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Site Scramble: AlpiEagles

August 24, 2006 at 11:34 AM | 0 Comments

We were intrigued by Italian LCC AlpiEagles at first because they are one of the few airlines of any stripe to fly to Tirana, which seemed interesting to us. Beyond that, we didn't know much. The airline itself is based out of Venice's Marco Polo airport, and flies to destinations around Italy, the Adriatic, and Spain. It's pretty old for an LCC; they've been operating since 1996.

While the site interface is sleek in a simple Italian way, we did find a big hindrance to using the site well: It's only in Italian. We suppose we could consider it as a challenge, because maps are easy to figure out in most languages, but that kind of soured our experience. It's a good way to learn the days of the week and the months of the year in Italian, though.

Searches, if you get that far, are easy in the first steps; nearby days are listed, but taxes are not immediately shown. However, once you select your flight, AlpiEagles does break down where each and every one of the charges are coming from, which was informative. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of them---LCC equivalents of rust-proofing a car, if you ask us.

So we'll just describe the AlpiEagles experience as authentic. Good luck, and bring your phrasebook.

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