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| Flight on time? | 5.5/10   |
|---|---|
| Customer service | 5.2/10 |
| Comfort on flight | 6.2/10 |
| Quality of food | 4.5/10 |
| Value for Money | 5.9/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 5.4/10 |
| Overall Rating | 5.6/10 |
By Belgarion
on 15th Apr 2006
| Flight Date | July 2005 - April 2006 on a weekly basis |
|---|---|
| Flight From - To | Glasgow to Southampton return |
| Ticket class | Economy |
| Flight on time? | 0/10 |
| Customer service | 4/10 |
| Comfort on flight | 3/10 |
| Quality of food | 3/10 |
| Value for money | 3/10 |
| Overall value | 1/10 |
 Belgarion's recommendation | |
Price
Rarely on time!
Planes get cancelled a bit too easily.
Well Piglet I'm sorry to say, but your findings are not mine, maybe I've just been unlucky. However I think not.
The Flube airline prices are good if you book in advance (as in at least a month in advance). Please don't make the mistake of wanting or needing to change your flight ticket though! All of a sudden you find that Y Economy class suddenly becomes a number of different versions of Economy class. This can be very costly if you have to change your ticket or flight.
I have now flown with Flybe on the 7am Glasgow/Southampton run virtually every week since July 2005, and this flight has only taken off on time ONCE!! Us regular passengers have stopped betting on the time of take-off!! The latest take off time has been around 7.55, and that is with all the passengers fully loaded and doors locked prior to 7am.
I travel to work on a Monday and then fly back to Glasgow on the Friday. The 16.20 (now 16.50) is often delayed (due to aircraft leaving late from previous destinations etc). For a long time this flight, and the later 18.20 flight back to Glasgow have never taken off on time.
The trolley service on the plane at times can be faulted, but never the Cabin Crew, who are helpful and courteous at all times. They have been known to get really fed up at the delays too! The problem with trolley service? Well, like sometimes there isn't one due to the trolley contents not being loaded or replenished.
Unfortunately, Flybe are the only carrier to get down before 9am, as the BA flights are later in the morning. (Though I hear they are somewhat tardy on their arrival times too). In a little bit of defence to Flybe, I have been told on a number of occasions that the delays to the Glasgow early morning flight are caused by Heathrow Air Traffic Control, and as the flight has to pass through this area, maybe that is more the reason for the delays?
Important, please be aware that:
| Helpful | Unhelpful | Agree | Disagree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Respect: -1
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