Possibly America's best airline...?

Advantages: Good route network, comfortable seating
Disadvantages: Food poor in domestic economy, staff not always great, safety concerns

...---Introduction--- The title of this review "Possibly America's best airline" is meant to be slightly tongue-in-cheek. I have to date flown with several American carriers, including Delta, American Airlines and Northwest and to be honest none of them were really shining stars in the firmament of airlines. This review is based on my experiences flying with Northwest, both on their international and domestic networks. ---Pre-flight details--- My flight was booked via a high street travel agent and was a one-way economy ticket from London Gatwick (LGW) to Great Falls (GTF), a mid-sized town in north central Montana. This routing meant I had to change 'planes in Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) with a layover of about 5 hours. Cost of the ticket was GBP 280 and the relevant flight numbers are NW43 (London to Minneapolis) and NW709...

cladach29 03.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of North West Airlines

Monarch Airline-Low Cost Airline

Advantages: Value for money
Disadvantages: none

...This is another low cost airline which I have used on a number of times and I have found reasonable in cost. The website is very easy to use and informative to the costings of the various add-ons. The staff are very friendly when you get to the airport and always want to please. Recently when my daughter flew to Malaga she found that her luggage was missing so when she spoke to a member of Monarch Airlines in Malaga they were straight away on to the problem and everything got sorted in less than 24 hours and they personally delivered her suitcase to where she was staying. When we booked my daughter in it was a little confusing at Gatwick to know which queue to go to apart from that they were very quick at the booking in desk. The staff were very helpfull and even though it was very busy they still were very polite...

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Avianca, good airline for South America

Advantages: Cheap, comfortable and friendly
Disadvantages: Advertising as direct flights when that is not the case

...Avianca is a Colombian airline that offers flights around Latin America, the U.S and a few destinations in Spain. I flew with them on two return flights, once within Colombia and once from Quito to Caracas. Avianca has the broadest connections for the northern half of South America of any airline. Flights in South America are rarely cheap and as far as I am aware there is no budget airline that would match the likes of ryanair or easyjet within Europe, however, Avianca does offer reasonable value for money. Their flights are frequently the cheapest that I could find for travel around the Andean and Caribbean region. The airline is not very useful to get from Europe over to the Americas as it's only connections are to Madrid and Barcelona. Prices are on par with any other trans-atlantic flight. The flights themselves were...

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  My Camp America experience

Advantages: Great Experience, Camps in great settings
Disadvantages: Money, Can have bad experiences....

...Students these days are told to do something worthwhile in their long summer breaks from University, lots choose to go abroad to far-flung locations, possibly to work, and it was with this in mind that I decided halfway through my year at University that I wanted to go and work on an America summer camp. I had heard so much about it from other people about what a great experience it was, and how everyone has the time of their life. Sounds great I thought! So I applied to Camp America back in December 2005, Camp America sends over 8,000 Brits across the pond to some of the best US camps. (there are literally tens of thousands of American Summer Camps, ranging from top sport institutions to day camps for under-privileged inner-city kids). I shall try to write this review in two parts. The role played by Camp America, and then my...

coleman123 09.07.2006 (10.07.2006) · Read review
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We Love You America!

Advantages: cute
Disadvantages: retired

...As a child who loved all things soft and cuddly, I was a huge fan of the TY beanie babies. My friends and I were obsessed, always buying them with our pocket money. Between us I think we would have had every single one! There are all sorts of animals to collect in the TY range, and quite a selection of Beanie Baby Bears. Needless to say, these are a wide variety of bears of all sorts. Not the grizzly or polar type, but the teddy bear type! One of these bears I had was America the bear. He was the bear that, well, represented America! There were various country bears and this was one of my favourites. Sitting down, he looks quite cute. He is a sky blue colour, with the american flag on the right of his chest. Around his next he has a little bow the colours of the American flag: blue, red, white. His little face is so adorable...

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Malaysia Airlines, sets the benchmark for other airlines!

Advantages: Very hospitable, great customer service, no delays, no fuss, very welcoming
Disadvantages: You won't want to leave the plane!!

...Malaysia Airlines have flown me between Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur twice a year for the last 8 years and I wouldn't fly with any other airline. Firstly, if you're flying too and from Kuala Lumpur on a regular basis, join the Enrich frequent flyer reward programme. You will soon amass points that can then used for upgrades to business class when you want a real treat. Malaysian custom is to be very polite and hospitable and its no different with Malaysia Airlines (MAS). Whether its terminal three at Heathrow or check in at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, you get a warm greeting and all the assistance you require. In my experience, nothing ever seems too much trouble for either the MAS ground or flight crews. Many years ago I mentioned that my wife and I were on honeymoon and we were pleasantly surprised on-board with a bottle...

Speakeeze 24.08.2009 · Read review
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America's Most Smartest Model

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: On MTV - so if you haven't got Satellite you can't watch it

...When I saw this in Product of the Week, I didn't think many people would have even heard about it or watched it, I love this show so thought it would be great to write and tell you all about my opinion on it, especially as I am a young blonde model, who is always subjected to the dumb blonde model jokes, this was the perfect programme for me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is America's Most Smartest Model ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ America's Most Smartest Model is an American reality television show broadcasted by VH1 in America, and has recently been aired in the UK on MTV since 20th January 2008. These days the prettier someone is, the less intelligent they are expected to be, it is assumed that you can't have both and no one has it worse than models. True or not, we all assume that models are stupid. In fact, we...

lilyellowfish 01.04.2008 (31.03.2008) · Read review
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Adapted in America

Advantages: Entertaining and educational
Disadvantages: Some bits are more interesting than others

...It?s hard to define a book that incorporates etymology, history, culture, sociology and a huge amount of humour; the best I can do is to rather vaguely term it ?a complete success and a pleasure to read?. Literary Review puts it a little more succinctly as ?a triumph?, but I don?t think that even that high praise describes exactly how much information and entertainment Bill Bryson has managed to pack into this book. On the surface, it is an investigation of American English and how it?s been shaped through America?s relatively short history, but (as I hope you will see by reading this review) Made In America is so much more than that... This is a book for all those snobs who sneer at ?Americanisms? and claim that the influx of American words, phrases and usages are damaging English ? they will be shocked to learn just how much...

DoubleFantasy11 09.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Made in America - Bill Bryson

American Airlines: Absolutely Average

Advantages: Comfortable seating. Plently of leg room. Excellent website.
Disadvantages: Disappearing Attendants.

...It was our 30th wedding anniversary in May and we wanted a holiday to remember! After much deliberation we decided on a music themed road trip in America. Starting in Chicago, we would travel via the old Route 66 to St Louis, then onward to Nashville, Memphis, Jackson, Lafayette and finally New Orleans. The next decision was with which airline to travel. To a degree the decision was made for us as American Airlines fly directly to Chicago daily from Manchester (our nearest airport) at a reasonable time - leaving at 10.30 a.m. and arriving in Chicago's O'Hare at 1 p.m. (Other UK airports served by American Airlines are London's Stansted and Heathrow). Return flights to Chicago are currently (May 2008) £351 per person. Other US destinations are available at a range of prices. To keep things simple we also used an American Airlines...

MAFARRIMOND 01.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of American Airlines - AAL

Airline to Love

Advantages: Now fly from Stansted. Great Value, Good staff, Trouble free
Disadvantages: None

...Those of you who know the reasons behind my trip to the USA will know there is more meaning to the title of this op than would first appear. Those who don't, take a second look, you'll work it out. I chose to fly with continental to the shores of Virginia for two reasons, firstly the price and secondly the fact that they offer a service out of Stansted, Essex. The latter is a new service which began on 1st May, I flew out on 17th May and the whole trip was hastily arranged. My ticket was booked effortlessly and painlessly over the Internet and required collection at the Airlines desk at the airport. No problems here except that the ticket printer was broken so my ticket was hand written. Check in was swift, no queues, no hassle and the stff were very friendly and helpful. My flight was in 2 legs and once checked in boarding...

jonwhite 19.05.2001 · Read review
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