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The Most Reliable U.S. Airlines For Summer Travel · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Hey, I teased this particular story the most reliable US
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  Speaker 1: airlines for summer travel. So chances are you may have
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  Speaker 1: already booked your summer travel. But if you haven't yet,
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  Speaker 1: what are the most reliable US airlines for summer travel?
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  Speaker 1: We have the rankings just in all right.
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  Speaker 2: Mostly they're tiny airlines and not the big airlines.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the top two are definitely regional.
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  Speaker 2: Just regional, and they're in the West Coast. They're not
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  Speaker 2: even over here.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I will say one thing about them, right, you
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  Speaker 1: do number one first?
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  Speaker 2: Okay? Number one is Hawaiian Airlines.
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  Speaker 3: Now, you're right. They don't come anywhere near here.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, it looks like they do. I just pulled up
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  Speaker 2: a map. They do fifteen US mainland cities. Maybe it's
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  Speaker 2: JFK or something. I don't I don't know where they
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  Speaker 2: fly out of because.
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  Speaker 1: Number two is Alaska Airlines. And my first thought was
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  Speaker 1: they don't come here, But they do.
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  Speaker 2: They do because you can fly Seattle, yes.
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  Speaker 3: To Newark, I believe on a Last Airlines. Yeah. And
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  Speaker 3: then number three.
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  Speaker 2: Is Delta, okay, Southwest is number four? Five is Allegiant.
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  Speaker 2: Where does I don't even know where that flies from?
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  Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure, it's mainly Florida.
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  Speaker 2: Oh okay, Allegiant six is United, then American Jet Blue,
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  Speaker 2: and then Frontier Airlines.
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  Speaker 1: And that right there are your most reliable US airlines
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  Speaker 1: for summer travel, based on a number of things, mainly
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  Speaker 1: the lowest delay rate.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but I've flown all these. But you know what
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  Speaker 3: I we are, we are what's what's the word.
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  Speaker 2: You have a loyalty plan or.
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  Speaker 3: Something United has es?
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  Speaker 1: Basically, we're kind of committed to United Airlines because we
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  Speaker 1: live near Newark.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so that's the hub. Yes, and I've been flying United,
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  Speaker 3: you have, you have.
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  Speaker 2: Your miles on there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And if you're loyal to one particular airline, you
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  Speaker 1: kind of don't want.
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  Speaker 3: To go to another.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe some of these others have good loyalty plans though,
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  Speaker 2: does Hawaiian Airlines have amazing loyalty plan?
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  Speaker 3: Believe they do do.
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  Speaker 1: See, Like if you live in La yeah, or anywhere
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  Speaker 1: West Coast, you would totally like be a Hawaiian Airlines
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  Speaker 1: I think member because you because to me, going to
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  Speaker 1: Hawaii is like when you're in New York going to
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  Speaker 1: Florida or.
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  Speaker 2: Going to London, right, Like it's such an easy flight.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's like their weekend trip. Yes, if you're in LA,
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  Speaker 3: you might go to Hawaii for the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're here.
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  Speaker 3: It's like a whole big production.
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  Speaker 2: It's the whole thing. I don't know anybody who's flown
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  Speaker 2: lately who hasn't had a delay or they lost a
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  Speaker 2: bag or they got like flying now is just delays
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  Speaker 2: and cancelations.
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  Speaker 3: It's something.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hit us up at four four three six three.
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  Speaker 1: What is your airline and do you work for one? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we want to hear from you. Maybe you can hook
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  Speaker 1: me up. I'm flying United this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Well they say most of these delays are because of
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  Speaker 2: crew issues. Well, yeah, like you don't have enough people
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  Speaker 2: to fly the plane.
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  Speaker 3: Right, they might get stuck in another part of the.
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  Speaker 2: US weather or get.
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  Speaker 3: To your plane and Newark. Yeah, it all is a
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  Speaker 3: big domino effect. Ah,