Sun Country Airlines

Pros: On-time service. Friendly, professional employees. Reasonable airfare.
Cons: Very limited schedule. Cramped seating. No Frequent Flyer Program.

Sun Country Airlines provides limited, low cost airline service between Minneapolis and about a dozen other cities. They also offer seasonal service to tourist destinations such as Mexico, the Caribbean, Las Vegas, and also some charter flights. At ...

Pros: cheap fares -- REALLY cheap
Cons: infrequent schedule

Last week I needed to make a quick trip from
Texas to Minnesota. Because I had only one day
notice, I wasn't particularly surprised to be
quoted highway-robbery fares from all the
major airlines. A quick search on Travelocity
...

Pros: No pros, Sun Country Airlines halted scheduled service abruptly on Dec 8. 2001.
Cons: Out of business.

A Little bit of history

Sun Country Airlines had been around since 1983 operating as a charter airline service only. This company serviced a great menu of charter destinations from origins such as Minneapolis, Detroit, and Milwaukee...

Pros: Offers many destinations for relatively Low Prices; Easy-to-Use and Organized Website; Minneapolis-based
Cons: Many delays; Often difficult and costly to change a reservation; Food Quality

Being the product of parents who have been divorced since 1988, I often find myself traveling between different parts of the country. Being a minor, I live with my father in Minneapolis, and often go to visit my mother in Boston. Both places are pretty...

Pros: Price, Service
Cons: Limited destinations

I spent my Friday afternoon in a tizzy worrying about getting to Detroit on time to catch our Sun Country flight. Having to drive in from Ontario to Michigan and having no idea where we were headed caused a panic. By the time we got to the counter, it...

Pros: Cheap cocktails, flight attendants often have Minnesota accents
Cons: Horribly behaved children packed onto every flight, legroom designed for the extra-petite

California indie rock band Fonda sang the poignant line, "There's a place in the sun/Safe from everyone"; perhaps Minneapolis-based Sun Country could adopt this as their motto. Except for a few problems. You're not safe from the other people flying on...

Pros: Cheap service, good number of stops
Cons: Delays, no frills

I've flown Sun Country about 6 times, since I'm on a business assignment in Minneapolis/St. Paul and have to commute back and forth between here and Washington DC. The airline is very cheap, about $99-$130 one-way any time to anywhere that they fly....

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Disorganized

I have flown only one round trip on Sun Country and it will probably take more then the low fares to get me to try it again anytime soon.

The staff was pleasant, but disorganized in our departure city of Seattle. They have no computers at...

Pros: less expensive than regular carrier
Cons: will not accept another airlines tickets

Two years ago this past August, I needed to be in Wisconsin for a wedding. We were flying in and out of Minneapolis. I purchased the round trip tickets from Northwest before I realized they were about to strike. Of course they were the cheapo seats...

Pros: Reasonable prices, dependable
Cons: Smaller airline, planes seem a little less sturdy than like Northwest Airlines (see review)

I have used Sun Country to travel on four occasions. The reason I chose Sun Country was the thrifty price and the great availability at last minute.

The first time that I used them, I had a hard time finding them as they were kind of tucked...

Pros: Everything except for pets.
Cons: NO PETS ALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My family and me have been traveling Sun Country Airlines for about three years now. Every summer, we fly up to our Summer Cabin for about a week or two in Minnesota.

They have allways been excellent about accommodating our pet bird and...

Pros: Big planes, great rates
Cons: Limited destinations

Growing up in Milwaukee, you get used to being spoiled when you fly thanks to Midwest Express. However, when Sun Country Airlines laid down a welcome mat here just in time for our trip to one of their non-stop destinations and had a cheaper rate than...

Pros: low fares
Cons: very limited schedule, poor counter service, slow complaint response

On March 11,2001, my wife and I flew on SCA's evening flight from Chicago O'Hare to MSP. We were returning to the Twin Cities from a Caribbean cruise which included air from Chicago, and wanted to use Sun Country to complete our return trip home.
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Pros: seems to be safe, food isn't awful
Cons: customer service problems, scheduling problems

Sun Country has been around for 16 years, and has developed an above average reputation among low fare, airlines that operate both charters and scheduled flights (of course average for these airlines is really bad!). But, Sun Country still has short...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

I have flown Sun Country Airlines from/ to Phoenix to/from Minneapolis/ St. Paul six times. Let me tell you, when my grandma was sick, my family and I ran down to the airport and tried to catch a flight. The first one we checked was Sun Country.
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