Comments on: Norwegian Long-Haul Flights ‘Unlikely’ to Return if Airline Survives /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/ All Things Norway, In English Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Warren Langley /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-990103 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:19:04 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-990103 I had booked a flight from Seattle to London and return for last April. It was cancelled because of the pandemic and I took the cash point option because we will make the trip when travel returns to normal. When the news came out the Norwegian is unlikely to reinstate long haul flying even after the pandemic goes, I called them today to request cash back since I won’t be able to use the cash points in 2021 and they will expire. The only answer I got with two calls was cash points can’t be converted to cash. Not much help. I will just have to write off the $3000, I guess.

Warren

]]> By: Michael Crosby /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-989608 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 10:50:58 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-989608 In reply to EDWARD SMITH.

Me too. I rated the service and the Dreamliner they operated very highly. They were a competitive thorn in the side to other carriers and will be missed if they pull out. I was loyal to them flying to JFK about 30 times. On one return trip they had to change the equipment and wet leased a 380 and put me in a first class seat. That was a great experience.
I need to get back to New York as soon as I can for my work and some R&R and really hope Norwegian will take me there again.
The only less than ideal experience I had was with the check in at Austin but that was an isolated incident.
M

]]> By: Michael Crosby /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-989607 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 10:45:29 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-989607 I would be disappointed to see the transatlantic flights stop. In the last 3 years I have travelled to the USA from london about 30 times. Mostly in their premium cabin. For me the experience was exceptionally good value. The seat and cabin is streets ahead of other airlines premium economy cabins and the inflight service was great. So what if you had to pay a bit extra for drinking spirits. Beer, wine and soft drinks all included. 2 in the hold cases and a cabin bag made it perfect for longer business trips.

Ok so they were not perfect and were sometimes let down by the ground crew especially at Austin but on the whole I rate them highly.

I hope they can salvage the JFK service. I’m sure with some work they can make some money out of that.

Norwegian was a big thorn in the side of BA and Virgin and undoubtedly it caused other airlines (American in particular) to up their game.

]]> By: Christopher /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-732834 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:42:32 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-732834 I am wondering what is going to happen to CashPoints for people in the United States with no routes.

]]> By: EDWARD SMITH /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-732806 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:21:04 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-732806 I loved Norwegian flights between US and Europe. We always took the lowest level of transport, checked one bag, and had comfortable seating. Made travel to EU almost the same as to California. We will miss it if it goes under.

]]> By: Jill /norwegian-long-haul-flights-unlikely-to-return-if-airline-survives/#comment-732777 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 18:53:53 +0000 /?p=45164#comment-732777 We have over $2K we paid for seats to Paris. They did not return money but said we could postpone a flight till 2021. We can’t lose this money because we want to fly to Barcelona in Sept 2921 instead of Paris, if the world is vaccinated by then.

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