Allegiant Air

[Guest]

Looking at a new carrier in Amarillo who is offering cheap flights to Vegas( $92RT after fees) through NOV 11 with travel only happening on Thursdays and Sundays, which is great for football season.

https://www.allegiantair.com/?intent=&gclid=CjwKCAjw8sCRBhA6EiwA6_IF4VZQIYhAbI5n9wzh59dcjdu6yiIfc0vXcLfBtBCp6e_y0xXdglHQYBoClEUQAvD_BwE

They add like $102 for 1 carry on, but I can get what I need in the "one personal item( 7"x15"x16")

Not looking for frills or extras... but also want to get there and back.  Anyone ever used these guys( or similar marketed/ priced airline?)

Edited March 15, 2022 by slorch

[UTPhil2006 3807]

If you only carry a backpack and don't want anything on the airline and don't care who is around you and don't care when you may get there or when you may get home then they're alright

[TheRealChuckWoolery 72]

If your flight is delayed or canceled, don't expect to get to your destination at all. Their flight schedule, even from larger airports, is like two or three flights *a week*. I do not recommend it if you have something like show tickets, a prepaid hotel reservation, or plans to fly home.

 

[TheRealChuckWoolery 72]

It looks like their schedule from Amarillo, at least in the near future, is one flight out on Sunday, and one flight back on Wednesday. You will inevitably get screwed.

[TheRealChuckWoolery 72]

Sun-Thursday. my mistake

[Exposition 93]

They had a number of safety issues 5-10 years ago, maybe they've cleaned up their act by now. I also remember a story about the CEO flying one of their planes and declaring "bingo fuel" which is one of those cringeworthy buzzwords only a CEO would say while talking to ATC. 

I would avoid them unless I was desperate. 

[6th Street 6412]

2 hours ago, TheRealChuckWoolery said:

If your flight is delayed or canceled, don't expect to get to your destination at all. Their flight schedule, even from larger airports, is like two or three flights *a week*. I do not recommend it if you have something like show tickets, a prepaid hotel reservation, or plans to fly home.

 

This is 100% true. Why take the risk to save a few $ on airfare when you're about to go to Vegas and throw money around at the tables?

[elfenix 34273]

"let's make a worse airline than spirit"

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

"let's make a worse airline than spirit"

That would be difficult to do, but I have never flown Allegiant, so maybe they pulled it off.

[Pescado_Rojo 19421]

I was leaving a trade show in Vegas one Sunday, and when we pulled up to the airport, there was a line about 100 yards long coming out one door and going down the sidewalk. It was Vegas hot, and these poor people were standing there baking. I was like "Oh fuck, is that the security line?" My Uber driver said Nah, that's the Allegiant check in line. 

[millhouse 2610]

They are exactly how everyone else has described them, but for a cheap and short flight to Vegas you may be able to grit your teeth and make it through alive. Also, dig a little deeper on their website, I belive they may do free checked bags or seat selections for veterans. 

[CooterBrown 18014]

Allegiant and Spirit are the only two airlines my company bans us from using. They have to be pretty terrible if we aren’t even allowed to fly them for free.

[pearlandhorn 3273]

Only time I’ve ever flown allegiant is when I was on a charter flight. I’ve never paid for a flight with them.

[Born to Run 6569]

Allegiant is fucking pretty Spartan but I would fly again for a short hop to Den.
Spirit is fucking brutal, even worse if you have to check a bag or a surf board or need service. Plus, you are surrounded by never traveling assholes getting screwed by an airline exploiting fine print with employees charged with being dick as company credo. It's awful. United on the return felt civilized by comparison.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Ignore these snobs, @slorch. YOLO

[RPM 26322]

Official Airline of the Cleveland Indians

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Flew Sanford,  Fl to Greensboro, NC one time for $47. We survived. 

Edited March 16, 2022 by SimonBolivar

[Horn Draoi 255]

I’ve flown out of and into Amarillo a couple of hundred times since 1970; kinda fascinating how service in/out has peaked and deteriorated.  I think it was better when you had to drag your baggage across the tarmac and climb the stairs into a Texas International (?) turboprop.  I’d consider driving before Allegiant.

[closetohumping 17444]

Don't worry about cancellations during football season.  I've heard Amarillo weather is very predictable in December.

[midtown 3346]

Took the kids to Florida several years ago on Allegiant.   Everyone is pretty spot on.  If you just want to get from A to B with zero frills etc its fine.  And I think they are upgrading their fleet these days but be prepared to fly a 40 yr old MD-80 etc

[DFWTexEx 276]

My parents occasionally are on an Allegiant flight to some casino.  Their usual comment is that it is full of people who have never flown before and have no idea how to behave on an airplane.   The flight attendants have dirty nails, per my Mother.   But it works pretty well for retirees on casino junkets, where time and schedules don't matter much and they take their own snacks anyway.  

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Horn Draoi said:

I’ve flown out of and into Amarillo a couple of hundred times since 1970; kinda fascinating how service in/out has peaked and deteriorated.  I think it was better when you had to drag your baggage across the tarmac and climb the stairs into a Texas International (?) turboprop.  I’d consider driving before Allegiant.

Rick Husband International is convenient AF.

 

Edited March 16, 2022 by slorch

[ocugolf 1214]

I felt like I was sitting in an elementary school cafeteria chair while in the sky.  Never ever again. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1981]

24 minutes ago, DFWTexEx said:

My parents occasionally are on an Allegiant flight to some casino.  Their usual comment is that it is full of people who have never flown before and have no idea how to behave on an airplane.   The flight attendants have dirty nails, per my Mother.   But it works pretty well for retirees on casino junkets, where time and schedules don't matter much and they take their own snacks anyway.  

This is spot on. We have flown from Wichita to Vegas a couple of times and it was easy enough and without any delays. That was quite a few years ago and things are probably different now. We survived but the dirty fingernails were offputting.

[Js1 85372]

1 hour ago, midtown said:

Took the kids to Florida several years ago on Allegiant.   Everyone is pretty spot on.  If you just want to get from A to B with zero frills etc its fine.  And I think they are upgrading their fleet these days but be prepared to fly a 40 yr old MD-80 etc

I have to fly the plane too??? 

How fucking cheap is this shit? 

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

They fly out of Northwest Arkansas into both Vegas and Phoenix and everything said here is spot on.  I've never taken them and never will but I know dozens of people who have flown them into Vegas only to get cancelled altogether or flown into Phoenix and then have to figure out how to get to Vegas.  Flights are only two days ago so if it's cancelled, you're screwed.  Planes are old and crammed with poors who never or rarely fly.

I'm amazed by upper middle class people who will spend thousands on a resort vacation and then try to save $50 by flying Shitbox Air.

[OU Sucks 8853]

2 hours ago, midtown said:

Took the kids to Florida several years ago on Allegiant.   Everyone is pretty spot on.  If you just want to get from A to B with zero frills etc its fine.  And I think they are upgrading their fleet these days but be prepared to fly a 40 yr old MD-80 etc

They don't have MD-80s anymore...only A319 and A320s, all of which are 10 years or newer (most around 5 or less).  Seeing how it was the MD-80s which would spontaneously combust, OP should be fine.

[midtown 3346]

2 minutes ago, OU Sucks said:

They don't have MD-80s anymore...only A319 and A320s, all of which are 10 years or newer (most around 5 or less).  Seeing how it was the MD-80s which would spontaneously combust, OP should be fine.

Well crap.  Was hoping to get some of his stuff

[MonkeyDoughnut 10275]

Yeah, from Amarillo I'd avoid. Although more direct flights won't suck, as otherwise can add 2-3x the travel hours if not, so wouldn't be first choice but wouldn't rule them out either. Can always grab a flight on another airlines worst case something happens.

[royiv 9324]

Doesn't Southwest fly n/s to LAS from AMA? I know they did in the before times. While I'm not a Southwest fanboi, I would fly them a million times before stepping foot on an Allegiant plane.

[Tex48 840]

23 hours ago, slorch said:

Looking at a new carrier in Amarillo who is offering cheap flights to Vegas( $92RT after fees) through NOV 11 with travel only happening on Thursdays and Sundays, which is great for football season.

https://www.allegiantair.com/?intent=&gclid=CjwKCAjw8sCRBhA6EiwA6_IF4VZQIYhAbI5n9wzh59dcjdu6yiIfc0vXcLfBtBCp6e_y0xXdglHQYBoClEUQAvD_BwE

They add like $102 for 1 carry on, but I can get what I need in the "one personal item( 7"x15"x16")

Not looking for frills or extras... but also want to get there and back.  Anyone ever used these guys( or similar marketed/ priced airline?)

Flew on them to Destin from Houston for $35 no complaints. They were the one carrier to still sell booze on the planes when everyone else stopped during covid. The flight attendant didn't cut off my buddies and let them buy 6 drinks.  It wasn't cheap for my buddies (the booze) but they got what they wanted. 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Tex48

[Butch Had Not 2980]

I think I went from Medford to Mesa with them.  Best flight ever.  Maybe 5 people on the plane. 

[Neonmoon 38129]

I flew to OKC a while back on Allegiant. It was awesome because there was no one on the flight and it was direct from Austin. The down side is they cancelled my return flight an hour before the flight. They couldn’t find a pilot and left me stuck in the shithole that is OKC. Never again

[gernblansten 3197]

Allegiant Air: It's not about your destination, it's about how many assholes you meet along the way when we leave you stranded.

[HenryJames 66082]

13 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

I flew to OKC a while back on Allegiant. It was awesome because there was no one on the flight and it was direct from Austin. The down side is they cancelled my return flight an hour before the flight. They couldn’t find a pilot and left me stuck in the shithole that is OKC. Never again

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Flew allegiant Fargo to Orlando/ Sanford a few days ago. Avoid Minneapolis/Chicago/Atlanta/ Dallas and MCO. Sanford was dead at 1030PM and I had my rental car keys in 10 min.

Flight was delayed a whopping 30 min. F the haters

[po elvis 2073]

Always like doing Vegas cheap, but I haven’t had the balls to do Allegiant. Such a limited schedule always scares me.

I did SAT to Vegas once for $73 round trip on frontier…for two. Carried personal bags, didn’t get hotel, flew back the next day. Better than a night out in San Antonio. I’ve done that a few times.