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Old Mar 14th, 2008, 02:26   #1
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I was at Kingfisher Air website yesterday. In the AM I got it to work and it told me that there are 3 flights a day from Delhi to Kolkata. In the PM I couldn't get past an advert. Very annoying. However, I had printed up the information I needed I needed in the AM....

Okay, that's neither here nor there. What I want to know if anyone has flown Kingfisher? Was it pleasant? Do you get freebies (i.e., beer)?

Also, the price of a one way ticket is $150 + $103 in other fees. Is $253 a reasonable rate or expensive for this journey?

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Old Mar 14th, 2008, 02:39   #2
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There are plenty of threads on this site on experiences with Kingfisher, so search around some.

For starters, if you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you'll find a list of "similar threads." Opening any of those will again give you similar threads at bottom, etc. ad infinitum.
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Old Mar 14th, 2008, 02:59   #3
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I didn't know about the stuff at the bottom of the page. Searching Indiamike, which I don't think is easy, has now gotten easier. And I've explored the links and have basically found what I was looking for. Thanks!
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Old Mar 15th, 2008, 18:21   #4
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It flew IT last month DEL-BOM route - It is a top notch airline in terms of service and delivery. The food was comparable to what 9W serves. The inflight crew is very young (who in India is old ) so they might be slightly slow on the uptake - but they do compensate it with enthusiasm. The seats in coach had PTV to keep one occupied. I doubt 9W has that or IFE in their planes (at least in the sector I flew)
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Old Mar 15th, 2008, 20:00   #5
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Thumbs up for Kingfisher based on the trips I had so far!
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Old Apr 9th, 2008, 09:32   #6
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By far the best airline ive flown with nothing but praise for the staff and there service
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Old Apr 9th, 2008, 10:03   #7
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I flew Kingfisher from Cochin to Chennai and it was fine. was only a 90 minute flight but they gave us food (which I did not eat since I was flying with food poisoning) and free pens!

what pissed me off was that since I was very sick I wanted to get back to chennai one day earlier. I called to change my reservation but they charged $100 to change my flight which I thought was outrageous but in my condition I had no choice. the original flight was $100 (one way).

I guess I should have asked for more free pens.
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Old Apr 10th, 2008, 21:23   #8
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Oh the kids love those free pens. And they do last )
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There's a running joke in the office that Kingfisher is the airline where men book the aisle seats

I'm also learning 'Kingfisher Hindi' .....

Window blind upar ho
Tray table bandh ho

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Old Apr 10th, 2008, 23:15   #10
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The aisles are somewhat narrow... too narrow sometimes. I had inadvertently headbutted a stewardess once...
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and she survived as well to tell the story?
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Old Apr 10th, 2008, 23:23   #12
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The aisles are somewhat narrow... too narrow sometimes. I had inadvertently headbutted a stewardess once...



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Old Apr 10th, 2008, 23:25   #13
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Oh you dont really die when you get headbutted on your bum)

I was trying to get up while the tray table was open and ended up losing balance and felt my head hitting something soft. Oops and Sorrys followed.
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I forgot to put "inadvertently" in bold..
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Old Apr 10th, 2008, 23:28   #15
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Ok....I accidentally tripped and......

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