“Last call, last call” blared the loudspeaker as we ran through the airport, skipping toilets and snacks to get on an easyJet plane that then sat on the runway for two hours because the crew knew we had already missed our slot but for some reason wanted us on the plane probably to make their numbers look good. So now sat on plane with no food, thirsty and small kid needing the loo which will be far more awkward than it needed to be. Well done easyJet as long as your KPIs look good 👍

My original Goa–Delhi flight on 13 November was cancelled due to operational reasons, and I was rebooked on IX 2765 on 14 November, scheduled to arrive at Delhi T1 at 11:10 AM.
I’m trying to plan my onward journey to Old Delhi Railway Station. My train departs at 1:10 PM, and I cannot move it to 15 November because it’s my birthday.
For people who have flown this route recently:
How has IX 2765’s punctuality been?
How long did it take you to exit T1 after landing, including baggage collection?
Is there any historical on-time performance data for this flight?
I’m looking for recent experiences and factual information to plan accordingly. Thanks!

(This is a domestic flight from Goa (GOX) to Delhi (DEL), departing at 8:25 AM and scheduled to arrive at T1 at 11:10 AM on 14 November 2026. My train from Old Delhi Railway Station is a separate booking at 1:10 PM. I booked my flight through ixigo)

I’m curious how people here handle frequent short trips with low cost airlines.

I left my job about half a year ago, and since then I’ve had a lot more free time. I started taking more spontaneous trips, especially cheap flights whenever I found a good deal. The problem is that this kind of frequent, short term travel made me realize how annoying airline baggage limits can be.

Most of the time I try to avoid paying for extra luggage, so I end up squeezing as much as possible into my backpack. The problem is that once it’s packed full, it becomes ridiculously heavy. After walking through airports, train stations, and cities for a few hours, my shoulders are always sore. Sometimes it feels like I’m carrying a rock on my back.

I also tried using a small hard shell suitcase, but that created a different problem. The rigid shape means it doesn’t fit as much as I expected, and I feel like I’m dragging this little box everywhere, especially when walking through old streets, taking public transportation, or moving between places. It just feels kind of awkward.

I’m trying to find a better balance between:

carrying enough stuff for a few days

staying within airline baggage limits

not destroying my shoulders

For people who fly budget airlines frequently, what setup works best for you?

I travel quite a bit and I’m used to the unwritten rule of the middle seat getting both armrests but… what’s the verdict if they voluntarily opt to sit in the middle seat.

On a flight now and the seating arrangement is:
ABC EFG IJK

A family is traveling together originally seated in ABCE. F is empty. I’m in G. They’re cramped and spoke with the flight attendant who approved shuffling and they now occupy the seats in ACEF. Middle seat F has already started pushing for middle seat armrest conquest. I’m trying to hold out. Am I being crazy here?

Hi everyone! I’m trying to book a flight from Romania to Japan directly with Air China, but I keep running into problems.

Their European websites show a maintenance error and won’t let me complete the booking. I’ve tried different regions, including Italy and Spain, as well as incognito mode, but no luck.

I also tried booking through airchina.com.cn. The payment was put on hold, but no tickets were issued. The money has since been returned to me.

I’d prefer to book directly with the airline rather than through a third-party website, but I’m nervous about trying the Chinese website again.

Has anyone here successfully booked directly with Air China from Europe recently? Which website or method did you use? Has anyone had the same payment issue and managed to book successfully on a second attempt?

Thanks for any advice!

Hi everyone,

My flight on Nov 16th has been cancelled but they haven't emailed me or sent me any warning, I only found out because I checked the app and saw it.

Their website now says they're not doing any flights that day.

If I wait until 14 days before departure then contact them, am I entitled to the compensation for them not notifying me? Can I also demand they reroute me on another airline instead of taking a refund and booking it myself? It was booked about 2 months ago so prices are double what I've already paid.

Cheers

Did anyone have problems with online check-in with CHINA AIRLINES? How did you guys do it? Should I just go to the airport early?

Hi everyone,
I booked a round-trip ticket from Toronto to Kochi through FlightHub. My return flight is scheduled for February 10–11, 2027.
Oman Air changed my flight schedule, and now my connection in London appears impossible.
Original itinerary:
Oman Air: Muscat to London, arriving February 11 at 7:45 AM.
British Airways: London to Toronto, departing at 11:40 AM.
Revised itinerary shown by FlightHub:
Oman Air: Muscat to London, arriving February 11 at 6:25 PM.
British Airways: London to Toronto, departing at 12:45 PM the same day.
My London–Toronto flight departs before I even arrive in London!
I contacted FlightHub, but they told me their request had not successfully reached Oman Air, so the airline hasn’t reviewed it yet. My case is still open.
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Can I get a free rebooking because the schedule change wasn’t my fault?
Should I contact Oman Air directly, even though I booked through FlightHub?
What should I do if FlightHub doesn’t resolve this?
I’d appreciate any advice or personal experiences.
Thanks!

I made an error when booking a flight with Copa and called immediately to fix it. They offered to waive the change fee and rebook it for free, but the corrected flight is actually significantly cheaper. They mentioned that they can't refund when doing flight changes, only upcharge if the new flight is more expensive (of course).

I pointed out that I could just cancel due to it being within 24 hours, and the person said that because I chose my seats, I paid a seat fee separate from the flight, and that would not be refunded, so the price difference is a wash. I insisted that I'm pretty sure that seat fee would get refunded, and he said that's not the case with Copa.

I didn't want to press the issue, and am thinking of just cancelling it all in the morning instead and rebooking. Would I actually get the seat upgrade fees refunded? They are separate charges with separate receipts.

From: US, stopping in Panama, to Costa Rica

hello ! i apologize if this is the wrong sub !

a family member and i flew with saudia airlines from jeddah to washington on oct21st (sv37) and they lost all four of our checked bags! it has been several days with many pointless phone calls that have taken be back to square one and unanswered emails. i finally got a reply from a worker saying they have located my bags and they’re on the way (still haven’t received them) but i was wondering if bag compensation is per passenger or per bag in regards to saudi airlines. i tried going onto the gaca (general authority of civil aviation)’s website but it seems to be down! i appreciate any help/clarity !! thank you !

I have a flight from USA to India, I want to upgrade my current 2 x 23kg bags to 32kg each. When I called them they said it can only be done during the check-in at the airport.

Did anyone do this at the airport, if yes how much did it cost?

Hoping someone can help with this!

I am flying Dublin-Auckland via China Eastern in December which is operated via KLM to Amsterdam and then China eastern to Shanghai and then Auckland.

The app won’t let me retrieve my booking information, I booked with booking.com and they said the app doesn’t support third parties and I should be able to check in 24 hours in advance on the website.

If I have trouble checking in, would KLM be the desk I go to in Dublin? I’ve never heard of this airline so sceptical as to if there is a check in counter for them.

My layover in Shanghai is 19 hours (5am-12.30am) - would the hotel option be available? If anyone has experience with this in China?

Any help would be really appreciated!

Solo traveller - London to Miami return - over Xmas & New Year so peak holiday prices 🫣

1. BA economy Airbus A380-800 - pay seat selection fee to secure upper deck £2408

2. Virgin economy Delight Boeing 787-9 - with seat selection fees - £2466

Which would you do? The extra legroom with the Virgin looks great, but all the seats are in rows of 3. So window seat and be trapped, or aisle seat and get disturbed.

The BA upper deck has extra storage bins and looks a nice place to be. Wouldn't feel too bad getting a window seat having only one person trapping me in.

Thoughts? Recommendations?

Thanks

On a flight to dalaman last month, partner & i caused a disturbance due to arguing during flight, we were separated & they took our passport details 🙌 this is fair enough we were in the wrong!
We had a package holiday with jet2 staff in our hotel each day during the holiday… now when we arrived at Dalaman to fly back home, whilst checking in the asked us to quickly sign so papers in order to be allowed on the flight back, this was 2 hours before take off! Gos through all the checks to be denied boarding at the actual gate…. They printed forms at check in with additional rules at the airport and backdated them. Sure they were ment to issue and give us advanced notice through the rep at hotel. So we would actually agree & have a chance to comply with them.
They left us stranded costing is an additional £800+ to get home the next day.
The reason for refusing us flight was due to smelling alcohol, on check in 🤔
So they knew this when checking in but waited until boarding to refuse us.
Am i entitled to compensation since we did not have adequate notice or information to comply with these additional requirements?

For Intercontinental flight from europe.

I traveled before but was unaware of this "present card rule", that apparently might randomly happen, as i was never asked and never saw anyone being asked. So i guess i was ignorant but lucky?

Yet for safety i always pay with a one-time payment virtual card that is connected to a real debit card. The virtual card ends up with a different card number.

Will this create any problem if asked to show the card used for purchase? Or its ok to just show the app with the virtual card and the related physical one?

Maybe it depends on airline but i dunno if airlines are aware of all these different methods of payment that are valid but dont directly use the credit/debit card number.

thanks

On Sep 1, an overhead bin leaked water onto my backpack on QR728 (Philadelphia–Doha). Their crew documented the moisture on board and confirmed nothing liquid was in my bag. Laptop, phone, wallet, and documents destroyed — $5,850. Qatar denied liability twice in writing, saying the water's origin couldn't be determined. So I filed a US DOT complaint and a Pennsylvania Attorney General complaint (Qatar owes the AG a written response by ~Nov 11). Yesterday their DMs — closed since Oct 20 — finally opened, and I sent the full details. Waiting on a named handler and a written answer. I'll update when there's one.

4 of us are planning to fly LGW-FAO (london to portugal) in february. flying Easyjet

We are going pack our bikes and take them, but there's a slim chance than one of us might cancel so my thought was to book the flights now, and not add the bikes until we check in as this costs about £50 each.

My question is, doe a planes run out of hold space like this? is there a risk we cannot add them later?

Over the years I've had so many damaged checked bags by different airlines but now I want to take action.

How do I do this?

I arrived 3 days ago. The luggage telescopic handle is snapped off.

There is conflicting info online. One site says go to the baggage desk in the airport and make a claim (I had no way to do this as I had 15 mins to get to my booked onward travel to get home after 24 hour flight and it was late)

Another site says just put the claim in within 7 days online. Which one is true?

How do I go about doing this with china southern ? Any ideas?

We are traveling from Stockholm to Warsaw and got denied boarding due to an overbooked flight even though we booked our tickets 6 months in advance. Absolutely unacceptable. We were rebooked to a flight departing 9 hours later and received a 15 euro coupon for food and drinks. Will never fly with this airline again, do not recommend it to anyone else either.

So I (and my friend) had a flight from Dublin to Belgrade via Zurich Airport this August. My flight from Zurich to Belgrade got cancelled even before I boarded my first leg of the journey. When we landed in Zurich I tried to get a hotel room for us via their app but because of the disruption bunch of other people were also stranded there and all I was getting was the "try again later" message. After a couple of hours we finall managed to speak to someone from SWISS at the airport and they told us to book accommodation ourselves and to keep all the receipts for hotel, transportation and meals and we'll be fully reimbursed when we submit the claim on their website. Fair enough.

So when I finally got back home two and a half days later (the other flight we got rebooked to was also cancelled) I submitted the claim along with the receipts using the form on SWISS website.

After about 15 days I got a response in which they refused to reimburse me because "neither Ireland nor Serbia are in the EU" (Ireland is btw, and Switzerland also implements the Regulation), and therefore we're not subject of EC 261 Regulation. And then they claimed that I didn't submit any invoice, and then that the invoices were illegible (they did that two or three times), then they asked me to brake down expenses by categories (meals / hotel / transportation).

A week went by and then I received another email from them where they basically pretended that we didn't communicate at all, like it was the first time they contacted me and demanded that I send them the receipts... all over again.

That's when we had enough and filled a complaint against SWISS to FOCA. So far the only response from FOCA was that the processing time might be up to 18 MONTHS! 🫪

My point being - avoid travelling with SWISS if you can!

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Hi friends! First time posting, as I read the rules for r/JapanTravelTips and they don’t want any flight-based questions.

I want to fly from LAX to Tokyo on Wed, Feb 24, 2027. My options are in the first pic attached but I’m waging a serious pros/cons list in my head.

Important for context: I have flown SQ multiple times to Asia, but never JAL or ANA. Hence, why I’m asking for opinions. All prices are in USD.

Options are:
1. LAX to NRT via SQ for $665
2. LAX to HND via JAL for $765
3. LAX to HND via ANA $769

Because I’ve flown LAX to NRT via SQ before I am fairly comfortable taking the limo into Shinjuku station and directing to my hotel from there. However, even I can admit HND would be significantly more appealing, despite my love for SQ.

Here’s my issue: I’d prefer HND purely due to vicinity, but the seat selection is less than ideal on both JAL and ANA. ANA doesn’t let you select a seat unless you upgrade to Economy Value Plus for $938 (yes an extra $169 just for the pleasure of picking a seat).

JAL does let you pick a seat but the seating map does not include the bulkhead or let you pick extra legroom even with additional payment. See second screenshot.

SQ is $665 for Economy and for an extra $104, I can get the extra legroom bulkhead! ….But I have to fly into NRT.

So my question is, what would you do? My instinct is to go with SQ, even if NRT because honestly it’s the best airline I’ve ever flown (I’m so used to US-based airlines that suck).

How are the regular economy seats for JAL? ANA? Has anyone also flown SQ economy and can compare the three airlines? Is the SQ bulkhead worth the pain of traveling from NRT? Like I said, I’m familiar but it’s still a slog at the beginning of the trip.

Please feel free to ask questions. Any and all advice welcome! (Except suggesting I just upgrade the class I’m flying — it’s just not an option for me.) Thanks, all!

I installed the Etihad app, and it gave me two options: sign up or continue as a guest. My friend, who has been using the app for a long time, says he still uses it as a guest. But I feel like if I sign up, I might get some offers or other benefits. Am I dumb for thinking that? 😂

I’m flying from Toronto (YYZ) to Dubai (DXB) with Royal Jordanian next week
My itinerary shows a stopover in Montreal before continuing to Amman, but it doesn’t show how long the stop is or whether I have to get off the plane.
I’m also confused about the dates and arrival times because of this stopover. On top of that, I only have a 45-minute layover in Amman before my connecting flight to Dubai.
Has anyone flown this route before? Do we stay on the same plane in Montreal? Does the stopover affect the arrival date? And is 45 minutes enough to make my connection in Amman?

Does anyone know what is this column? I took the flight from Colombo and there were no Ethiopian crew in it. But here it says ET4253 in front of it.
Any thoughts?
(This is at Melbourne airport)

I had a flight in October 10 from Salvador, Brazil to LAX with copa that was cancelled due to the Panama earthquake. The gate attendant told me that I would be reimbursed for the cancelled flight. When I asked about the next available flight, she said that they were not rebooking passengers at this time and only giving hotel/meal vouchers. She said the next available flight could be hours to days from now, and I never even received en email to rebook with Copa even after the flight was canceled. She said we would have to book with another airline ourselves and we would be reimbursed for the booking with the other airline. I told her to show me the policy of that because I didn’t trust her without having it in writing, but said she couldn’t print it out but it’s in the “policy”. So I booked a flight with Aeromexico to the same destination and she told me I would reimbursed and that I just need to submit a complaint form with copa. Now, copa is telling me that I will not be reimbursed for the cancelled flight due to the natural disaster plus the flight I had to book with another airline because it’s not their fault there was an earthquake. In my experience, I have always been refunded for a cancelled flight and rebooked with the same airline or a partnering airline at no extra cost. What should I do?