I Tested America's WORST Airlines 

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Props to this guy for flying the worst airlines for like 10 times now.

The first AA flight you took was not a real American Airlines operated flight, it was Piedmont Airlines operated as American Eagle. Piedmont as well as other regional carriers operates for American Eagle, United Express, Delta Connection, and Horizon (Alaska). The non-regionals/mainlines are not as bad as many have always anticipated after experiencing a regional vendor representing their legacy mainline's coat of paint.

The reason Piedmont Airlines was on the safety information packet is that the American Eagle flights are operated by airlines in the American Airlines Group. That flight was operated by Piedmont Airlines, one of the airlines in the group.

I fly American all the time and no issues. Great service. Easy check in. Only time check in can typically be a issue for international flight is if you didn't supply all needed information or ticket booked last minute. The Wi-Fi for not watching supplied entertainment may come at a cost, but American provided entertainment is free via Wi-Fi. Now i am a tmobile customer so their free Wi-Fi you mention is a bonus through them. I've never been on their piedmont regional operator flights, but the others i have been on were nice planes and service was good. Just my opinion of course, everyone will have their own interpretation based on their experience with any airline.

Piedmont is the operator of the American Eagle flight you were taking, which is why their logo was on the emergency pamphlet. American hires a few regional airlines to operate flights on their behalf. It's common practice with the 3 big US airlines. Air Canada does this as well with their Express flights which are operated by Jazz Aviation and Chorus. Great video!

When i flew with american airlines it was great! The entertainment website was working so i had a lot of films that I could watch for free.

My American experience was easy , The check in was easy the seats were comfy the boarding was easy we didn’t even have any upgrades or anything over all I think American is a good airline

He should have flown on a actual American Airlines flight. Because since American eagle is operated by different airlines, there gonna have their own different seats, layout, tray tables, and all types of different stuff.

Love the videos of flying the best and worst airlines I even have a playlist for your series of doing this U have made me want to do these sorts of videos when im older.

I have nexus as a Canadian-American, and it is SO worth it whenever we are flying to Canada or driving there. It gives you a huge time difference and lets you skip a huge line. Overall if you could get it, get it. It is not very expensive at all either.

I just completed a round trip flight from ABQ NM to Hartford CT this month. I will never fly American again. No longer will I only go with the cheapest rate. I had no idea American had this horrendous customer rating but the plane was always short on overhead bin space and looking for people to voluntarily check their carry-on luggage (free of course) and then the boarding would be late, the take off would be late, the pilot would come on and promise to try to "shave off a few minutes" on the flight but would ultimately land late. I was in jeopardy of missing my connection both heading to CT and returning to NM. In fact, I did miss my connection on the way home. First time in my entire life. Dallas/Fort Worth was a nightmare for me. I got to my gate for the connecting flight and it was like a damn ghost town. Everyone was gone. Lights out, nobody home. This was close to 10:30 pm I'd say. Go figure ! One of American's flights left on time and it was the one I was late for. Spent at least an hour in a customer service line with 2 diversity hires at the desk who could barely speak intelligible English but got a hotel room, a taxi to and from the hotel and a meal voucher. Booked on another flight in the morning (which was also, you guessed it, LATE.) Never again, my friends. Don't fly American. I can assure you, you will regret it. Way too much drama and who needs that when you are going somewhere? Not I.

American and United are the only U.S. carriers to fly the ERJ 145, which is the first American plane you flew. I remember the last time you flew Delta was on their CRJ 900 plane so not the exact same but close

Love your reviews! Keep up the great work! Could you try LOT?

"Fingers crossed we make it" *says him that just walks while his flight leaves in 25 minutes"😂 Keel up the good work

I flew With spirit to Puerto Rico from denver, 2 4hr Flights 1 was overnight and plane was mostly empty so me and my wife took the extra seat for more space, didn't had any issues with them.

this video is actually great keep it up👍

That wasn't a near wing strike on Ryanair a few weeks ago. They're just such an enthusiastic airline, they high five the runway when landing!

I only fly United and star alliance airlines so I'm not the most familiar with flying those airlines. The only things I liked about Spirit airlines was 1. It was good for little flights when you wanna see someone you know for a day and go back for just as cheap. 2. The planes are pretty darn quiet.

wow this video was great! you always make my day!

I have watched your channel for a while keep up the good work!

Flown on spirit a fair amount, never had any issues, not super comfortable but I never fly longer than like 4 hours. Never had any issue with booking either. Super cheap too lol

Great Job, Eric ! I have been flying American Airlines for years. My last three flights have been absolute nightmares. Anything that could go wrong did. There is a reason they have so many bad reviews. Delta & Alaska Airlines in my opinion seem to be the best Domistic Airlines.

Ayyyyy! Always a good day when you upload!

Hello Big Fan Love your reviews i watch it till the end :)

Almost always fly spirit only been delayed 1 time and always have a nice experience (with agents) honestly I don’t think they are bad especially for a budget aorline

Hey Eric, I really love your videos and when you’re in Europe again maybe you could try out Eurowings it’s a German budget airline

I also want to share my recent experience from a recent trip to Philadelphia - Athens, August 15, with American Airlines To make my ride more comfortable, I paid a hefty sum for a more comfortable seat. A few hours before departure, I looked at the seats on the airline's website and saw that some paid seats, including 3 seats in front of me, were not sold and were free. So, when landing, one couple entered the cabin, who first sat in their seats at the back / the seats were free there, but after 5 minutes they probably didn’t like it there and they moved to paid seats that no one bought and they were empty. I'm sure they didn't pay, I heard their conversation. And in this regard, I also had a surprise .... I paid for the same paid seat, and others just sat there for free without spending anything and no one even checked that they were not sitting in their place

Hey Eric got to say I love the videos. You go so far to create the best for us and you create such good content. Whether its your funny humor or your originality when it comes to filming content you come out at the top. I have been watching you for a while now and you have kept you amazing personality in each video. Keep going man!

I’ve flown American domestically in the US many, many times. I’ve never had an issue.

YES YES YES YES BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW AIRLINE VID!

I remember Spirit having the most uncomfortable seats and the tray table’s being too small.

I have no idea why you’re trying spirit for the third time

You most likely couldn't check in online because they had to scan your passport for the international flight. (I've had this happen too).

Hello bro, I’m feel so sorry to hear that. You can come to Malaysia or anywhere the country. I love your video men! 😊

When we tried to fly frontier, they delayed our flight then brought it back up the day of our flight so we couldn't make the flight because we live over an hour and a half from the airport. I think they refused to refund us too.

I have been an American Airlines customer for more than 50 years. I know that many of the legacy carriers have undergone a lot of change over the years. However, I would not consider American Airlines to be "the worst" and frankly, I think that they are pretty good.

My dad flies American 319, 320, and 321. He loves it, and says the planes aren't in bad condition. Also, when you said "I've flown Delta on this same model and it was a lot nice," Delta doesn't even have ERJ-145s.

I frrr flew American Airlines last year and my family and I got our flights delayed 3 times. When we got on the plane, the engine was not working. Then we got moved to a new flight from Dallas to Los Angeles. Los Angeles was a very fun experience, then there was a flight from LA to Taipei, Taiwan. The Eva Air crew were so friendly. Delta is so good!

that and also you can’t call the check in sketch if you try to get your boarding pass from a terminal that the flight does not leave from ..

I would argue frontier is worse than both spirit and american. WAY more unreliable than both and they’re known for their incredibly strict bag policy

I just flew American Airlines and it’s one of the best airlines I ever flew on.

Thanks so much to going to Philly!

When I flew sprit back in April it was one of the best/worst flights so I was flying from Connecticut to tampa once I sat down the seats were verry stiff and not comfortable and in the middle of the flight we hit a little turbulence we made a smooth touchdown into tampa the flight was pretty good my only complaint would be the seats

Hi Eric, just a few things but most of the time on international flights airlines need to scan your passport at the counter or kiosk to complete check in so I'm assuming that's what your error message was. Also the "other airline" of the safety card is actually the airline that you were flying on which was Piedmont. Which is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines that flies regional routes on their regional aircraft for American. The regional aircraft that you were flying on was an Embraer 145 which doesn't have wifi or streaming entertainment equipped in it so it wasn't "broken" it wasn't available on that flight. Also the 145 is a lot different than the CRJ900 you flew on delta the last time with as the CRJ900 has 26 more seats than the 50 seater 145 and it also has a "first class" cabin compared to the 145 which is because it is a relatively larger regional jet. All in all just be glad you didn't fly on Air Wisconsin on their CRJ200s because in my opinion the 145 you flew on is much nicer than those.

I will say American is a good airline. From my airport it is cheaper to fly them (with baggage fees) than United or Southwest. Their seats are like every airline I’ve been on (United, Delta, Southwest, Frontier,and Spirit) and being 6’2, I pay usually pay for main cabin extra to have more room. This guy pointed out the majority of the bad things on his flight, however failed to mention if his flight got cancelled (which happens a lot in the airline industry now) and how the boarding process was. He also mentioned the Wi-Fi situation which is a paid service for any airline.

You make the best videos!!’

The reason why you saw “another airline “ name on the safety handout is because that airline is the regional carrier that operated that American eagle flight

Delta vs JetBlue would be EPIC. Also fly Singapore Airlines the best airline in the world!

The worst is… SPIRIT!

2:30 as someone who is currently flying American Airlines I can confirm it is unreliable as a 12-hour journey to like 30 hours because “emergency landing in Costa Rica” so we missed our flight to charlotte and JFK NYC so yea I stick 5 hour layovers in Panama with copa than entire days with American

Erik - maybe you should try JetStar (Qantas low cost airline). I know that it’s in Australia so a while away from you but it’s actually quite a good + cheap airline and there is good food (paid for though). It has reclining seats and decent legroom etc, it’s not late much and the landings are good - I was in Australia and I flew it twice however sometimes it can be quite bad! (Vid 1 of asking for it)

Day 1 of asking Eric to fly frontier

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Hey eric struck i love your video so much!!! This video makes me wanna review new flight when i grow up! Can you make a video of flying Asia plane to malaysia? Like airasia? Airasia it comfortable for me but i dont know uf you are comfortable, the landing is smooth, great flight attendant! Please accept if you want to, up to you!

I THOUGHT AMERICAN WAS THE BEST😂😂

Eric I love your videos I can’t stop watching them

Great video

Dude you should try Lufthansa's lounges! They are really nice.

6:41 my most recent American flight to Miami had water and was nice but the water made it look like I peed my pants 😂

You should fly SW ( southwest) for me and my mom it’s a smooth process and your don’t need to print your boarding pass if you have the app. You can show your boarding pass on the SW app if you wants.

I’m surprised American didn’t change your flight. When I was going from Rochester, New York to Seattle, Washington, they ended up changing my return flight. So instead of getting home at 6:30 PM like I had originally planned, they were going to make me stay at Chicago O Hare until 9:45 so I wouldn’t have been home until like 11:30. I had personally picked an earlier return flight so I could get home earlier. And when I called customer service, the gentleman on the phone was very rude. We eventually got it handled, but I will never fly with American Airlines again.

Hey, love all your videos, I would love to see a review of JetBlue airlines. They are apparently considered one of the best airlines in the US.

The reason why there is a different airline on the safety pamphlet for the American Eagle flight is because the plane and crew are from Piedmont Airlines and the flight is also operated on behalf of Piedmont Airlines.

8:42 greetings from ft. lauderdale! if you happen to visit again, i recromend the beach and this gas station called “Wawa” ❤

eric you flew a regional airline to PHL from YYZ called Piedmont they’re one of a few airlines owned by AA

Hii! Love your videos! Can you try Bulgaria Air??? 😅

Well, recently I flew from Brussels to Lisbon with TAP Portugal, but the whole plane had information written in bulgarian and russian near the windows which I found weird, then I looked at the planflets in my sit and it said Air Bulgaria instead of TAP Portugal so it all made sense and it wasn't a flight operated by another airline.

I remember going to Peru visiting family and took American from New York which is around a 7-9 hour ish flight and it was in a 2x4x2 configuration but the plane had absolutely no inflight entertainment or chargers except in first class and the flight attendants tossed around bread with egg for “dinner” in cold bags carelessly. there was another Peruvian family and the dad was complaining to the flight attendants about the service and food, after that flight my family decided to never take american airlines ever again

😅 wow do more videos like this im loving it

Sometimes you might need to book early in order to not have any error messages

The reason why your YYZ-PHL flight said “Piedmont” instead of “American” is because of the regional airlines. The major US airlines don’t actually fly the smallest planes themselves, instead contracting the flights out to regional airlines, Piedmont being one of them for AAL. It’s a method to reduce costs, as every new airplane type an airline operates introduces extra costs for fleet management. That is why Southwest only operates 737s, and Spirit only operates A320s.

The only bad flight I had with American was being in the middle seat. Never had a bad experience. AA YOU are good with me!

Oh my, a pat down? Sounds exciting to me, it’s been a while since I’ve had any action. 😂

That's a Canadair Regional Jet 700 operated by Piedmont. American Eagle flights are operated by regional airlines. The second American Airlines jet is a mainline operated by American Airlines. RJ 's make for terrible flight experiences in general. I really like these videos. They are very informative.

love this 💕

Was flying to Italy on American Airlines and I opened the tray table and there was some slime-like residue 😊

Bro I wished I had that much money to go place to place but dang u make cool vids also I recommend you making a comparison to “Hispanic” airlines known as Avianca v Volaris that would be a cool vid in my opinion.

Last month American airline turn around the flight one hour in,just because someone mistakenly call a flight attendant a waiter, it was a flight from New York, to guyana south America, Google it.

I was in the same flight like Erik I’m not Lying in the United video 😂

Good vid 😊. Can you pls make more airplane videos ❤

The First AA Flight you were on was operated by an Embraer 145 operated by Piedmont Airlines. They are not that bad but they are old and dated. I normally fly Delta and-or United.

The American Eagle flight was unfairly judged due to the aircraft used, the CRJ-___. It won't have all the features that, say, a 737 or A321 would have. This includes Wi-Fi, in-flight entertainment, etc.

The only time I flew American it wasn’t the best more specifically they trip back home. I was flying from Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach via Charlotte. When I got to Charlotte, it was great buuuuuut, due to a “Snow Wall” Preventing the plane that was to take us to Myrtle Beach that was supposed to come from Kansas City. It was cancelled (obviously) and I literally had to sleep in the Airport because the hotels and rental cars was all out. My new flight got delayed AGAIN due to winds until noon. Didn’t get home until 1 and my mom’s suitcase didn’t come with us but on another flight to Myrtle. Had to wait until 6 to get the bag. For Spirit, I Hate don’t like, I HATE IT

You got to fly JetBlue someday.Reasonable pricing ,free snacks and drinks, free wifi,tvs and comfy seats

AA Group 6. Whow that sucks... Flew on spirit during the catch the spirit days in 02' when they had MD80s

I really like spirit, I used to flight from Dr🇩🇴SDQ to Orlando MCO it’s cheap and fine for me, only u have to learn how really get a deal with the bags and everything

How did you end up with an empty middle seat on the regular sized American plane??? We were packed in like sardines on all 4 flights I took with them this month. And OMG, guy. You really had a good experience with them compared to what I had. Read my other comment to hear me belly ache. Where the heck are these lounges with breakfast buffets? I clearly missed out on something here. I stopped at a "lounge" before my return flight in CT and bought a glass of white wine (after rushing to return my rental car, I needed to decompress). $16.20 ! I should have left it untouched on the bar and walked away.

Man, I have had many good American flights in a row- Awesome channel Holmes.

I know already that this will be great video...

Another great video

i love your videos man

My Sprit flight got cancled because of the staff and I was going to see my grama then + it was near christmas time

I love your videos, keep up the great work

BRO THERE FINE ,yesterday i went on a ten hour flight from london to america there was turbulence there and there but the flight was rlly good and the food is great

The American Eagle that you flew on is a subsidiary of American called Piedmont airlines im flying on the American Eagle soon so this is helpful😁

this made me even more glad that i live in the Philippines and we've got cebu pacific and philippine airlines (both are amazing)

My brother and sister had a great fight on American, other than getting delayed at Phoenix

I have only flown American Airlines and it has been good. We had excellent service and free wi-fi. Our flight was smooth, and we got free drinks and snacks.

I think that most of the regionals are gradually phasing out ERJ135s and ERJ145s, which I call a "human sardine can." Flying on Spirit is like flying with the People of Walmart.