Which Airline Do you Prefer?

**Jun aka Pekto** · June 11th, 2007 08:45 PM

I don't start that many threads. But, I'm planning another trip abroad and it struck me that the most enjoyable airline I've flown in thus far is Northwest Air during my trip to USA-Japan and back.

Why? The amenities. I'm not sure if this is standard fare among most airlines nowadays. But on the way to Japan, I rode in a Northwest Air 747. I only flew coach. However, some things got me smiling:

* The seats were fairly spacious
* All seats have an lcd touchscreen.
* A "huge" selection of movies and music all organized by genre
* Online duty-free shopping.
* Video games for a small fee
* A remote for the lcd screen which doubled as a gamepad and a phone (I think)
* Business class has internet capability plus power outlets to save battery power of laptops
* Business class also had some very nice seats which were literally beds when stretched out
* Add the usually good food and courteous crew

On the round-trip portion back from Japan, I flew Northwest Air again but this time on an Airbus ??? Same amenities. But the seats on coach and the spacing were even better than coach on the 747.

I haven't tried any other international airlines recently. So, I'm wondering if the amenities with Northwest Air is more common now on the other airlines. If it's not, then I'll have to stick with Northwest Air on the next trip. With the amenities on coach, I really don't see a need to go business class.

**OTEP** · June 11th, 2007 08:51 PM

No help from me. I also fly Northwest coach.

The airline whose cabin crew is composed mainly of lolas.

hehehe.

**sequoia** · June 11th, 2007 09:06 PM

Na try ko na PAL, Cathay, Lufthansa at Singapore Airlines. For me singapore Airlines ang pinaka ok, kasi kahit economy class may LCD screens with free movies and free DOS video games. Ang se-***y pa ng mga stewardes.

**Isuzoom** · June 11th, 2007 09:07 PM

mr. jun, what are you travel plan? maybe i can help...airbus is my midlle name.

tama is doc otep grumpy lola ang FA ng northworst airline.

**Jun aka Pekto** · June 11th, 2007 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by OTEP

No help from me. I also fly Northwest coach.

The airline whose cabin crew is composed mainly of lolas.

hehehe.

Well, the 747 I flew had an almost all-Japanese crew and some of the women looked quite young. On the Airbus... Yup. There were a couple of prunes. But, most I wouldn't consider too old...late twenties, early thirty's. Still, I didn't pay much attention to them because I was busy watching movies. The selection of good movies was plentiful enough that I actually never had to turn on my portable dvd player.

**Rasputin** · June 11th, 2007 09:14 PM

My two cents worth..
EMIRATES Airlines- Skywards Freq flyer program( loads of perks ++++)
Latest aircrafts plus superb meals,best inflight entertainment.
Efficient, caring, gracious cabin crews even their ground staffs.

**Isuzoom** · June 11th, 2007 09:17 PM

emirates EK, cathay pacific CX, singapore airlines SQ.....these airline is the benchmark of airline industry...and they are all asian asian airlines.

**Jun aka Pekto** · June 11th, 2007 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Isuzoom

mr. jun, what are you travel plan? maybe i can help...airbus is my midlle name.

tama is doc otep grumpy lola ang FA ng northworst airline.

We'll see if my wife can't find anything. But, she has a lot of travel agent contacts on the "Pinay Grapevine". In fact, she's the one who arranged that last trip because she said I didn't know how to save.

Add: Anyway, the trip involves me and our daughter staying in Japan with my cousin while my wife, the (by then) newborn kid, and my mother-in-law continue on to the Philippines. My mother-in-law will stay in the Philippines while my wife and new kid head back to Japan where we'll meet and go sightseeing before heading back home. Tentative time is summer of next year.

**OTEP** · June 11th, 2007 09:22 PM

To be fair, the Asian leg of most NW flights are composed mainly of younger cabin crew members. It's the North American part that seems to be full of grannies. I don't have anything against older citizens. It was just an observation.

**chua_riwap** · June 11th, 2007 09:24 PM

Preferred airlines.....

- Singapore Airlines
- Cathay Pacific
- Emirates Airlines

The best ang Singapore. Mga ***y at ang babata. Lagi pang nakangiti, kahit pagod na sila.

Papuntang Tate naman, usually....

- AA (yung Class J nila, Bose Noise Cancelling HP ang bigay nila

Galing! )
- UA
- Northwest

Mga lola na nga mga flight stewardess nila. Kundi naman lola...........ang lalapad! Hirap sila dumaan sa aisle.