Cheap Flights From Burbank, California To Dallas, Texas

“Flying 'saves' a lot of time.”

by jerdyn on September 2, 2010

Flight from Burbank to Dallas

Airline:

American

RT/OW

Round Trip

Number of Stops:

No stops

Date of Flight:

August 2010

Seat Class:

economy

Flights were on-time departure and arrival, which is always great.

Take-offs/landings/flights were 'smooth', which is always great.

I look forward to the day when cost is irrelevant

to me, therefore I can book all my flights in 'first class', thus sit in reasonably COMFORTABLE seats, have a meal included (ease hunger, as well as create diversion), AND sit near the front of the plane for EASY OFF/EASY ON. Those things make the flight more pleasant, and make the flight-time "seem" to go by more quickly.

During the DFW/BUR flight, the pilot occasionally told passengers what city we were flying over. That

info lets me know where we are...relative to the destination, and makes my window viewing more interesting.

On both flights of my RT travel, I got an overhead-bin located directly across the aisle from or above my seat...a huge plus!

Due to the additional charge for checked-luggage, the overhead bins are either filled to capacity with, or insufficient for, the quantity of carry-on luggage, which creates delay in boarding/un-boarding.

A requirement that each passenger use ONLY the overhead bin above, or across the aisle from, his/her assigned seat, would help eliminate some of the delay in boarding/un-boarding.

EXPLANATION:

Groups 1 through 6 board from the rear of the plane, forward... beginning with Group 6, then 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. At times, some of the passengers with seating in the middle and rear half area of the plane (Groups 6,5,4,3) choose to stow their carry-on luggage in the overhead-bins located in front half of the plane (as they pass by the "yet to be boarded" Group 2, 1 seating areas), instead of in the overhead-bins near their own assigned seat (located in mid or rear half area of the plane). When that happens, some of the Group 2 and 1 passengers may have to go to the back of the plane to locate an overhead-bin with enough space for a carry-on, and then return to their assigned seat in the front half of the plane; creating even more delay when boarding and un-boarding.

Sometimes the bins are totally full, and yet another time-delay takes place as a flight-attendant must then get the carry-on luggage and have it stowed with the 'checked' luggage.