clock by Gardai?

Princess Calla

easypazz wrote: »

Do we really need to be allowing these incidents land in Ireland, taking up so much resources?

I wonder is yer man on a trolley at UHL now being watched around the clock by Gardai?

What would you suggest they do though?

From a personal point of view I'd want the person removed as soon as possible. Sharing buses and trains with loopers is bad enough, at least you can get off at the next stop. Imagine being stuck for 8 hrs with someone having a meltdown.

Then from the persons point of view is it not much better that they get the medical help they need as soon as possible?

I'm sure their travel insurance will reimburse the hse quite nicely!

Tenger

easypazz wrote: »

Do we really need to be allowing these incidents land in Ireland, taking up so much resources?

I wonder is yer man on a trolley at UHL now being watched around the clock by Gardai?

If you want we can Irexit from an internationally agreed treaty on civil aviation?

NSAman

Did he know what he was letting himself in for... poor creatur ending up in UHL....

Hotblack Desiato

easypazz wrote: »

Do we really need to be allowing these incidents land in Ireland, taking up so much resources?

It's because of our geographic position, for a lot of flights we're the first or last piece of land between them and a big empty ocean.

Prominent_Dawg

When did Ryanair priority get so expensive? Booking flights for 20 euro.. thinking I was getting a great deal, turns out priority and cabin bags our more than the flight

G_R

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

When did Ryanair priority get so expensive? Booking flights for 20 euro.. thinking I was getting a great deal, turns out priority and cabin bags our more than the flight

Depends on when you book it as far as I know. Last time I booked priority on Ryanair it was €6, and that was at the time of booking.

Even so, flights for 30/40euro return is pretty decent value, regardless of how the fare is made up!

A Dub in Glasgo

Ryanair prices have been going up and up over the last 6 months

Don't select the regular fare when booking, select the value fare and you can add the seat and 10kg bag later for a cheaper price

Prominent_Dawg

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Don't select the regular fare when booking, select the value fare and you can add the seat and 10kg bag later for a cheaper price

I checked this before booking, happened one way was cheaper on value fare and one way worked out cheaper on regular fare, but maybe I should have waited and added after the booking so!

SAM SO NITE

If you book business class to the states with an onward connection do you get business class on the second flight also?

Van.Bosch

SAM SO NITE wrote: »

If you book business class to the states with an onward connection do you get business class on the second flight also?

Are you booking on EI website? If so I don’t think you do on United and definitely not on Jet Blue

SAM SO NITE

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Are you booking on EI website? If so I don’t think you do on United and definitely not on Jet Blue

but they have the mint seats? why not . It says aer lingus a330 business and jet blue a321 business beside fare details.

cson

B6 don't have true business on a lot of their aircraft (just "Even More Space" seats). Mint is an amazing product but I think they only have it on transcon/carribean ops.

cson

SAM SO NITE wrote: »

but they have the mint seats? why not . It says aer lingus a330 business and jet blue a321 business beside fare details.

Where is your destination?

If its a B6 A321 then it'll have Mint - you're in for a treat.

SAM SO NITE

cson wrote: »

B6 don't have true business on a lot of their aircraft (just "Even More Space" seats). Mint is an amazing product but I think they only have it on transcon/carribean ops.

its on jfk-seattle which is route I'm booking.

SAM SO NITE

cson wrote: »

Where is your destination?

If its a B6 A321 then it'll have Mint - you're in for a treat.

If it has mint ,do i get mint is my question?

Van.Bosch

SAM SO NITE wrote: »

If it has mint ,do i get mint is my question?

I think you do, my answer earlier was based on most of their fleet not having it.

Tenger

SAM SO NITE wrote: »

If you book business class to the states with an onward connection do you get business class on the second flight also?

If your onward flight is also booked in Business class then it is.

Mortelaro

SAM SO NITE wrote: »

If you book business class to the states with an onward connection do you get business class on the second flight also?

Yes if booking on AA or the other U.S carriers
Aerlingus should tell you at the time of booking before you pay if it's a jet blue connection
If you've booked and it's a flight with mint,check your seat number
You may need to call jet blue
Have your EI booking ref dates and flight number

https://www.jetblue.com/contact-us/phone-numbers/

Edit I did a dummy booking to Las there and its mint jfk to las
EI showed business class on that leg

ILikeBoats

Can any airline business class ticket be used for fast track in Dublin, or is it only certain airlines? Flying with United

Mortelaro

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Can any airline business class ticket be used for fast track in Dublin, or is it only certain airlines? Flying with United

Any

daheff

Anybody know if Ryanair stopped flying Dublin Munich (not memmimgen) for the summer?


Cant see dates available online for the summer at all for this route.

Locker10a

daheff wrote: »

Anybody know if Ryanair stopped flying Dublin Munich (not memmimgen) for the summer?


Cant see dates available online for the summer at all for this route.

Yeah think they pulled it

daheff

Locker10a wrote: »

Yeah think they pulled it

dammit.

strange one. the flight was always jammers.

Locker10a

daheff wrote: »

dammit.

strange one. the flight was always jammers.

You can fill any flight with cheap fares, doesn’t make it viable/profitable. Probably more money to be made using the aircraft elsewhere