Spend the night in an Etihad A320 – in Tenby

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• Miles says:

  14 Nov14 November 12:10

  Jet2 is a great airline for family package holidays.

• Andy says:

  14 Nov14 November 12:25

  Their MAN-GVA or GVA-MAN flights during ski season are pretty well-matched price wise against easyJet. I have used them multiple times (10+ each season) either direction and generally find the service a decent step up from U2 and a bigger step up from FR. Obviously a short flight so comfort not really a major factor, but their staff are definitely a higher calibre in general.
  Also much more relaxed re hand baggage with a decent size (big enough for ski boots) included as standard.

• Kevin Keeler says:

  14 Nov14 November 12:27

  Living and working in Malta and looking for a cheap one way flight to Birmingham I recently took my first, and last, Jet2 flight a couple of weeks ago. Apart from the incessant announcements/noise, the most irritating thing was landing at Birmingham and finding all Jet2 passengers have to go through a separate immigration channel and get checked by Border Force. Why we couldn’t simply use the normal e-gates I have no idea. So spent 20 minutes or so needlessly queuing. Maybe Jet2 think they’re offering a better service by using their own immigration channels

• The Savage Squirrel says:

  14 Nov14 November 13:45

  Booked an “Indulgent Escapes” package last year. Scoff all you like at the idea of a Low Cost Carrier offering “luxury” holidays (my expectations were not enormous) but it was a level of customer service that put many supposedly genuine luxury outfits to shame.

  A single example of a repeated experience: IE includes private transfers. Approaching Jet2 private transfer desk at destination. Assumed there would be a queue and a wait. Zero queue. Staff member took one look at me as I was approaching, and before I even spoke said “ah good afternoon, it’s Mr Squirrel isn’t it, XXXX here is your driver and your car is here waiting (outside 10 yards away); let me help you with your luggage…

  Ryanair this ain’t.

• Throwawayname says:

  14 Nov14 November 14:01

  As others have commented, they don’t really compete on price. I had to fly with them to Greece in the summer and didn’t have much change from £200 (incl. luggage), and that wasn’t even during the school holidays. As I paid another £40 or so for fast track and lounge access, it would have been cheaper to fly Lufthansa in business class, but I wasn’t prepared to lose my sleep for the sake of catching the 06:00 to FRA in order to make the connection.

  They seem to employ their own ground staff in the UK, and they were super helpful. Seat padding was rather inadequate for a 4-hour flight, but other than that it was a good experience.

  • Throwawayname says:

    14 Nov14 November 14:04

    (that was £200 one way in case it looks cheap to anyone! I returned on A3.)

• Ironside says:

  14 Nov14 November 14:26

  Another thumbs up for Jet2.

  No, they don’t provide the lap of luxury and yes it was moderately annoying to be stung for baggage when I thought it was included (apparently: only for Jet2 Holidays), but IME the flights are clean, well-organised, and on-time, the staff are friendly, and the whole operation appears slick and stress-free.

  I also know a couple of their pilots, and their happiness at their employer is in marked contrast to the sole Ryanair pilot with whom we are acquainted. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have flight crew in a positive frame of mind!

• Andrew says:

  14 Nov14 November 16:47

  I’m a huge Jet2 fan! The whole operation seems to work well, IMHO, as they do so many things in-house incredibly well that other airlines outsource incredibly badly. The only downside is the guaranteed earworm from that Jess Glynne song.

• ADS says:

  15 Nov15 November 01:04

  “Thanks to @SeanM_1997 on X for the data”

  no underscore!

  • Rob says:

    15 Nov15 November 07:54

    Fixed, ta. Sean is a star, sadly not met him in person yet.

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