Jaunted

The airline continues to grow as it announces new cities, and later today they’re launching the inaugural flight from Grand Rapids to Orlando. We checked out how things were running at the airline in 2007, but we figured it was time to check on their low-fare no frills service again.

One user over at FlyerTalk reviews the service from Greenville, South Carolina (GSP) down to Orlando:

G4 doesn't have computers at ticket counters or gate podiums at their outstations (or at least at GSP), and they pre-board everyone with small children (about 1/2 of most flights), but they get folks checked in and boarded very quickly. Our outbound flight was in "standard" coach seats, which were very roomy, and nicely contoured, with generous headrests. The return was in an exit row, with absolutely amazing room. Inflight service is all BOB, but the FA's are to a person pleasant, and sometimes funny. Both our flights departed on time, and landed slightly early if memory serves.

Since the airline obviously doesn’t offer the same network as the legacy carriers, one user does remind us of what could go wrong on a trip to Bellingham, Washington (BLI):

Yes, it seems you are SOL if things go awry. We initially almost had our return flight canceled because BLI was fogged in. After delaying for an hour, we took off for BLI but again almost had to divert to the airport in Pasco in SE Washington. However, while we were descending to Pasco, the pilot got word to try BLI again and we eventually landed in BLI. Point being, the pamphlet handed out and the word being given by the FA's was that if we had stayed in LAS or landed in Pasco, we'd be on our own to find accommodations until the flight left the next morning. The only thing Allegiant would do was to help you get "Distressed Traveler" rates at a hotel. Not even meal money.

Finally, a member of Yelp fills us in on what it’s like to recently fly from Reno to Washington State:

Probably the most keeping it real airline experience I've had in the U.S. since PeopleExpress Airlines back in the '80s. . .

When we got to the check in gate, there was no computer to print out our boarding passes. Instead there were preprinted boarding passes, and our seat assignments were stickers that were pulled off a fuselage shaped sticker sheet and then affixed to our boarding passes. Our names were then crossed of a list, and voila! We were checked in. In some ways this is a lot easier than all the computer malarkey we deal with normally.

Peep their route map to see if they are taking off near your house, or just follow them on Twitter.

Related Stories:
·Allegiant Air [Official Site]
·Allegiant Air Experience [FlyerTalk]
·GSP-SFB-GSP on G4 for New Year's [FlyerTalk]
·Allegiant Airlines - Reno, NV [Yelp]

[Photo: Allegiant Air]