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$81 Find Cheap Flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati

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Cheapest round-trip
$159
Typical prices: $418-$349
Frontier
Tue 7/14Tue 7/28
RDU - CVG • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$359
Typical prices: $617-$428
Delta
Thu 9/3Mon 9/7
RDU - CVG • Non-stop
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You can fly direct with Delta. Average duration is 1h 46m
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Shortest trip • 3h 48m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati (RDU-CVG)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Raleigh to Cincinnati

Tue, Jul 14 - Tue, Jul 28
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6:15 am - 11:13 am
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4h 58m
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9:30 pm - 9:00 am
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RDU
11h 30m
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$159Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jul 16 - Thu, Jul 23
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6:15 am - 11:13 am
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CVG
4h 58m
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12:18 pm - 12:04 am
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RDU
11h 46m
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$163Frontier
Thu, Jul 9 - Mon, Jul 13
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4h 58m
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12:53 pm - 12:04 am
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11h 11m
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$164Frontier
Fri, Jul 31 - Mon, Aug 3
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6:15 am - 11:48 am
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5h 33m
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12:53 pm - 12:04 am
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11h 11m
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$165Frontier
Thu, Jul 23 - Sun, Jul 26
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6:15 am - 11:13 am
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4h 58m
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12:18 pm - 12:04 am
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11h 46m
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$166Frontier
Thu, Aug 6 - Mon, Aug 10
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4h 58m
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12:53 pm - 10:35 pm
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9h 42m
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$167Frontier
Tue, Jul 7 - Fri, Jul 10
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6:14 pm - 11:48 am
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17h 34m
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12:53 pm - 12:04 am
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$168Frontier
Thu, Jul 30 - Mon, Aug 3
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6:14 pm - 11:48 am
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17h 34m
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12:53 pm - 12:04 am
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11h 11m
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$169Frontier
Fri, Jul 31 - Fri, Jul 31
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6:15 am - 11:48 am
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5h 33m
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9:30 pm - 9:00 am
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11h 30m
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$170Multiple Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Mon, Sep 21
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6:35 am - 11:43 am
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CVG
5h 08m
1 stop
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12:48 pm - 12:17 am
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RDU
11h 29m
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$175Frontier
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Raleigh to Cincinnati flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati departing in July.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Raleigh to Cincinnati, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Tuesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Raleigh, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati is October, where tickets cost $317 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $499 and $444 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 49% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati

 
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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$81
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Raleigh to Cincinnati based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati

  • What is the cheapest flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati was $81 for a one-way ticket and $159 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Raleigh and Cincinnati?

    No

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Raleigh to Cincinnati flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    The Canadair (Bombardier) Regional Jet 900 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Raleigh to Cincinnati flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Raleigh and Cincinnati, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati on on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $375 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $412 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cincinnati from Raleigh is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Cincinnati with an airline and back to Raleigh with another airline. Booking your flights between Raleigh and CVG can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Cincinnati from Raleigh up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Raleigh to Cincinnati

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $290 or less one-way and $359 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Raleigh to Cincinnati?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Raleigh-Durham to Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky.
Find which airlines fly direct from Raleigh-Durham Airport to Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Raleigh-Durham to Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky

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Tuesday

Delta

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Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

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Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky to Raleigh-Durham

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Delta

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Tuesday

Delta

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Wednesday

Delta

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Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

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Sunday

Delta

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Raleigh to Cincinnati

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Raleigh to Cincinnati. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
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Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

2.0 MediocreMatthew, Jun 2026
CVG - MDW
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Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

Airline is not very senior friendly. Flights are late, forcing us to run to the connecting flight. Food is awful. Wish they would go back to pretzels and peanuts. During flight, pressurization isn’t quite right and all of our ears get plugged. Everything is nickel and dime, charging for boarding, seat selection and legroom. While a screen at the desk in the gate area says check your roll on bag now for free due to space limitation, the employee at the desk will not check the bag without a $100 fee. Insane.

Kayak could’ve posted the correct gate number. Almost missed my flight.

Slow boarding, limited food and drink portions. Bad delays and turbulence

there were two flight attendants that were up front...that were the best! They get KUDOs for making my trip only fantastic. Tell them Jeff said that!

OKay. I sat in the back of the plane and it was really loud between babies and little kids, and adults who.like to talk a lot and loudly most of the flight.

Flight coming out of Buffalo was delayed, so we had to be rescheduled on another flight from Baltimore to Phoenix which means we had a long layover and got home 3.5 hours late. Shuttle to parking stopped at 10pm, so we had to pay for an Uber to the parking lot and got charged an extra day of parking since it was after midnight. Not the best experience. Long day!

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

Flight was delayed before take off and at landing. Baggage took 20 minutes. Flight crew would not serve full soft drink and had to ask multiple times before receiving water.

From checking to boarding, it was a seamless experience. The service agents were so helpful. The flight crew was so pleasant.

Gate agent showed up 20 minutes before boarding and was not at all friendly. Had to take this flight due to the one on the day before being cancelled and any later options were already full with long standby lists. Despite having paid for Delta Comfort seats, Delta did not allow me (or anyone) to choose their seat. The agent assigned them for everyone just prior to boarding. Self seat selection was allowed on the original flight. Flight staff was great - very friendly.

Flight attendants were great. Cheerful, upbeat and friendly. Jet, in particular, was fantastic.

I have Precheck. Flew HPN to DEN and return this past weekend. Delta didn't attach my Precheck number to this trip. So it was waiting in general line especially in Denver. Unavailable.

Original flight was delayed, then cancelled and the gate staff did not expedite rebooking. Also, no instructions were given that a ticket number was needed before being called to facilitate rebooking. This could have been much more organized.

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Five hour delays every hour, I wish it were all at once

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

worst flight ever from Delta, it got delayed and kept on delaying..

Checking bag at terminal was horrible. No agents to check us in and only 1 kiosk working. Boarding went ok. Crew onboard was very scattered rained. Missed our row while serving and then didn’t see them hardly again.

Crew was amazing, takeoff wonderful. The bathroom was disgusting from before takeoff the odor made the flight uncomfortable as you could smell the bathroom from the center of the plane where we were sitting. Smelled like raw sewage. My daughter was throwing up as we landed due to the smell and horrible turbulence as we approached Newark.

Airline tickets are not cheap. You expect reliable competent service. Thanks to canceled flights and botched transfers we arrived at our destination two days late. This is not acceptable

Horrible! Several delays and then was cancelled! I spent over 24 hours in the airport and was unable to get a hotel or food voucher.

The entertainment is a bit limited, it would be better if they added some games to play besides the movies and tv shows. But the seats are comfortable and the crew is polite

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Food was great. Staff was phenomenal. Seats were a bit hard and could use a lot more entertainment options as far as movies to choose from. WiFi was good. Overall great trip.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

Awfully rude American worker at door when we started boarding flight. Then, walk into a blazing hot airplane with no air conditioning until twenty minutes into the flight. Free entertainment was non existent! My husband, along with the fellow passenger in our row, and I could not get entertainment to work, no WIFI! Really?? Been flying American a long time. Was very disappointed.

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

Another uncoordinated American experience. Always surprises me at DFW for them of all places. Have to take this flight as there are no other good time options. We knew from the start that something was wrong, but the pilot wouldn't tell us. I just watched my Kayak app grow the delay by 10 minutes as it went to 3.5 hours. They were uncoordinated with maintenance (as maintenance, when finally arriving, knew within 15 minutes the plane wasn't going. No 'sorry' or 'this is what is going on' comment. The pilot seemed unfazed / didn't care about the process we were going through.

Our flight was repeatedly delayed for maintenance problems: scheduled for 9.30am, eventually delayed to 7pm! Very very inconvenient! AA should have provided a substitute plane much earlier.. On the other hand, Customer Service crew in Charlotte helped us to reach NY (LGA) by late afternoon. Thank you Patricia!! The actual flight was quick and very comfortable. As always a. excellent, professional crew. [no food on a a short hop).

The flight was peaceful, just s slight turbulence, pilots and crews were all nice and made a great job! Arrived safely in the Philippines. Thank you ya’ll!

Flight left on time. Captain provided relevant announcements. We had to wait 45 minutes to desembark due to the ramp closed because of lightening.

Fine. Nothing to write home about. The plane left on time, and arrived on time.

STOP MAKING THE SEATING SO CRAMPED. WE NEED A PASSENGER BILL OF RIGHTS!

Had to wait for a gate for a long time, then waited on the run way for a long time before leaving. The actual flights part was good.

Airlines should be prohibited from using the seats they get away with.

There weren't enough employees at check in took awhile to get bags checked. There wasn't a wheel chair for me, I was sent to someone who turns out to work for a different airline, if My flight hadn't been delayed I probably would have missed my flight as it was, by the time I arrived at my gate, they started boarding in about 15 minutes. I don't know who took me to my gate, definitely was not the normal people who take passengers to the gate. I'm guessing she may have been in a management position. I wish I knew her name, she went beyond to help me. With that said everyone was kind, and were doing the best they could. So, I choose to say it was an Adventure, stressful start, but good. In the end went well. The situation was not only difficult for passengers but the employee's.

The staff at the check in counter was so rude. Made you feel Incompetent

Frontier scheduled a 40 minute connection in DEN. What they failed to mention was that they “close the doors” 20 mins prior to departure, which means you only have 20 mins. Not enough time. Possibly against DOT regulations. Filing complaint.

Flight was scheduled at 9:40pm. Got delayed to 10 am, the next day. crazy

The bag check, flight check-in, and onboard experience convinced my wife and me that we will actively go out of our way to avoid flying Frontier Airlines in the future. At bag check, we were informed that check-in could only be completed via the Frontier mobile app. Unfortunately, the app was extremely frustrating—sending us through repetitive, confusing loops that repeatedly forced us to decline add-on services with nearly every click. While most airline apps upsell, this one felt intentionally exhausting. As the process dragged on, we became genuinely concerned that my phone battery would die before check-in could be completed. We approached the bag check staff—who were standing together talking—and explained both our frustration and our predicament. They laughed. Later, my wife described the interaction as “gaslighting,” which felt accurate. We were then informed it would cost $25 per person simply to have our boarding passes printed. From that point forward, the tone of the experience was consistently hostile. The bag check employees were condescending and combative, behaving more like bullies than customer service staff. Unfortunately, that same attitude continued onboard. One flight attendant argued with me when I attempted to stow my backpack in the overhead bin. I explained that we had each paid $75 to check our bags specifically so we would not need to use carry-on space and could have adequate legroom. She demanded to see my ticket, pointed out that it said “no carry-on”—which I acknowledged—and I reiterated that this was precisely why we paid to check our bags. Her response was, “I don’t make the rules.” She then walked away, but not before asking if I “truly wanted to fly back to Chicago today?”—an unnecessary and unmistakable threat. It is also worth noting that despite booking our tickets together in the same transaction, we were not seated together. Upon our return to Chicago—where we could once again sit together—we compared onboard experiences. We both remarked on how unhappy the flight attendants appeared and how each of us was separately asked whether we would like to purchase a beverage. We declined. At no point was water mentioned as an option, leaving us with the clear impression that even water came at a cost—or that complimentary water, if available at all, was deliberately left unmentioned. Overall, the experience was shocking and deeply disappointing, but it was also a profound learning experience—one we will not forget and will not repeat. -Steve

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

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