February 22, 2005
Independence Air College Fare
I know a lot of you out there are either college students or still have your college ID. I just ran across this today:
20% off all independence air flights with a College ID
Posted by Bryant at February 22, 2005 09:39 AM
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My friends and I just booked our spring break flights to Orlando on Independence Air. I'm a bit worried though, I've never heard of them before. Hopefully we'll make it there and back safely. The sad thing is, they never offered us the college discount...how crappy is that? But I'll give you a review of how the airline is when I return.
Posted by: Aimee at February 22, 2005 05:25 PM
I've been on independence air a few times. There are some good things and some bad things.
Flights
Bad: They fly almost all their flights through Washington.
Good: I live in Washington
Equipment
Bad: The planes are small
Good: The planes are new.
Food/Entertainment
Bad: No in-flight entertainment, besides the FAA safety regulations read by celebrities
Good: The chip and drink selection is very good.
On Time
Bad: They seem to be delayed leaving a lot
Good: They seem to be delayed beause they have too many flights, so if you miss one you'll catch another soon
Pricing
Bad: used to only be able to get fares from flyi.com now youc an get fares on orbitz.com too
Good: Their normal pricing is a little high, but they seem to have pretty good deals on occasion that make round trips pretty close to 100 bucks.
Posted by: Bryant at February 22, 2005 05:35 PM
Thanks for the review Bryant. At least Aimee and I have a better idea of what we got ourselves into!
Posted by: Mandy at February 23, 2005 12:47 PM
I compared a couple of flights. Southwest still seems to be cheaper.
Posted by: Randy at February 24, 2005 09:29 PM
Southwest may be cheaper, but if you live in Wisconsin, southwest only flies out of Midway in Chicago and that airport is GHETTO!!!
Posted by: Aimee at February 25, 2005 01:28 PM
So, I know it's been a while since I got back from Spring Break, but I just thought I would say that yes, I would fly with Independence Air again. Our first plane was kind of small (50 passengers) but our flight attendent made the ride. Bryant, I don't know if you've ever had "mama" but she's soooo cool. Oh and the FAA safety regulations are quite amusing. It was different every time, but the first time, when talking about the oxygen mask they said.."Oh and if your oxygen mask falls down, you're not having a very good day." For some reason, humor makes me feel safer riding their planes...don't ask me why I couldn't tell you. But all in all it was a good flight. I would suggest flying with them.
Posted by: Aimee at March 30, 2005 10:11 AM