OT: Anybody ever flown Norwegian Air

please somebody answer him with a "ya sure you betcha there"

Haven't myself just googled Reviews average between 3 to 4.5 stars.  (of 5)Didn't sound like an abundance of snacks so you may need to bring something.
As for the plane design, they must have got it from male dogs

6'1"?  Boo hoo.  I'll take some cramped leg room once in a while, if it means I could be taller than 5'9".  I mean, I enjoyed dating a girl that was 6'2"... but most people looked at us funny (let's face it, they looked at me funny).

Seriously, though... I have no idea about your airplane.  Hope it stays up in the air as long as it's supposed to.   :p

@"KingBash" said: I let my girl book our trip and she went through Kayak or Expedia or whatever. I'd never heard of Norwegian but figured it'd be fine once I read the reviews for the 787s. Now I'm going down the rabbit hole on Reddit and getting conflicting reports: we're in economy (yuck). Do these seats recline? I'm 6'1" - how's the legroom? And most importantly, do I need to go to the duty free right now? I sure as shit am not gonna be sober for this and I'm not paying $100+ to drink out of a plastic cup and ring my call button every 30 minutes. 

Thanks. (Flight is in 3 hours so time is of the essence.)

Try flying from San Fran to China - Im 6'6" and 275lbs. I was going to be stuck in the middle of a wide plane (the 5 seat wide center area) - Lady asked if I would like to upgrade to Business Class. BEST $500.00 Ive ever spent. It was like a 11+ hour flight if I remember right. I had seat that reclined all the way back, Free champagne and drinks, TONS of room and a HUGE comfy seat / free headphones and my own TV in front of me etc. I think if I had not done this my knees would have buckled and I could never have walked again. See if you can upgrade when you get to the airport - sometimes they may have deals.

Flying just sucks. Period.

grab your bags, drive & park & shuttle or drop off, pick up?
TSA is always a ball buster, going through all your shit, unpacking, shoes off, endless lines. 

boarding takes twice as long as it should because people are back and forth in their overhead compartment.

You've always got "that guy" on his cell phone that needs to call right before the plane takes off...and the very second the plane touches down.

Theres always "baby's first flight", and I understand their ears are hurting, but I start to truly empathize with the guy from "God Bless America". Or I get the "sick person" coughing and hacking behind me.

I snore, so my wife elbows me in the ribs when I drop off so I don't bother the screaming baby or the person coughing behind me.

theres the guy that has to be the first one to stand in the aisle. (Usually the phone guy)

rental car car lines are a PITA and no I don't want your extra insurance or purchase your gas, just get me on my way.....

but then....

Hawaii....ah....trade winds, plumeria, water that looks like windex, sugar sand beaches, shave ice....

...two more weeks.

@"NorthernCalVike" said:

@"KingBash" said: I let my girl book our trip and she went through Kayak or Expedia or whatever. I'd never heard of Norwegian but figured it'd be fine once I read the reviews for the 787s. Now I'm going down the rabbit hole on Reddit and getting conflicting reports: we're in economy (yuck). Do these seats recline? I'm 6'1" - how's the legroom? And most importantly, do I need to go to the duty free right now? I sure as shit am not gonna be sober for this and I'm not paying $100+ to drink out of a plastic cup and ring my call button every 30 minutes. 

Thanks. (Flight is in 3 hours so time is of the essence.)

Try flying from San Fran to China - Im 6'6" and 275lbs. I was going to be stuck in the middle of a wide plane (the 5 seat wide center area) - Lady asked if I would like to upgrade to Business Class. BEST $500.00 Ive ever spent. It was like a 11+ hour flight if I remember right. I had seat that reclined all the way back, Free champagne and drinks, TONS of room and a HUGE comfy seat / free headphones and my own TV in front of me etc. I think if I had not done this my knees would have buckled and I could never have walked again. See if you can upgrade when you get to the airport - sometimes they may have deals.

Uff da nei. I can smell the lutefisk on the diner cart now.

Can't imagine it'd be any worse than how bad our main US airlines have gotten.

It cant possibly be worse than Spirit Airlines.....I swear they would charge you for taking a piss or breathing too much while in flight if they could.

@"quattrovike" said: It cant possibly be worse than Spirit Airlines.....I swear they would charge you for taking a piss or breathing too much while in flight if they could.

Lol. My friend was just telling me that she used Spirit airlines and they didn't load her bag on the plane. 

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"quattrovike" said: It cant possibly be worse than Spirit Airlines.....I swear they would charge you for taking a piss or breathing too much while in flight if they could.

Lol. My friend was just telling me that she used Spirit airlines and they didn't load her bag on the plane. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"quattrovike" said: It cant possibly be worse than Spirit Airlines.....I swear they would charge you for taking a piss or breathing too much while in flight if they could.

Lol. My friend was just telling me that she used Spirit airlines and they didn't load her bag on the plane. 

In fairness. ...that happens quite often on many airlines .

Airline travel is amazingly.......good. I've been a business traveler for 25 years. Its very safe and they overwhelmingly get you where you want to go on time. I've had my luggage lost only once, but got it returned the next day. My complaint is the trend to make seating smaller. Bathrooms smaller. I'm not a massive person (6'1", 185 lbs.) but the space they are using now for people to move around in is ridiculous. If you get a big person sitting next to you it sucks. They are all over you. Dealing with the airport and parking also stinks.

Its really the whole process of air travel after 9/11 that has made it more difficult. It was completely different before that, much easier and more relaxed. If you travel on discount airlines like Spirit, the experience is definitely worse. I don't take discount providers, but on the very few times I've had to, Allegiant Air is the best.

@"StickyBun" said: Airline travel is amazingly.......good. I've been a business traveler for 25 years. Its very safe and they overwhelmingly get you where you want to go on time. I've had my luggage lost only once, but got it returned the next day. My complaint is the trend to make seating smaller. Bathrooms smaller. I'm not a massive person (6'1", 185 lbs.) but the space they are using now for people to move around in is ridiculous. If you get a big person sitting next to you it sucks. They are all over you. Dealing with the airport and parking also stinks.

Its really the whole process of air travel after 9/11 that has made it more difficult. It was completely different before that, much easier and more relaxed. If you travel on discount airlines like Spirit, the experience is definitely worse. I don't take discount providers, but on the very few times I've had to, Allegiant Air is the best.

Bingo, I remember the days of Continental, Allegheny and Eastern.  Choice between steak and seafood, smoking and the booze flowed from takeoff to landing.  Used to fly out of Orlando, and folks were in a good mood or dead tired.  Monday first flight were quite with sleeping kids and sunburnt parents Fridays were party time.  Had one flight with a group of Canadians they had stuffed the diaper bags with Labatts and were sharing with the back of the plane.        

question for those that flew back in the days where anything went and the airlines were decent compared with the security and cramped planes..... in todays world, which would you prefer?  would people sacrifice the additional security for ease in/out of the airport and being able to travel without the baggage restrictions?  I dont know how expensive it was back then compared to today,  but IMO its pretty spendy now unless you are flying out of a major airport and its kind of a rip off except for the time savings... really a no frills experience anymore in coach.

I don't think the real costs and discomfort have anything to do with additional security, it just they have a market where there is no limit to how bad you can piss off the customer before they go elsewhere.  There were a lot of hijacking and terror acts in the 70's, 9/11 was used to drum up the paranoia.  One shoe bomb dud and now we all have to stand in line and remove our shoes.  Don't know if I would remove all the security, but I wish we could get back some of the ease.  Oh and the smoking sure covered up a lot of the rest room odors, that was kinda nice. 

On a side note look up the story about Alan Funt being hijacked to Cuba.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candid-camera-hijacking/ 

@"BigAl99" said: I don't think the real costs and discomfort have anything to do with additional security, it just they have a market where there is no limit to how bad you can piss off the customer before they go elsewhere.  There were a lot of hijacking and terror acts in the 70's, 9/11 was used to drum up the paranoia.  One shoe bomb dud and now we all have to stand in line and remove our shoes.  Don't know if I would remove all the security, but I wish we could get back some of the ease.  Oh and the smoking sure covered up a lot of the rest room odors, that was kinda nice. 

On a side note look up the story about Alan Funt being hijacked to Cuba.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candid-camera-hijacking/ 

i dont think it was as much about the one shoe bomb dud cranking up the restrictions as much as it was the nut job muslims that took 4 planes and turned them into anti building missiles.  we were standing in line before the shoe bomber IIRC,  it was just a more random shake down where as now everybody gets the same "thorough" treatment... because you know... profiling is wrong.  I do remember the random getting pulled aside at the gates as I was typically the guy that got pulled aside... not sure why,  maybe its because I used to be nervous of flying so I would stay in the smoker box until the last minute and then running up to the  gate and I am usually one of the bigger guys in the crowd.... talk about profiling.

The shoe bomber Richard Reid was the begining of the shoe thing, Dec of 2001, about same time.