Norwegian Airlines

There have been several threads with pros and cons about Norwegian in the last few months. Search the forum and you'll find a ton of information.

We have and our experience has been great. All new aircraft, great flight crews. The only caution I would throw out there is to check the schedule to ensure they have daily flights from your destination. If a flight should by chance be cancelled and they only fly out of that airport on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday it is important to ask questions beforehand to ensure you will be able to fly out the next day or do you have to wait until the next scheduled flight day.

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/transportation/norweigan-primera-wow-airlines

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/packing/norwegian-air-weight-limits-yikes

I flew for 2nd time April 24 London to Chicago. Norwegian is too good to be true given the prices and services. I really like those 787 Dreamliner you get a lot of space in economy compared to what the legacy carriers offer. You have the option of buying your meals in advance for about $45 or just ordering and paying a la carte on a touch screen. I am glad I just ordered a !a carte on the plane a salad chips and couple beers as the food that others ordered in advance did not look or smell that appetizing like on most airlines. I am happy that they fly out of Ohare 7days a week. I recently paid $225 for one way ticket to London for a trip this July, when all the other bloated legacy carriers United British airways American etc. want to charge 4 time that price.

We have now used Norwegian multiple times to fly in and out of Europe. We have loved using them and will continue to. We always use carry on luggage, grab food at the airport to take with us and we are set. We usually add an extra bag coming back. We have a flight scheduled this Thursday to Barcelona. My adult kids have just booked flights this fall to London and Prague. We've never had any issues.

Dear Norwegian Airlines,
Where's the compensation for all the nice things I've written about you on this forum?
No check, no gratis miles, no love?
It's getting old....me singing your praises and....no nothin' in return.

Flown 'em often.....Oslo to LAX, OAK to Barcelona, Madrid-Gatwick-SeaTac, LAX to CDG.....
Love 'em......my favorite carrier......are you reading this, Norwegian?
I'm waiting!
Hey.....add PDX to your glide path and we'll call it even.

We had an ok experience with Norwegian. All of our flights were delayed (Boston --> Oslo --> Copenhagen) but nothing extreme. We were given a hard time about our carry-on luggage by the ticket counter agent because our bags were over 10kg. So we stuffed our jackets with our shoes, snacks, etc., returned to the counter with 10kg bags and all was well. We left at 10pm so we were fine without a meal. The flights were overall pleasant.

Norwegian is great. Just don't to forget to pay for Checked Bags and also, order for your meal, as they oftentimes run out or their food and snacks . They have a array of food choices (Vegan, Kosher, etc)

Also, when you book at Norwegian, buy the paltry sum of $12.00 for trip protection. I case you get ill or a family members. This entitles you to "money back" no questions asked. You'll just need a Dr's Note to add into the maze.