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Frequent flyers, is economy on a "regular" airline worth the extra cost compared to economy on a budget airline? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't fly that often, and when I do, I pick the cheapest airline possible. Maybe I'm just lucky but I've personally never had budget airlines screw me over all that much. The delays and getting upcharged for everything is expected, but I've never actually been in a situation where a flight got cancelled and they just left me to sleep in the terminal overnight or anything like that, so I never really considered paying more for one of the "normal" airlines.

I'm curious as to what economy is like on a non-budget airline. They can be over double the cost of a budget airline ticket so do you actually get double the service? Anyone who has a lot of experience flying both want to weigh in on how they compare?

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[–] protojefe@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

Even status doesn’t matter for some airlines depending on where you live. Delta Status in Atlanta means basically nothing when everyone around you has it. I fly internationally 5 times a year and have flown airlines across the spectrum. The middle tier ones always end up feeling like the best deal in the end.