minority wrote:

any chance of free upgrades lol

In a word, no! Unless you are frequent flyer with them or crew / family or crew, there's more chance of it stopping raining here today than a free upgrade!

Refer to Flyglobespans website for all the information you require.

Darren

How far ahead of flight date can you book seats? We are booked for for Oct 2009 GSM725/GSM726 so cannot book seats as yet
Can anyone advise what the seat configuration on this flight is and are there any seat that would be better for seeing the inflight entertainment as I have read that some seats are really bad We are traveling with 3 kids to any advise appreciated

fionay,

See the posts on the previous page for aircraft information.

Darren

Hi we're booked on GSM725 Glasgow to Sanford on Oct 9th,and are now on a 757 plane.We had prebooked extra leg room seats,and have now been given row 9 the emergency exit row.Does anyone know the seat pitch for these seats,and does this mean the row in front of us can't recline their seats ?

Thanks in anticipation.

billwat,

Welcome onboard

Your seats are positioned on the row where you embark / disembark the aircraft (L/R 2 door). There aren't any official figures quoted for seat pitch on the extra legroom rows, but it's big! At least 60-70". Regardless of whether those infront can recline or not, it won't encroach in to your space. The only downside to them is they are slightly narrower becasue the tray-table is stowed in the arm rest and they are fixed.

Darren

Wow - Thanks Darren.The notice we were given told us we would be at the front of the economy section,but i thought maybe a bulkhead would be in our faces,separating us from buisness class - with not a lot of room.

Thanks Again.

5 Days to go then we will be jetting off to Orlando with Flyglobespan So far so good - no flights changed this year - touch wood!!

I spoke too soon!

Flyglobespan have just called as our return flight (Overnight flight 29th-30th September) has now been changed to a 747, so they were looking for volunteers to fly back on 26th instead - compensation being an upgrade to Business Class but no partial refund. We turned this down as, although it wouldve been good to have 40kg baggage allowance, we still have 3 days paid for at our hotel and things planned etc.

We were assured our return flight would be fine, as if no-one volunteers, they will be changing the flights for the people who booked last, and since we booked in January we should be fine. But obviously im still worried.

We have paid for Premium Seats - anyone know if will we still get these on a 747? We've also paid for extra luggage allowance and im worried a smaller plane will mean they cannot honor this extra weight? Am i just being paranoid?

Glittergirl,
The B747 (Jumbo Jet) is larger than the aircraft in Globespan's normal fleet so luggage should not be an issue. As to the configuration of the aircraft, it depends on whose it is, but I would think it extremely unlikely that anybody would be operating a B747 in all-economy configuration (even the Japenese!).

Given that it is a larger aircraft, I am surprised that they would be seeking volunteers to be bumped - are you sure they did not sa a 737?

Cheers,
Jet

woopsie i meant 757!!!

Trust me to cause more confusion!

Well i called Flyglobespan earlier today and they have assured me we will still get our premium seats we have chosen on the way back, so will have to wait and see!

Fly out to Orlando tomorrow at 9:30am so will update you all in 3 weeks time!!

GG x

Glasgow airport is rife with rumours that Flyglobespan isn't doing to well and staff are worried about their jobs. These rumours are coming from Flyglobespan staff who are all concerned after Zoom going bust. Does anyone know anything about this? Flyglobespans flights for next summer are really cheap but Im extremly apprehensive to book anything with them

Rumours are always rife, internally and externally, about the future of Flyglobespan. You only need to look back through this topic to see some of them. However, I think it is fair to say that rumours are currently rife about a lot of companies within the travel industry.

There was an article in the Sunday Herald in which the boss of Flyglobespan sought to reassure customers about the financial viability of the company ... please click here.

David

I think I am going to hold fire, thats Zoom, Futura and Seguro holidays all goin under in the past 2 weeks.

Hi Greenshoes
While no Airline is "economically safe" at the moment I may add Globespan have learned from previous mistakes like last year and are actually performing very well at the moment and with the cost of fuel dropping (slowly) I wouldnt have any concerns flying with them. They have just announced new routes to Lanzarote , Gran Canaria & Egypt from my airport in Aberdeen and have plans to station a 737-700 here which previously was unheard of due to high costs in Aberdeen. I work very closely with most of the major airlines in the UK & worldwide and the feedback I am receiving from them is that a lot of them could learn from Globespan's planning & operational business.

Cheers

hi,
Ive been reading loads of reviews regarding the globespan flights, apparently bad for delays, changing flight times and shockingly planes aswell, I thought that perhaps some folks were just grumpy sods and complained about everything, I pre booked our seats and inflight meals etc, looking dead forward to the holiday, were are due to fly to Sanford from Glasgow on Tuesday 30th sept at 9am........ now Iam dreading what else will go wrong! just received E-Mail today stating that we are now stopping in Bangor Maine to refuel as they have changed our outbound flight to a 757 (GSM725A), im now fearing the dreaded e-mail or phonecall to say that the departure times have been changed aswell and then have a terrible time getting home again, we are on the 8th october return flight. When we booked the holiday we were told of the stop of at Belfast and that doesnt bother us at all, and we were contacted 2 weeks ago to say that our inbound flight from sanford had been changed to the 757, that also didnt bother us as we would have had our much needed holiday by then and wouldnt care less
There is 9 of us in our party which includes 2 kids under 9yrs of age, ive heard the entertainment is pretty poor. they have put us in row 16 and 17 for return flight but havent updated my flight details for the outbound journey so have no idea where we will be seated and we are a very tall family and specifically pre booked the legroom seats!..... ooooh im dreading this.....watch this space, ps where bouts on plane is rows 16 and 17???? pls help xxxx

Hi, Can I just say I've flown to Sandford Orlando last October with Globespan and they were fantastic. So much so I've booked to fly with them again this Oct to Florida. We did have a slight delay but nothing drastic, certainly no more than I've had on numerous flights to Florida with other companies. Can I also add to the post above that I've flown to Florida 8 times all with different airlines and none of them have entertainment as such for the kids. They get a pack with bits and peices for drawing etc and they have the usual films to watch, but dont go looking for coco the clown to be dancing up and down the isles, it just doesnt happen. Oh and as for a change in seats, well right now I think that should be the least of your worries. I'm just praying to god that I have a plane to go on.

Yes, I've been worried about all the rumours of them going bust, and after the XL case it is quite scary, but reading this forum has put my mind at ease as these rumours have been going about for a long time, and as of yet Globespan are still going strong. I have been looking into this and reading a lot about the company and from what I can gather they seem to be in a reasonably good position at the moment, and have taken measures to help during the fuel crisis, and the quiet winter months by wining a contract with the MOD. Surely the MOD wont let them go out of business, lol.

Also can I just add to people that have booked flights direct to Sandford, Florida on the website that we are covered by ATOL. I have checked and checked my booking and In the small print I have an ATOL number. I also contacted the CAA who confirmed this for me. I hope I dont have to use it tho. A lot of Travel agents are telling people to watch out for Globespan, however if a company like Globespan go bust then that can only be to there advantage. I think its more a case of touting for business.

Anyway, I'm sure Globespan will continue to get good and bad reviews, everyones idea of good service is different. I just compare them to other companies that I've flown with and they all have good and bad points. I hope everyone flying with Globespan has as good as an experience as I've had. Happy Holidays to all.

If you book a sheduled flight directly with an airline you will not be covered by ATOL, even if that airline has an ATOL number.

Check with your airline if you have any doubts.

Hi,

Yes, we did check directly with Globespan, and the CAA as mentioned above, all flights booked direct with Globespan on the internet to USA are covered by atol. European flights are not covered if booked directly with Globespan.