When it's time to travel by plane I typically choose to fly Southwest Airlines. Why do I choose Southwest? Easy, that's what my wife Julia books whenever we travel somewhere. They have the best rates and their customer service is generally spot on.
On a recent trip to and from Florida, we flew from Colorado to Florida by way of Southwest but chose to fly Frontier for the flight home. I know you're probably asking "Why Joe? Why did you fly Frontier when you've always flown Southwest?" Another easy one. We didn't want to do a layover, so we opted for the airline with the best rate for a non stop flight.
Disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing against Frontier Airlines and think they run a fine airlines but I felt it was my duty to "observe" a few things.
December 24th, 2018
We arrived at the Tampa International Airport with plenty of time to check our bags, grab a bite to eat and have a smoke (easy thing to do in Tampa Airport as they have outside areas accessible from the terminals, way to go TPA). Boarding was normal and we got to our seats with the normal stop and wait crawl along the cabin of the plane. The seats were tiny and the foot space underneath even smaller but this is the norm aboard any aircraft we've flown coach class in.
Frontier Airlines takes this a step further (although I suppose that Airbus Industrie (there's no S there because it's a French company) is the real responsible party here) by providing us with the worlds smallest tray tables ever. I have not confirmed this with Guiness World Book yet but I'm sure they would back my claim.
Here's a couple of pictures so you know I'm not exaggerating. I've placed my hand for some contrast, and I have small hands. There, I said it, I have small hands now it's out, but what I lack in hand size I make up for in the size of my... feet.
Yes, that's an iPad precariously balanced on the mini tray table!
Southwest Airlines always treated us to a free drink and a small bag of pretzels OR cookies (your choice). Thank you Southwest!
Frontier Airlines takes full advantage of their right to the American Dream in the form of capitalism. Not complaining just observing. I happen to be a fan of capitalism.
I will admit that even though we had to pay for our snacks and drinks the snack portions were larger. Damn skippy, we took advantage of the "bundle deal". Who can resist a good bundle deal? I mean seriously, $4.50 worth of goods for only $10.00, who can pass that up? Between the 3 of us we were able to fit all of our bundle deal on our tray tables and still have room for one our phones. Not mine though, because it's an iPhone 8 and pretty big.
With our snack time done I decided to survey my surroundings and took note that there were no emesis bags (aka puke bag) in the seat backs in front of us. Feeling sick, want to throw up? That'll be $5.00 please. Just kidding, not sure if there was a charge or not. Maybe they just don't allow puking on their flights or the 3 people on the flight before us used them and they weren't replaced.
For the low cost of $14.00 you could open your window OR for half the price you could open it...
HALFWAY! Again, just kidding. This little perk cost us nothing.
With the soda flowing through me I decided it was time to use the facilities. They actually had 2 bathrooms in the rear of the plane which was pretty cool. KUDOS Frontier! Then I saw this...
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Really Frontier? Where the fuck am I supposed to put my illegally smoked cigarette butt when I'm done with it?
Bladder relieved I head back to my seat, sit down in my chair and shuffle my feet.
Buckle myself around my lap and settle in for a long Christmas nap.
Reach for the button to lay my seat back and... WTF!
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No buttons anywhere. Seriously the seats did not recline. That's an interesting new technology heh? Oh well, I can sleep anywhere, anytime. This is not a big deal just weird. Am I spoiled or what?
The plane landed which is ALWAYS a plus in my book.
So the big question is, would I fly Frontier Airlines again?
Absolutely, they are a world class airlines and a fine flying establishment. Like I said, not complaining just making some observations.
Would they be my first choice?
Nah, I love Southwest and their large tray tables and reclining seats too much.
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