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Amtrak could in theory have top quality or even custom offerings available if they wanted to. There are so many suppliers of food offerings including prepackaged and local options that could be utilized and lots of points throughout the journey that food can be brought onboard. I presume...

Question: Does Amtrak do contactless credit card payments on trains for food? Or just regular credit card payments? Also, does Amtrak use wireless signals from wireless carriers or do they have a separate network to process credit cards? Just wondering if there are deadspots so credit card...

I agree in many cases there will not be a difference but in cases where there is limited flight availability, basic economy tickets have lower priority and will be denied boarding before a regular economy ticket should it be necessary if there are not enough volunteers. I would also think that...

Every country has a different market and my focus was on domestic USA based airlines. In Mexico ULCC Volaris seems to be doing better financially than Aeromexico which is the legacy carrier. Also more people in USA are going to Tijuana instead of San Diego for flights to Mexico by crossing...

Some LCC carriers include the most features like free bags and no change fee in their base fares so I wound agree in that sense. The legacy have ways to save on fees but it is driven by loyalty programs. Each has its own benefits and drawbacks. Legacies have more fare options and loyalty...

I am not interested in getting the absolute lowest priced fare even if you compare the actual cost including fees incurred and I never would buy a basic economy ticket on airlines either. With that said, all US domestic airlines seem to have had issues at one point or another. Generally...

Legacy carrier is a well established term in the airline industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_carrier There are five carriers which meet this definition left. Alaska, Hawaiian, Delta, American Airlines and United airlines. American apparently reinstated interline with Delta in...

Do it yourself based on your own airport routes before you book a ticket. Understand the differences between airlines and know what you are getting into. Contract of carriage, interline agreements, DOT rules, Rule 240 or its equivalent and whether airlines abide by it and so forth also play a...

Most international flights are out of T5 for arrivals and departures at Ohare. You aren’t going to want to connect to an AA or United flight for an international departure in most cases but it is still doable by changing terminals. Spirit has some fares under $20 for some longer domestic...

Southwest is apparently part of GDS systems as of 2020 which I did not know. Apparently agents can book through them but I haven’t seen any online booking options to date other than Southwest directly. Consumers know how to book Southwest tickets already. In the past Southwest focused more on...

Southwest‘s expansion into Chicago Ohare and I believe today they increased the number of flights out is a big deal because you can do self transfers to a huge number of flights on other airlines as well as have access to Souhwest’s flights. ULCC’s have higher bag fees and lower weight...

As the pandemic eventually ends, I hope airlines will compete on improving service levels and less on price. I personally am not looking for an ultra low cost fare but rather a fare based on a decent quality of service and a fair price for services. The ULCC market exists and those price...

If Spirit was blocking middle seats it would have been announced by the airline. Airlines are responsible to adhere to DOT regulations which are posted online. Submit a claim to the airlines if you meet the requirements and also file a DOT complaint if necessary. During the pandemic, airlines...

No I didn’t make up these incidents. They have videos on the internet. Some aviation police even have bodycam videos of these incidents such as a flight that was diverted to New Mexico and perpetrator was taken into custody. The last one I saw was a Frontier flight where someone had to be...

Just look at the mass media for all the flight incidents. I’ve seen numerous on multiple airlines but it seems to be a few more on Spirit and Frontier combined in my own opinion, I haven’t counted the number of incidents per airline, but it just seems like its a few more on the ULCC’s than the...

The introduction of basic economy fares has changed the industry. The regulated airline markets had high pricing but much higher service levels as well. I actually miss many aspects of the regulated airline industry because it made for a better experience. I feel airlines have been...

If I recall, both airlines have upgraded seat options. I don’t know the differences in the seats and difference in price between them but it does seem likely they will unify with one standard as plane interiors get modified in the future but that process will take a long time to accomplish. I...

Merging Frontier and Spirit is no different than other airline mergers as both of the airlines were already on the ULCC. Allegiant is also in that class and its unclear if it will merge with them as well. I don’t know the route overlap and so forth however. I could understand usage of smaller...

We already know how these airlines make money as it is part of their public financial statements as Sprint and Frontier are both listed public corporations. The OTA stats don’t show the whole picture. The merged company just combines two companies with a similar business model and allows them...

I have seen images of full Spirit and Frontier planes and its mind boggling to me how people don’t seem to understand the airline industry and wind up on these flights. In the vast majority of cases, the customer is paying more with less service quality and less service frequency. I am...