As someone that travels consistently, within the United States as well as internationally, I am…read moreappalled at my experience with this airline. From the flat out rude customer service to the ridiculousness of charging for a seat (after you have purchased your ticket).
I purchased two one way tickets with this airline, due to their convenient flight times, for my partners and my vacation this year. The first flight was from JFK to Gatwick on October 23rd, but thought I would check the baggage policy before packing the day before. My partner and I decided to pack and pay for one checked bag on this flight because it said we had four checked bags included in our ticket back home from Dublin to Newburgh. No problem, I totally understand paying for checked luggage. It was weird to me though that we still hadn't been assigned seats the night before. Usually you pick your seats when you purchase a ticket, which is what happened with the return flight, but not the initial one to Gatwick. Come to find out, this airline bases things on class. Supposedly, I purchased a "low fare" ticket, which I guess gives them permission to treat you differently. With this, you have to pay $25 to pick your seat. So for myself and my partner, I paid $50 on top of the price I already paid for the ticket (who knows where that nearly $300 goes to). The awful experience doesn't stop there though. If you purchase a low fare ticket, don't expect to be acknowledged AT ALL, and I literally mean AT ALL, on your flight. While food is being served, if you have a low fare ticket, you get absolutely nothing. Not even water .... for a SEVEN HOUR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT!!! There were no menus distributed to even offer you the opportunity to order anything. This is abysmal customer service.
Knowing how this airline works, for our return flight from Dublin to Newburgh, both my partner and I had higher priced tickets that included meals, seat assignments and two checked bags each. I thought we would be fine and could chalk the first flight up to a "bad experience". However, when looking at the tickets before leaving the hotel, I noticed that our meals were incorrect. We choose no preference thinking that we would be allowed to choose on the flight. Not an unreasonable assumption, but was with this airline. They simply assigned us two meals at random. Ok, I will just change it when I arrive at the airport (three and a half hours early), but NOPE! Once again, the horrendous customer service reared its ugly head. The man at check-in informed us that nothing could be changed at this point. He then proceeded to tell us our one checked bag (remember the part about having FOUR checked bags, 20kg each, included in our ticket) was 2kg over. Until I told him that we were allotted four checked bags, which he didn't even check to confirm, he was going to charge us extra. I'm sorry, but the screen in front of you tells you everything you need to know about our tickets.
As I am currently in the airport to catch this last flight home, we shall see how this one fares, although I have extremely low expectations. I would give it negative five stars if I could!!! Needless to say, I will NEVER fly with this company again and will actively a little more to fly another airline. Also, anyone considering using this airline, please know there is no in flight entertainment, unless you download the app they use. You will also need to be wearing an outfit meant for summer as it uncomfortably hot in the cabin.