I have never flown on either airlines. Any feedback. Is one better than the other? Price is pretty close.
Posted by
Washington DC Region, USA
7054 posts
Emirates - thumbs up
Alitalia - thumbs down
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9371 posts
That's like comparing the Hyatt (Emirates) with Motel 6 (Alitalia) - there is no comparison.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33852 posts
countries with respect complexes
I'm guessing that auto correct got in here somewhere - I don't have a clue what you mean and can't work out a reasonable alternative expression. Eh?
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10633 posts
Oh heavens. I assumed it meant the airline employees had respect for the passengers, something that is more and more lacking in the exploit-the-employee and sardine-can-the-customer airlines.
Posted by
OP
141 posts
Thank you everyone. I am finding there is a $300 savings per ticker fly in and out of Milan on Emirates from NY, rather then into Milan and out of Munich (on United). With three tickets involved, that is a good amount of money. We have flown into Milan before and are comfortable with the airport, getting the train. etc. Now I have to narrow down the itinerary and see if it's doing a loop.
Posted by
Los Angeles
4853 posts
check this out
http://fusion.net/story/214144/the-sad-truth-about-airfares/
Posted by
Seattle
544 posts
Wow that flight is not only a great deal, it's also on one of the new giant A380s. Should be a great flight!
Posted by
OP
141 posts
I checked out the plane and it does look amazing. In April we flew American from NY to Milan and it was ok. No individual TV's which was disappointing.
Now the question is do I book and do a loop from Milan back to Milan and fly the super nice plane or pay more and leave out of Munich or Vienna?
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16068 posts
Always go either for airlines sponsored by rich petro states in the middle east (Qatar Air, Emirates, Etihad) ...
Newflash:
Alitalia is owned by Etihad of Abu Dhabi, since 2014!
Having said that, I generally look at the price, convenience of connections, # of layovers, routing first. Then maybe I might consider other bullsh1t.
Posted by
point pleasant beach, nj, usa
646 posts
Just booked on Emirates round trip to Milan for $1099 for two people. From JFK in NY. Pretty good!
Posted by
OP
141 posts
What my time of year was that price for?
Posted by
Brisbane, Australia
126 posts
My vote would be for Emirates, we always fly them to Europe from Australia BUT-------------- we are having second thoughts like many others both here and in New Zealand.
Because most flights to Europe touch down in the Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain) a lot of people, ourselves included are looking at alternate ways to get to Europe without flying via the Middle East. We could fly to Singapore or Bangkok then go direct from there.
We are still undecided at present as to who to fly with, I feel confident that security in Dubai would be very good as they couldn’t afford to have an incident with any plane flying out of Dubai – if it did happen it would basically be the end of Dubai till everyone got their confidence restored.
From your part of the World I’d go with Emirates.
Posted by
693 posts
What condescending rubbish from Kaeleku. If there is one country in the world where people try to tell you everything is bigger and better (and dumber in the case of Donald Trump) then it is the US.
And just to ensure no confusion, neither Qantas or Air NZ are owned or subsidised by their govts.
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693 posts
Now I am confused. I thought it was Trump family that had small hands not the Koreans?