Random Thoughts Thread

[trinacriabob]

4 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Allegiant is a U.S. airline? Never seen or heard them here on the west coast.

One Reason I love Alaska, never had a bad baggage issue with them and they have their out to you in the baggage area in 20 min or less promise or a bunch of free air miles. United is an airline I avoid like the plague. 

Allegiant is out of Las Vegas as a headquarters.  They have a weird route system that is good for people who can use those point to point routes.  They also use secondary airports, like Clearwater-St. Pete instead of Tampa.  I've never flown on them nor on Frontier.  I flew on Spirit once and it was fine.

My Big 3 rankings are:

1 United

2 Delta - American (tie)

American has been coming up with decent domestic one-way fare numbers, so they're up from 3.  I was on MIA-LAX on their big 777-300.  It was a good flight and full.  The cabin crew was all middle-aged guys.  I've never seen that before, especially on a big plane. They gave out those delicious Biscoff cookies.  One of the attendants was a super sassy Black guy.  I later asked him for some more of those cookies.  He told me they didn't have anymore.  Later, I went to the back galley and another Miami-based flight attendant - he seemed like a Cuban guy - looked in a few bins and gave me a couple of those cookies.  The Black guy was showy and hilarious, but obviously not the best he should be for that job.  Whenever I have asked for an extra snack pack or two on ANY airline, they always give them to me!

[Robert Hall]

I remember Allegiant used to fly in and out of Mesa Gateway Airport instead of Sky Harbor in the Phoenix area.   Never flown them.  I flew Frontier a lot when I lived in Colorado (they were Denver based 20 years ago), flew Southwest a lot then and when I lived in Arizona.  I've flown very little since moving back to Ohio in 2017, doing more road trips than flying.  I like Delta and American.   

[trinacriabob]

14 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

I remember Allegiant used to fly in and out of Mesa Gateway Airport instead of Sky Harbor in the Phoenix area.   Never flown them.  I flew Frontier a lot when I lived in Colorado (they were Denver based 20 years ago), flew Southwest a lot then and when I lived in Arizona.  I've flown very little since moving back to Ohio in 2017, doing more road trips than flying.  I like Delta and American.   

As long as they bundle bags, seating, etc., it's fine.  Frontier is still prominently seen at Denver, with big hangars and stuff like that.  They and Spirit have these "clubs" you belong to to access lower fares and add-ons ... more clutter than I want for my inbox and my mind.

[trinacriabob]

I can't believe I'm writing this.

I'm purging random paper stuff I find in my luggage and I found a Subaru Legacy brochure from when I walked into a dealership right before Christmas.  This was in another area where I was visiting a childhood friend, but I didn't say I was from out of town.  Of course, the salesman wants to get my information and all that, and I declined, saying I'm just looking.

The Chevy Malibu is now gone.  The Legacy is supposed to wind things down  I don't like Kia, Hyundai, Nissan and Mazda ICE products much.  I think they could have done a nicer job with the new Camry, but, the plus is that Camrys will now only be hybrids.  As much as I dislike and make fun of Subaru wagons,  a Legacy (Limited) sedan in dark metallic blue with a tan cloth interior would be a nice little sedan to putt around in that doesn't make any sociopolitical statements.  Yes, it is the ONLY one of their products I like and it is ending production fairly soon.

This is sort of what, in marketing parlance, would be called "market push" instead of "market pull," even though I don't think this fits those definitions neatly.  They want to "push" what they offer onto consumers instead of having consumers "pulled" in by what attracts them to vehicles.  My 2 cents.  I'm scratching my head.

[G. David Felt]

3 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

I can't believe I'm writing this.

I'm purging random paper stuff I find in my luggage and I found a Subaru Legacy brochure from when I walked into a dealership right before Christmas.  This was in another area where I was visiting a childhood friend, but I didn't say I was from out of town.  Of course, the salesman wants to get my information and all that, and I declined, saying I'm just looking.

The Chevy Malibu is now gone.  The Legacy is supposed to wind things down  I don't like Kia, Hyundai, Nissan and Mazda ICE products much.  I think they could have done a nicer job with the new Camry, but, the plus is that Camrys will now only be hybrids.  As much as I dislike and make fun of Subaru wagons,  a Legacy (Limited) sedan in dark metallic blue with a tan cloth interior would be a nice little sedan to putt around in that doesn't make any sociopolitical statements.  Yes, it is the ONLY one of their products I like and it is ending production fairly soon.

This is sort of what, in marketing parlance, would be called "market push" instead of "market pull," even though I don't think this fits those definitions neatly.  They want to "push" what they offer onto consumers instead of having consumers "pulled" in by what attracts them to vehicles.  My 2 cents.  I'm scratching my head.

Buy a Subaru and you make the statement of I am an ECO Warrior is one of the two statements that is how they are seen here in the PNW. LOL

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

Buy a Subaru and you make the statement of I am an ECO Warrior is one of the two statements that is how they are seen here in the PNW. LOL

They are one of the only brands I would consider now. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Sadly....(not really sad about this...)

[trinacriabob]

2 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Buy a Subaru and you make the statement of I am an ECO Warrior is one of the two statements that is how they are seen here in the PNW. LOL

I know.  Their presence in the PNW almost borders on conformity.

I've got a great flip-off story between Bellingham and Burlington on I-5.  I was with a friend coming back from VanCity.  I wouldn't relay here it without the visuals and enough detail.  We laughed our asses off.  This was the late '90s.  That was a good decade.

[A Horse With No Name]