Has anyone used either Meridiana Airline from NY to Rome or Vayama booking agent? I am thinking of going next week and found great airfares at both places.
RB

Apparently Meridiana and Eurofly have entered into a partnership (code-share perhaps?) for the trans-Atlantic service. I found an article from 2006 which reported that Meridiana (owned by the Aga Khan) had purchased a 29.9% stake in Eurofly.

You can search the forums for previous experiences with Eurofly...mostly okay, but with some problems--especially with customer service.

I had not seen any publicity on the joint operations before today....

Vayama is a relative newcomer to the travel website world and I have no experience with it--but it appears to reputable.

Haven't never heard about this airline but according to this site www.summerinitaly.com/planning/strike.asp
Meridiana pilots are striking the whole day of sept 17th....

Meridiana has been around quite a while....I believe I flew them from Rome to Sicily years ago.

Here is a link to a history of the airline from their web page.

Meridiana history

Jim Zurer...I was just passing on the information I had just read not passing judgement on the airlines at all....I really have no experience with them.

By the way(I have no clue where to ask this question) can someone tell me why I have a red square when I post an I have never seen one with anyone else? thanks

The red square is your post editing box. You can edit only your own posts, that's why you only see it on your posts and no one else's.

More here: How to edit your posts

(fwiw, there's a "How do I ...?" forum in the Miscellaneous section of SlowTravel Talk.)

Thanks to everyone for the input. I think we'll pass on Meridiana since it leaves from JFK and that is not convenient for us. However they have fares from there to Rome, Naples, Bologna or Palermo on selected dates in Sep and Oct for $474 r/t. You can access it through Hotwire. Vayama has a few flights from Charlotte to Rome on Delta for $637 r/t.
Thanks again
RB

quote:

Originally posted by Colleen:
The red square is your post editing box. You can edit only your own posts, that's why you only see it on your posts and no one else's.

More here: How to edit your posts


(fwiw, there's a "How do I ...?" forum in the Miscellaneous section of SlowTravel Talk.)

thanks

I have used Vayama. They have been ok so far. However be aware that they do make flight changes (with notifications- they have been very good about that) and sometimes in the end you have pretty tight connections. Also be sure if you book with them you get the airlines booking number as well as it is different from Vayama's number so you can check on your flight and get your boarding pass on line.