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They're a budget carrier affiliated with SAS, and I just discovered that they are -- for now -- offering insanely low fares from Oakland to Oslo and Stockholm.
Has anyone here flown that route, or any other, with them? I see from the website that there's no assigned seating unless you pay extra, so I wonder if it's a trans-Atlantic version of Southwest or whether it's a bit nicer than that.
Are you familiar with European low cost carriers? If so, I would put them a notch above EasyJet and a couple notches above RyanAir. Remember they are a LOW cost carrier: you aren't getting luxury or anything close to it. Remember that low cost carriers will nickle and dime you, so the stated price may not be your actual price if you want to check luggage, reserve a seat, etc. depending on what fare class you book.
Yes, I flew on a few low-cost carriers when I lived in Europe. They're running 787 Dreamliners from the West Coast to Europe, so I thought it might be slightly nicer than a typical low-cost airline. But I guess they can cram seats into those planes just as easily as into any other.
From what I understand, they're pretty up front about the nickel-and-diming - it's just another price structure, really - and the route choice is certainly very attractive. The reason I'd probably not take a chance on them is that they bought 787s, and that plane has reliability issues. (Boeing has even admitted as much.) Nothing dangerous, but tons of cancellations and delays, and with them being a small airline, it is much harder to organize back-up capacity. In other words, you could get stranded for a quite a while.
In my student days, where money was tight and time wasn't, I'd be all over that trade-off. Now, well... Still, LA-Copenhagen without changing planes? Bliss.
From what I understand, they're pretty up front about the nickel-and-diming - it's just another price structure, really - and the route choice is certainly very attractive.
Not to mention $550 RT from Oakland to Oslo -- taxes and fees (but no extras) included.
Now all I need is a reason to go to Oslo. (And a new passport, since mine expired.)
Keep in mind that $550 is also a bar tab for a night of moderately interesting drinking in Oslo, which is a seriously expensive place to vacation. But it looks like Air Berlin will get you to budget-friendly Berlin from Oslo for $107 RT (sample days- March 17-March 25, other spring RTs may be slightly more)
From what I understand, they're pretty up front about the nickel-and-diming - it's just another price structure, really
Absolutely. I actually prefer the option to pay for the features you use, since we are paying for it one way or another (e.g. no carrier hauls your bags for "free", just like there is no "free delivery" of anything to your house: they are built in costs). I do like that European low lost carriers are much more up front about the fees as opposed to the US carriers, which I appreciate.
I would avoid Norwegian for long-haul flights. A number of flights from New York and Bangkok have been delayed due to issues with the Dreamliner. They are my preferred airline for flights within Europe, though.
Are you familiar with European low cost carriers? If so, I would put them a notch above EasyJet and a couple notches above RyanAir. Remember they are a LOW cost carrier: you aren't getting luxury or anything close to it. Remember that low cost carriers will nickle and dime you, so the stated price may not be your actual price if you want to check luggage, reserve a seat, etc. depending on what fare class you book.
Norwegian is nothing like Ryanair. The booking process is very simple and they list all the extra charges. Ryanair are a bunch of crooks.
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