cornishcarlos Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Has anyone used Swiss air before ? What is the verdict for economy travel ? I needed to fly last minute to Nice and they were the best deal at 42k for a 3 month return via Zurich. Think that is a reasonable price, booked today and fly on Monday. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Swiss arent bad. Seat pitch is good but the seats are hard and on a 12-hour non-stop flight that's a bit tiring. Decent food and drinks, if a little boring. Free chocolate with meals. The security in Zurich behave like they were still in the Gestapo but you cant blame the airline for that. Coming to/from the UK I found that although I had all the disadvantages of a direct flight from Zurich to here (tiring, boring, no exercise) I had none of the advantages (shorter flight) because I still had the extra leg to do to get to London. So now I either fly with someone who stops half-way (Emirates, Qatar etc) or go non-stop to London (BA). Of course to Nice you dont have the choice as no one goes direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Thanks for that informative reply Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I never had any problems with security in Zurich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbonOz Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) I hope you booked LX(Swiss) for total trip as they codeshare with TG(Thai) on certain flights BKK/ZRH/BKK. You will know from the flight number if it is LX or TG aircraft, eg. LX123(3 digits) is Swiss and LX1234(4 digits) is TG. Edited March 14, 2013 by UbonOz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 www.airlinequality.com good place to check for info on the airlines, their seats and also the airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I hope you booked LX(Swiss) for total trip as they codeshare with TG(Thai) on certain flights BKK/ZRH/BKK Normally the 1220am flight from BKK is the TG Flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger99 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I am frequent Swiss Air flyer and read some nonsense in the comments .... Swiss Air have a high ranking concerning service on board and seats quality are as in each other airline from same type. Less important if there are free chocolate but also Swiss Air have a very high ranking who it concern SAFETY. http://www.airlinequality.com/ Better have a break in Zurich than in Charles De Gaule in Paris or Amsterdam, fly with Air France (short seat distance) be sure. Have a pleasant flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslim Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The security in Zurich behave like they were still in the Gestapo but you cant blame the airline for that. Switzerland was neutral during WW2 and for sure there has never been any Gestapo in Zurich... German troops did not set foot in country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roamer Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The security in Zurich behave like they were still in the Gestapo but you cant blame the airline for that. Switzerland was neutral during WW2 and for sure there has never been any Gestapo in Zurich... German troops did not set foot in country. Of course they were neutral, how else were they to turn a profit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I flew Swiss a few times, everything has always been average and boring. The entertainment system is dated (small screens that have bad visibility if inclined) and very unreliable (I think it was not working on approx. 20% of flights I took). Other than that, no problem. Every time I disembark in Zürich I am always hit by the coldness and harsh manners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen33 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) My recollection from a few years ago is that the economy seat pitch was not brilliant and there were also metal entertainment boxes stopping one getting one's feet under the seat in front (I'm tall). On the other hand I see that at the moment Swiss has some keenly priced flights from LHR to BKK with a fairly short stop-over in Zurich. Edited March 14, 2013 by citizen33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I never had any problems with security in Zurich... Nor I. But the woman in front of me was treated like crap by them. I pointed out to them that they were being rude and they didnt like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I hope you booked LX(Swiss) for total trip as they codeshare with TG(Thai) on certain flights BKK/ZRH/BKK. You will know from the flight number if it is LX or TG aircraft, eg. LX123(3 digits) is Swiss and LX1234(4 digits) is TG. I never had the chance of a codeshare with Thai (I would have taken it if I had). They do codeshare with Austrian and Lufthansa, as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I am frequent Swiss Air flyer and read some nonsense in the comments .... Swiss Air have a high ranking concerning service on board and seats quality are as in each other airline from same type. What nonsense would that be? I've flown in the same type of plane with other airlines and had a more comfortable seat. I've also had an equally hard seat. Seat pitch does vary between airlines also, even in the same model of plane. I thought their service was OK and I said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Switzerland was neutral during WW2 and for sure there has never been any Gestapo in Zurich... German troops did not set foot in country. You know that. I know that. The security people at Zurich apparently do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 On the other hand I see that at the moment Swiss has some keenly priced flights from LHR to BKK with a fairly short stop-over in Zurich. Swiss have been discounting heavily for a couple of years, and indeed this is why I chose them when I went with them. The flight was good value for money and I would use them again if it wasnt for the long sector problem that I mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The security in Zurich behave like they were still in the Gestapo but you cant blame the airline for that. Switzerland was neutral during WW2 and for sure there has never been any Gestapo in Zurich... German troops did not set foot in country. Of course they were neutral, how else were they to turn a profit ? Yes we stayed out of two World Wars. Stupid, I know. America did fairly well by staying neutral at the beginning of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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