It may be better to take a bus

luvrbus · February 23, 2023, 07:28:35 AM

Some people now are just nasty and disrespectful in our world today, and the furture is not looking any better. I was talking to young man about keeping my grass mowed and was amazed when he called me Mr. and answered me with yes sir and no sir and every other word out of his mouth was not the "F" word it all begins at home. A nice young man he is home schooled and never been to a public school in his life and is almost 16 years old and planning his future. His dad is a doctor here and is on the school board.

CrabbyMilton · February 23, 2023, 07:36:01 AM

Yes it does begin at home. Of course government schools don't do a blasted thing to help matters.

Tedsoldbus · February 23, 2023, 02:08:11 PM

My in laws just arrived. Flew from Jersey to Atlanta. Flew Spirit. Airfare was tiny, but they just packed one bag because they are driving back. It weighed 52 pounds. They knew the USUAL limit is 60 pounds. Got spanked $69 for overweight since Spirit is 40 pound limit. They could have packed one bag each and paid nothing...
Just makes you want to keep coming back doesn't it...

We fly Delta since we fly out of Atlanta. Just pay what they ask. Bring what we want. Get the seats they said we could have. Too old to worry about saving $34 dollars.

luvrbus · February 23, 2023, 06:35:34 PM

Why would anybody fly Sprit they don't even have seat cushions on the plastic seats

windtrader · February 24, 2023, 08:52:50 AM

Quote from: luvrbus on February 23, 2023, 06:35:34 PM
Why would anybody fly Sprit they don't even have seat cushions on the plastic seats

Clifford, you are mistaken. Just like you pay for a seat, you pay extra if you want a padded cushion. Hey, it's a deal at only $4.99. But it's $5.99 if you want a clean one.
Like Ted says, other airlines might have a bit higher prices but the price includes things like the seat and a cushion and being able to bring a decent sized carry on. It's a lot like buying a stripped down fleet vehicle rather than selecting a trim level up that includes things like power door locks and power windows.

Busted Knuckle · February 24, 2023, 09:31:34 AM

Quote from: luvrbus on February 23, 2023, 07:28:35 AM
Some people now are just nasty and disrespectful in our world today, and the furture is not looking any better. I was talking to young man about keeping my grass mowed and was amazed when he called me Mr. and answered me with yes sir and no sir and every other word out of his mouth was not the "F" word it all begins at home. A nice young man he is home schooled and never been to a public school in his life and is almost 16 years old and planning his future. His dad is a doctor here and is on the school board.

Clifford you said it ALL right there! Dad is on the school board, but yet he had HIS child "HOME SCHOOLED!"

Nothing says the school system is a failure better than that! LOL! (OH but I agree 100% with the dad if ya want your child to get a proper education, do it yourself!)

BK

Lin · February 24, 2023, 07:22:43 PM

Here's another cheap airline story that happened today. Last year we were traveling from CA to NY by plane. We booked with Jetblue mainly because it was a non-stop flight. I found out that if I got their Trublue credit card the baggage would be free, so that more than paid for the annual fee of $99. They also gave me 50,000 travel points, theoretically worth $600 in tickets. One of the benefits they told me was that the points were transferable. Today I tried to transfer 30,000 points to my daughters account since she uses them regularly. The website is very buggy, so it took me a half hour just to do that. Once done, I got a confirmation email, but it had a small print line that said they were charging my credit card $375 ($.0125 per point) for the privilege of transfering the points. It took me another hour on the phone to get the transaction reversed.

I commented to the agent that it was absolutely insane to charge me for the points transfer, and she told that it really was crazy. Thankfully she really worked on getting it taken care of.

luvrbus · February 24, 2023, 07:53:55 PM

That is insane I have a Southwest Rewards Card I have had for 30 years and never saw a charge for transferring points to my daughter. Only reason I have the Southwest card is because with it there were no blackout dates or advance booking when using your points to fly and Southwest still honors the senior discount with the card I used it today to send Sonja to Texas. Only reason I was checking airline prices my miles are about gone after all these years.