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Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:10:08 GMT

Has any-one flown with Thomas Cook? are they OK. Also any-one had holidays with them. It will be a first for me so just curious.

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:13:09 GMT

This makes me never want to fly Thomas Cook. I need all the leg room I can get.

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:17:08 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:This makes me never want to fly Thomas Cook. I need all the leg room I can get.

Read the first 0/10 review, me thinks someone ate all the pies!!

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:19:47 GMT

tino_11 wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:This makes me never want to fly Thomas Cook. I need all the leg room I can get.

Read the first 0/10 review, me thinks someone ate all the pies!!

This is gold:

I spent the next two weeks worrying about the flight home because weight is gained on a cruise holiday

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:27:07 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:

tino_11 wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:This makes me never want to fly Thomas Cook. I need all the leg room I can get.

Read the first 0/10 review, me thinks someone ate all the pies!!

This is gold:

I spent the next two weeks worrying about the flight home because weight is gained on a cruise holiday

That made me giggle as well, if you are going to put on so much weight that you cant fit in an airplane seat then maybe an all inclusive cruise is the wrong holiday for you!! Thomas Cook should fly a different plane home with smaller seats, just to do all thier heads in.

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:28:06 GMT

:lol: I am always confused why these folks are double my weight but I still only get 30kg baggage allowance or whatever it is.

Anyhoo... Thomas Cook!

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:35:23 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote: :lol: I am always confused why these folks are double my weight but I still only get 30kg baggage allowance or whatever it is.

Anyhoo... Thomas Cook!

Never used 'em mate, soz.

I once flew from Chattanooga to Atlanta on a wee Fokker or some such and was horrified to find half my seat occupied by the fella by the window, when I got on. I pointed out my distress to the stewardess she kindly suggested I get the next flight!?!!?!?!?!

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:02:53 GMT

OMG wish I had'nt asked :lol: Note to self diet while I am away otherwise I wont fit in the seat coming home. My travel documents say complimentary drinks/water/meals and 20kg luggage allowance, which no one has said on their reviews. Methinks some people just like a moan.

Re:Thomas Cook

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:00:50 GMT

RoseR wrote:OMG wish I had'nt asked :lol: Note to self diet while I am away otherwise I wont fit in the seat coming home. My travel documents say complimentary drinks/water/meals and 20kg luggage allowance, which no one has said on their reviews. Methinks some people just like a moan.

These are one and the same thing I fear )

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:33:14 GMT

RoseR wrote:OMG wish I had'nt asked :lol: Note to self diet while I am away otherwise I wont fit in the seat coming home. My travel documents say complimentary drinks/water/meals and 20kg luggage allowance, which no one has said on their reviews. Methinks some people just like a moan.

I like a moan, don't fly with them, pay a bit more and fly with someone else :wink:

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:42:20 GMT

as long as you're not over 5ft 8 you'll be fine, it is what it is, cheap and cheerful, if you're in the slightest way tall then prepare to be VERY uncomfortable!

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:13:56 GMT

freezywater wrote:as long as you're not over 5ft 8 you'll be fine, it is what it is, cheap and cheerful, if you're in the slightest way tall then prepare to be VERY uncomfortable!

So I suppose what your saying is that the average male will not fit, so it's women only then :shock: :shock:

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:20:16 GMT

freezywater wrote:as long as you're not over 5ft 8 you'll be fine, it is what it is, cheap and cheerful, if you're in the slightest way tall then prepare to be VERY uncomfortable!!!

Cheap - maybe
Cheerfull - pushing it
:mrgreen:

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:43 GMT

freezywater wrote:as long as you're not over 5ft 8 you'll be fine, it is what it is, cheap and cheerful, if you're in the slightest way tall then prepare to be VERY uncomfortable!

Is that 5 Ft 8 wide ????? :wink:

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:52:43 GMT

They are alright apart from leg room which is absolutely sh*t. im not huge, 6ft2, but flying back to and from greece was enough to convince me never to fly them agaain :lol:

Knees round your face style...

Re:Thomas Cook

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:27:21 GMT

We flew to Grenoble with Thomas Cook in January and were pleasantly surprised. Check in was well supervised and quick and my husband (just over 6ft) casually asked if it was possible to have a seat with extra leg room and got one. Crew were good and catering was a tasty cooked breakfast. Luggage allowance was 20kg including boots. Sounds as though we were just lucky?

Re:Thomas Cook

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:51:22 GMT

I also flew to Grenoble and ,though short of legroom (6'3") it was only a short flight ...the food wasn't bad and neither was the service ,,,,,don't think I could have gone much further though

not quite as good as these though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-nX6g148mA&NR=1

Re:Thomas Cook

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:43:11 GMT

:lol: News item this morning re charging for dropping off at certain airports, charges for plastic bags, quicker security check lanes, etc.

Re:Thomas Cook

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:47:13 GMT

jastem wrote: :lol: News item this morning re charging for dropping off at certain airports, charges for plastic bags, quicker security check lanes, etc.

they also said it was the first year since the 1940's that air travel hadn't actually increased which seemed like good news for a change :lol:

Re:Thomas Cook

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:40:44 GMT

I have flown with Thomas Cook twice. First time to Zante 4 years ago. 4 hours on a small Airbus with the least legroom I have ever found on a plane, much less than easyjet. T Cook are well known in the industry for taking out standard seating configs and ramming in as many as possible.
The on board service was no worse than anyone elses.
More recently I flew with them to Innsbruck. It was an old (and I mean old) Boeing 757. Nice planes with more legroom but this thing was about ready to fall apart. The flight into Innsbruck was the worst landing I ever had, thanks to some thick cloud down to about 500m above the airport and some strong winds, but thats not the airlines fault. In fact fair play to the pilot for getting us down safely!
Unfrotunately, the flight home was a disaster. Innsbruck airport was allegedy fog bound that morning according to the Nielson reps, so we were bussed to Munich. However, people were arriving into Innsbruck all day with no delays at all. 2 flights were supposedly diverted to Munich, but strangely enough no planes arrived. Why? Because they had got into Innsbruck no problem. Someone had taken the decision to send us to Munich without checking to see if the incoming flights were actually being diverted or not. Needless to say, 500 people were none to impressed. 1 of the planes at Innsbruck was sent on to Munich and took the Manchester flight home, but no plane arrived for us on the Gatwick flight, until 6 hours later when MyTravel sent an empty plane in to bring us home.
I wrote a letter of complaint but only got the standard "weather problems" answer back, and vowed never to fly with Thomas Cook again.