Northwest Airlines

Pros: On-time, baggage go to New York safely
Cons: Old aircraft that are not well maintained, subpar service and food

I was fortunate to go abroad this past summer. However, I was unfortunate enough to experience some flight problems. I was supposed to fly aboard KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from Amsterdam back home to New York. We had flown on KLM several times before, ...

Pros: Northwest offers convenient Internet tools to improve the overall flight process. Ample flights in U.S.
Cons: Very limited flights to any destination in the Caribbean.

... or while wearing your bath robe or with shaving cream all over your face ... right from the privacy of your own home, of course.

One of their commercials shows a father being checked in by a "pretend" Northwest agent -- his cute, young...

Pros: On time service, clean planes
Cons: Nasty food

It is no doubt that we expect too much from our domestic airlines, so I am going to give Northwest a Highly Recommend, because we got to our destination safely and on time. Anymore, that is about all we are going to get on any carrier, at least in...

Pros: on time, smooth flight, excellent pretzels offered
Cons: ran out of Pepsi

About two weeks ago, my family and I left for a fun (and exhausting) vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Because we live in Minnesota, we had two choices; make an arduous journey by road with a 3 year old or fly to Orlando. Like the...

Pros: friendly staff, comfortable seats, good rewards for being patient
Cons: they tend to over book flights

My first experience with Northwest Airlines was in March of 98. I met this wonderful woman on AOL in a chat room & was to meet her face to face in Mobile, Alabama for a convention that started on Friday.

I arrived at the airport in home...

Pros: On-time arrivals, friendly staff.
Cons: Sometimes cramped seats. Limited flight options to some parts of the country.

The following review of Northwest Airlines is based on my experience flying Northwest the past five years in both coach and first class. All my flights on Northwest have been full-fare tickets for business travel. In the past year I have flown ...

Pros: Left on time, landed early, efficient handling of unruly passenger
Cons: tired looking planes

I have flown a grand total of one time and that was several years ago. So, when I made it to the airport for my Northwest flight, out of Peoria, Illinois, I had little knowledge of what to expect in today's post 9/11 airline world. ...

Pros: we got exit seats on the way down
Cons: delays not due to weather and nothing to compensate us for our time

Revised on August 16, 2000

I recently flew to Mexico via Northwest Airlines. The trip down was uneventful, thankfully, in fact we asked for exit seats and got them. For those of you who don't know about exit seats, I will share a secret....

Pros: Crew, MSP hub, Cheap fares
Cons: Web-site, Seats, 3 Hour drive to get to the airport they flew to.

Introduction We had some family issues, and desperately needed a cheap fare all the way across the country. After we soon realized that Amarillo fares are about as cheap as a new car, we drove about 3-4 hours east to Oklahoma City (OKC) so we ...

Pros: I got where I was going safely and early!
Cons: The seats and carpets need a lot of work.

On my recent trip to California I flew with Northwest. I had originally thought that this was the first time (in memory) that I had flown with them but realized that I flew Northwest in 1995 when I went to Asia.

I had done a good bit of...

Pros: On time, friendly staff
Cons: Weren't told we were in a possible crash mode.

"C'mon, straighten out, set her down easy. That's it. You can do it, there we go." I have been a backseat driver since I can remember and today was no exception. I can't pilot an airplane, but it makes me feel better trying to analyze the flight. I felt ...

Pros: Strong SkyTeam alliance, excellent website functionality, frequent-flyer program meets expectation
Cons: Better service on SQ, KE; unfriendly fees, 66% on-time arrival record Dec 06, Chapter 11

Part of my series of essays on my trip to Indonesia Jan/Feb 06 I've used Northwest Air (NWA) numerous times because; 1) it's one of the few American carriers that gets me to ...

Pros: New aircraft on Singapore-Narita Sector, punctual
Cons: OLD planes everywhere else, poor food, disgruntled employees

I flew a NWA flight 20 from Singapore to Minneapolis (via Narita), and connected to Chicago from MSP. On the way back after spending two months with my fiancee, I flew back from Chicago to Detroit, and Detroit to Singapore via Narita. With ...

Pros: Extensive destinations in Asia, SkyTeam,
Cons: Seats, Food, some staff members, old planes

Pretext Many people wonder why the North American airline industry is failing. The main reason is there are too many airlines offering the same crappy service, ignorant staff and complicated fares. Air travel is supposed to be fast, convenient, and ...

Pros: None
Cons: Just about everything.

Once again, Northwest Airlines has succeeded in living up to its well-earned nickname, this time managing to exceed my already rock-bottom expectations. The airline is staffed with people who couldn't seem to care less about you, or their jobs. On ...