A few days back I flew from Delhi to Mumbai and chose SpiceJet, as it was the best alternative considering the timing.And obviously the

tickets were comparatively lighter on my pocket compared to other low-cost carriers.
The gal at the check-in was courteous with a nice ad wide smile which made me feel good instantaneously(it reminded me of my Kingfisher experience).I requested her for a window seat and she gave me one.Actually she didn’t respond to my request then and I was wondering if it was a first-cum-first serve basis allotment of seats.But it  was only when I entered the aircraft that I realised she had given me what I wanted - a window seat :) Neat.
The flight was supposed to take-off at 9.30 but at 9:10 they announced that it will be delayed by 30mins and will be flying at 10pm instead.But, as I realised later, it had to do with the traffic congestion at the ever-busy Mumbai airport.On reaching Mumbai we had to hover for 35mins above thanks to the congestion.Nothing which Spice could do about.So no-points cut here.
Inside, the seats of the Boeing 737- which Spice has- were crampy and to a good extent uncomfortable.I was at the second last row and when I pulled my seat all the way back, a request came from the person behind me to straighten my seat. Damn, I thought, haven’t I paid to travel the way I want? Nevertheless since even the smiling air-hostess requested me, I had to reluctantly oblige.Bah.I was quite annoyed with the seats.The Volvo buses have far better seating than this.
I asked for ear-buds before take-off to which the air-hostess apologetically told me that they do not keep on flight. I was like,  What??? I had to use my fingers.
The air-hostess are pretty good - in both looks as well as their courteous service. I would say almost to the level of Kingfisher.

SpiceJet doesnot provide free food on flight.You have to buy it. I paid 80bucks for a big veg-cheese sandwich and 20 for a maaza..The sandwich was tasty and was worth the money.But I felt they should have taken 100 bucks more in ticket and provided food as complimentary.That way it would ve been good to the brand SpiceJet, since a low-cost carrier providing good, complimentary food in-flight isn’t common. I say this because I actually relished the sandwich more than the pav-bhaji and panner-ion-barbequeue-sauce which I got in my BOM to DEL Kingfisher flight.

My check-in baggage was in neat shape when I lifted it from the conveyer belt on Mumbai airport. I was happy there since on my previous Kingfisher flight, they scratched the surface of my Polo suitcase and broke on of its chain slider.

So all-in-all it was a good experience flying with SpiceJet...Though it is a so-called low-cost carrier, my experience was equal and at times better than with Kingfisher.Barring the uncomfortable seating, this is a quite good airline to travel in.

Cheers!

Sandeep Sulakhe

No. of times flown on this Airlines:	Between 1 - 3
Class flown most frequently:	Economy Class