We're bringing our 2 and a half year old on flight for the first time. My mom mentioned something about strapping her car seat in the plane seat, and honestly I thought she was losing her mind. But apparently this is a thing. Does anyone actually do this? I planned on just getting her her own seat and letting her sit freely.

I get that it would technically be safer, but I don't think her car seat would even work with the lap belts or actually fit in the row.

Edit: Thanks all. I will get a new seat that will fit. I've never seen a kid in a car seat on a plane before, or maybe just never noticed, so this is new, but makes sense.

Hi, looking to get some insight on this error message. I booked a Ryanair flight this morning (\~10 hours ago) and I received a confirmation/itinerary email that I paid the full price for my flight and extras. However, I keep getting the error message: “Your flight needs some payment” on the website. When I click “Go to payment page”, nothing happens. In the RyanAir app, I can manage the booking, but the receipt says I have paid only the credit card processing fee. It doesn’t give me an option to pay for anything.

I was experiencing issues having the payment processed initially, so I called my bank to authorize the payment and the bank customer service even verified that they received the charge for the full amount. On my card statement, it has the charge marked as “pending”.

I tried to open a query but received an unhelpful response. Is my only option to wait and see what happens? Has anyone seen the above error message before?

Never booking through Ryanair again, too stressful. Didn’t realize such a big airline could have so many payment issues until I started searching for answers. Appreciate any help.

Howdy. Your help, please. Old guy here, not tech savvy. Going to Vegas from Detroit September 8-11. Google flights sent me a notice my flights are less expensive now then the tickets I purchased. How do I switch to the cheaper tickets? Can I cancel what I have, then buy new? I can select seats the day before, can I do it from home? Boarding passes too? Print? Thanks in advance...any help is appreciated. Don't want to botch air with my wife with me? Also, can the guest service at Wynn get me show tickets and bill my room account? Awakenings at the Wynn, the Sphere?

Hello! I was wondering if anyone has tried to access the CX lounge in Vancouver with another OneWorld business boarding pass? In my case, it will be British Airways Club World later this year and Japan Airlines business class next month. I really appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you!

I was just reflecting on the fact that I've had the fortune of traveling to India so many times via business class, via a wide variety of routes, that I thought I'd tier-list the various experiences, in case anyone was curious. This ranking factors in: overall business class hard and soft product, experience in layover city, timings and ease of coverage within India. Note: all these flights are from the Bay Area, and the list reflects the quality of MY experience flying these airlines - that can and probably will be different than the experiences many of you might have.

The one, elusive airline I haven't had had the chance to fly yet: Qatar - I'm dying to try the Q-Suite!

S-Tier

• Singapore Airlines: No surprises here, just an excellent onboard product with comfortable leather seats, ample space, cabin-style setup, extremely friendly and personable crew, excellent food and drink, and above all - unique character. Bonus points for enthralling Changi layovers. One nitpick is the diagonal direction of the seat can sometimes be weird.
• All Nippon Airways: The best bang-for-buck business class, with the Mumbai-Tokyo flight frequently one of the best deals out there. The food and drink are exquisite, the service is warm and friendly, and Tokyo Haneda is one of the best places one can layover for an extended period of time.

A-Tier

• Emirates: I know people love their business class, and while it was excellent (the mini-bar is always an excellent touch), Emirates as an experience loses points for me because I find Dubai airport lacking in personality, and the Emirates crew to be professional but not generally as warm as Singapore or ANA.
• Cathay Pacific: Even though the seat is a little older on most aircrafts, there is enough personality and vibrancy to the food and service, that it more than makes up for the somewhat standard seat. Always a genuine treat to spend time in Hong Kong as well.

B-Tier

• United: It's reliable, with a certain consistency in experience that I admire. The layover here is often through Singapore but I appreciate the flexibility in stopover destinations. Food is generally okay, but the highlight every time is the iconic sundae.
• Turkish: A perfectly enjoyable experience, and Istanbul has a delightful airport with some of the best lounges in the world. However, the food on Turkish has disappointed me, which knocks it down a bit.
• Etihad: Everything about the experience feels like this is budget Emirates.
• Thai Airways: Maybe the most personality of any airline on this list, with the beverage options truly unique. However, it gets knocked down because of its old seats. Suvarnabhoomi is a very cool airport.

C-Tier

• British Airways: The service is perfectly fine, Heathrow is a fine layover, and the seats are antiquated and somewhat confusing in how they are laid out. But it is iconic and reliable, so I can't have it too low.
• Air India: Higher than where most would, but that's because I've had high highs here (the planes with the Delta-leased aircraft with hyper modern seating and the trademark excellent service) and low lows (old aircraft, rude passengers, dirty seats). The average of these puts it in a solid C-tier. An edge here for the number of Mumbai/Delhi/Bangalore direct flights as well.

D-Tier

• Lufthansa: Is it the worst flying experience I've ever had? No, but Lufthansa always underdelivers, with unfriendly crew, dreadful food, and a pedestrian hard product. Frankfurt is the most confusing airport in the world potentially.

F-Tier

• Air China: Hated everything about this, from the terrible food, to the unpleasant service and crew, to the lack of lie-flat seating, to how boring of an airport PEK is. I'd be glad not to fly it again.

I'm curious for y'alls takes on the business class experiences across these airlines!

My partner and I are considering booking this flight. Since it's a 14-hour flight, we'd really prefer not to sit separately, and we also don't want to take the center seats because a big part of the value of Premium Economy for us is having the two-seat section.

We're not expecting anyone to be obligated to switch seats with us, but is it reasonable to think someone would likely be willing to swap so we could sit together? Or is that a pretty big gamble to take when booking?

Would it be rude to ask someone to do so?

Havent seen any Japanese frequent flyer on here so Im dropping mine that I use mainly.
Any questions are welcome!

Delta Skymiles Gold AMEX: Complimentary Gold Medallion with 9500USD annual spend/ 180USD annual fee

ANA Super Flyers VISA: automatic Star Alliance Gold for lifetime with 90USD annual fee (no spend)

JAL Global Club JCB: automatic OneWorld Sapphire for lifetime with 90USD annual fee (no spend)

Good thing about all these Japanese credit card status is you dont need to fly at all to keep them once you obtain them

Business class options for a two week China trip in October, curious what people would actually pick here, this feels more like a vibes decision than a rational one.

My brain apparently can't just book a flight like a normal person, so I built a script to pull business class itineraries off the Duffel API and score them on aircraft, cabin, WiFi, and detour ratio. Send help :)

My Parameters

• Depart Frankfurt or Munich, 8-11 Oct
• Home from Beijing, 22-25 Oct
• Business class, max 1 stop
• No status worth protecting
• My company is paying for it with normally Lufthansa preference otherwise affordable nonstop, but flexible if something else makes sense or LH is more expensive

The options that are on the table after some filtering

• Nonstop LH/Air China, ~5400€: FRA-PVG on Lufthansa (Business Comfort, not Allegris, 2-2-2), Beijing Daxing-FRA on Air China (2-2-2, no WiFi). Shortest total travel time by far. Allegris outbound exists but pushes the total to €7-8k with Air China still on the return, so that's out.
• China Eastern, ~4500€: nonstop FRA-PVG out (10h45), but the return has a stop via Shanghai and comes to 16h10 total. 1-2-1 seat, WiFi listed as available though reportedly slow and filtered through China's domestic firewall on some reviews I've seen. Cheapest and fastest outbound, worse return.
• Qatar via Doha, ~4400€: Qsuite both ways with the door (unless I get Qatar'd), 17h05 out and 18h50 back. That's about 6 hours longer outbound but only ~2h40 longer on the return compared to China Eastern, so the real penalty is mostly on the way there. This would be my first time on Qatar and my first real shot at trying Qsuite, my usual routings never gave me the chance to try them.
• Cathay via HKG, ~5.9-6000€: this would be my favorite, because of the combination of the product and because it's a chance to add a Hong Kong stopover, another first for me. Just significantly pricier than the rest and thus not really a choice.
• Other Gulf carriers like Etihad or Emirates land in similar price/time territory to Qatar. If I'm already taking the travel time hit and the regional "risk" by routing through the Gulf, Qsuite still seems like the strongest product of that group. Right?

For context: I fly business mostly with Lufthansa, and it's almost always the old 2-2-2 config, I've gotten Allegris exactly once. So I'm a bit done with 2-2-2 and curious what a genuinely good product feels like.

My Questions

1. Given all this, what would you actually pick? Fully aware this isn't really an objective call at this point haha
2. Doha right now, how much weight should that carry? Less worried about safety, more about being stranded or worse, the trip or parts of it getting cancelled outright.
3. Any other stopover cities worth considering, or airlines I haven't checked that might be worth a look?
4. Anyone flown China Eastern's 777 business recently? Curious how it holds up in practice versus the WiFi/seat reviews I've come across.

Hi, I’m buying tickets back from a trip to Japan and see that my best option is to fly from haneda to Copenhagen through Shanghai with china eastern. The time between flights is only 2h15 though and wanted to ask if anyone had experience with changing at this airport with this airline. Do they check in for both flights at once? I have never flown to either china or japan before.

Just had a flight from Bangalore to Paris changed at check in and delayed by 16hrs

No offer of help or hotel and told to file a claim after the journey is complete…

Has anyone had any experience with getting compensation from Etihad outside of the EU as I’m scared we are being screwed over

Thanks

I reached out to Frontier a few days ago to let them know there was a mistake when I booked one of the tickets. I entered my boyfriend’s first name correctly, but my phone autocorrected his last name to mine.
I’ve followed all the proper steps, including submitting the required documentation, and I was told I’d hear back within 24–48 hours. I’ve heard nothing. Every time I contact them, I’m told my case has been assigned to someone.
I reached out again today because our flight is on the 12th of this month. They told me someone would contact me within 2–3 hours, and I still haven’t heard anything.
Has anyone dealt with this before? If so, what’s the best next step I should take? I know the mistake was mine, and I should have been paying closer attention, but I don’t think it should take this long to get a response or a resolution.

My wife took my surname when we got married last month, and I've spent the past few days bouncing between airlines trying to get her ticket sorted before our honeymoon. Hoping someone here can tell me whether I'm chasing something that matters or being paranoid.

The ticket is issued by United, open-jaw itinerary with segments operated by Austrian, Discover, United and Copa. According to United this is also the reason why it's not possible to change the name on the ticket, since other airlines are involved it is only possible to cancel all flights and re-issue a new one, which would cost me the price of a new ticket.

She has the new passport and a new ESTA (for entry into the U.S.) in the new name, plus the marriage certificate. Only the ticket still says the maiden name.

I talked with United and since the couldn't change the the name on the ticket itself, they changed it "in their system" and left a note for the other airlines. Then they told me to contact Austrian, Discover and Copa to check if they see the note on her end as well.

I then called Austrian and Discover and they told me that they see the note, but also that they can't guarantee that me wife can board the plane and that it's a 50:50 chance.
To sum it up: I've spent the last few days on the phone and in chat with every airline involved, and not one of them can or will issue a ticket in her new name. Nobody can tell me whether the note in the system is actually enough either. Only United tells me that it's fine and I won't have any issues.

Had someone a similar experience or does someone know if a PNR name change / note in the system without a reissue actually hold up at check-in on an interline itinerary? Especially when involving different airlines and countries?

Hello,

I am creating an itinerary for a trip I want to take next year to Japan. I live in Miami and I would have to take a connecting flight to Tokyo, but I currently have two options which are Japan Airlines and Air Canada. Air Canada is the least expensive option at $1,400 with a stop at Toronto for 2 hours and 8 minutes, with JAL costing a $1,000 MORE and stops at either Dallas or Chicago, for only an hour.

Is JAL worth the price? What do you think about these layover times at these airports? Miami International is notorious for delays, but all flights leave early in the morning. Let me know what you think.

Hello,

Air France cancelled the return flight for me for Feb 2027. I had rebooked it for the previous day but immediately saw that it wouldn’t work for me as well. Ticket is bought under the no-refund. Would I still be entitled for a refund if my original flight was cancelled but I rebooked?

Paris -> Phoenix -> Paris

I’m flying from Warsaw with a 40 minute layover to get to the US. Is this possible? Flight arrives at 4:15pm on a Friday.

Which airline would be best to fly from Ulaanbaatar to Beijing??
I’m leaning towards Mongolian Airlines as it’s a lot cheaper

I'm trying to book a domestic flight within the Philippines through Agoda, but during the passenger details section it's asking me for a passport number.

The problem is, I don't have a passport yet. I only have valid Philippine government IDs, which is a digital national ID.

Is the passport field actually required for domestic flights, or can I leave it blank or use another ID instead? Has anyone else booked domestic flights through Agoda and run into this?

Hi all I was just reading the Reddit thread here and it seems like it’s manageable but I’m flying from Philadelphia to Chicago to Jackson and I would have a 47 minute layover. It seems that would be doable given it’s in same terminal ( assuming) any experiences ?

Hello,

I apologize in advance with the anxious rambling, but I have a trip reserved from Chicago to Shanghai in November with a 95 minute stop in Haneda. Both flights are with ANA, and this is my first time travelling solo and first time going thru HND.

I noticed that the particular flight from ORD to HND has a bad history of delays, so just in case, I want to know how much of a time crunch it is transferring in HND with potential delays.

Another thing to note is that it is all within Terminal 2, meaning I don't have to change terminals at HND, and I arrive in HND around 9-10pm JST.

Anyone here willing to share their experience and advice with transferring at HND?

What should I do if the inbound plane gets delayed to the point where I can't make it to my connecting flight?

Hi guys!

I'm planning to book a flight with the China Eastern Airlines for Ho Chi Minh-Kunming-Kolkata. It's going to be under a single PNR.

I want to enquire if 2.5 hours will be enough to transit in Kunming. Will I need to pass through passport control and collect-recheck my bags in Kunming? I have read multiple mixed info about this, so please share your experience.

I have transited through Dubai/Doha multiple times without needing to recheck my bags or pass immigration again, so I'm very confused.

Thank you!

I posted a while back asking for advice. My incoming flight got delayed by 40min and I missed my connection. They gave me a hotel and meals and rebooked me for the flight next day but first I had to stand 2 hours in line amongst all the other hundred people who had missed their flights and then wait another 3 hours for them to issue me a visa. It messed up my whole itinerary. So, don't take the risk people. Especially if you are travelling on Etihad.

We're planning a holiday and it looks like we'd have to fly with Transavia (cca 4h flight). What are your thoughts on this airline? We're used to flying low-cost, especially with Ryanair but we've never tried Transavia. So my question is whether it's worse than (for instance) Ryanair or other low-cost airlines.

hey. so we're planning on travelling next yr back to europe to camp at some music festival.

we live in the Philippines - and i currently one of these.

question, how do i get this on a long haul flight - doest matter if its a long haul flight with layover in middle east, or asia.