Well Hello ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching! I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
Well the other day I took a flight with one of America's
low-cost airlines
Allegiant Air. Now I usually I fly with JetBlue, but I wanted to give them a try and I decided, you know, I'm gonna
film, take a few pictures of
what I saw, you know, how the flight was
and make a video talking about it. I know everyone wants to see the food stuff.
But I want to have some fun of this one. So sit back relax and enjoy the flight!
Alright, so my apologies for the
audio, but this is an acquired taste. Just just let the dulcet tones and
the low fidelity overtake you, you know, let let all the negatives flow out and
so on and so forth. So the thing to remember about
Allegiant Airlines is
that you will get the most basic of
accommodations.
The best way to look at Allegiant Airlines is
like a glorified bus and I say that not with any
insult, but I say that
completely truthfully. It is there to get you from point A to point B in a
swift manner and that's it. No frills.
No luxuries, it's just, if you need to get from one destination to the next, and you want to do so in a timely manner,
that's what they are there for.
As you can see with the pictures that have been going by with the seat. It isn't the roomiest seat.
It's not the cleanest plane in the world. It doesn't have any fancy console. It doesn't have any,
you know, any
excess comforts, so to say, that maybe other airlines might have.
It has a seat. If you bought the ticket, that seat has your name on it metaphorically and
they're just gonna get from point A to point B, and that's all that there is to it. So with that, let's go ahead and
let's let's finish watching this takeoff sequence!
So we're in flight and you can see
it was I mean, obviously,
the plane didn't combust. It didn't fall apart.
The one thing that I did notice in regards to the takeoff, and the landing and I filmed both of those things,
It was not the smoothest,
so to speak, like sometimes I'll fly with other airlines and
the takeoff doesn't really have a lot of bumps and the landing doesn't have a lot of bumps and it's just pretty smooth.
This, on the other hand, everything was kind of shaking and
rattling and very bumpy, but I
say, "Well, why worry about it?" I mean, "What what control have I over the situation? None." It's an older plane.
It's gonna be a little more rattly, so to speak, than some of their newer
planes, so that's just something to keep in mind.
You're gonna have a little more turbulence in the flight than you would with other airlines and
it is literally like I said, you're riding a bus.
You're gonna have those bumps in the road so to speak.
That's just part of its as part of what it is.
And if you realize that and you kind of get in that mindset that instead of going on a plane ride
it's just gonna be like a bus trip,
it gets you in that zone that you know exactly what to anticipate,
what to expect and it makes it all the much easier. Because if you go in there with your
expectations through the roof and you expect it to be
clean and with Wi-Fi and entertainment and free everything,
then you're gonna be really let down. But, if you just look at it from that perspective - that it is like a bus trip
but faster -
then it's exactly what you expected and that's all but there is to it.
Like I was saying though there really aren't any amenities.
Of course, there is a bathroom so you will be able to relieve yourself if necessary.
But otherwise on the back of the seat, of course, no console. No Wi-Fi. No television. No
Audio. You are allowed to use electronic devices.
But if you bring your phone or your computer,
just download some music or a movie or...
Hey, my VORW Radio Show! Right? Or anything
to your heart's content.
Download that in advance to kill some time on the flight.
Otherwise, you know, just make make the most of it there won't be too much to do and
the only thing that they do have to offer, and I took a picture of it, they have a magazine in the back of the
seat there and at the back of the magazine
they have a little menu. And they'll come around with a cart for some
refreshments, but everything costs money if you want a soft drink,
you want a cup of water. Or if the flight is really that bad, you know,
and you wanna just booze it up to try to take a
take a little bit of the edge off, you will have to pay for it! And just keep this in mind.
They're gonna go around once with the cart and they don't really make a big deal out of it.
So you're just gonna really have to try and get get the
employees attention and then you'll end up, you know, you'll pay for it with a credit card.
But you can see that's the menu and very very limited choices.
But that's something if you really need it to help kind of make it through, that's what we got.
But otherwise, I mean, the seat was standard. It wasn't the most comfortable in the world. Didn't really recline at all.
It was difficult, you know, you wouldn't be able to sleep unless you were exhausted.
The plane kind of... it smelled like McDonald's. I'm not gonna lie.
It, it smelled like fast food in the plane. That's what it smelled like the entire time.
The air temperature in the aircraft was cooler. I was wearing my
long
heavy overcoat that kind of goes down to to my knees. So it's a long a long
coat
that you'd really wear in the winter and I just had it buttoned up the entire time and I was not too hot at all.
So keep in mind - the air temperature in the flight might be a bit cold. Of course you have the
options above your head, but you know you might be able to adjust them.
But that may not... it may take the direct breeze off of you, but it may not
reduce the overall temperature, of course, in the plane.
So with that, let's just go into the landing and then I'll see you again on video and we'll just discuss,
"Well, is it worth it?" Stay tuned!
Now I know that this may not have been the most detailed video in the world and
I try not to go overboard because I want to respect the privacy of the people next to me.
It was a very full flight. I didn't want to be filming them. You know, that's just how I am.
Probably the video would have been better if if, you know, I was more intrusive so to speak; but, nonetheless...
What are my final thoughts on Allegiant Airlines? Well, normally the price for one of their flights,
it's usually inexpensive.
It's usually anywhere between 30 and 70 dollars.
Though during peak travel times their flights can be as much as
$300. Now...
Keeping that in mind. It's a low-cost airline and I would recommend that you go with them if you want to get to your destination,
especially if it's a smaller more Regional Airport.
If you have bad anxiety, you don't want to deal with the huge major international airports.
But if you want to go from one Regional Airport in the U.S. to another,
where there is fewer people, less crowds, and less stress or you want to get from one place to another to save some money,
I would recommend going with
Allegiant Airlines and
giving them a try! Now just remember: It might not be the prettiest flight in the world and may not have the most
accommodations, but it will get you to your destination
safe and sound and in one piece - as it did me!
Again, it's a no-frills airline.
But it'll it'll save you some money perhaps and I like how it works out of the smaller
Airports. I just wish their baggage policy was a little better where they charge for carry-ons.
Personal item is free, but carry ons and checked bags do cost a bit.
So that's, you know, that's the one thing but every airline is starting to do that now, I guess they need the money.
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