Etsi halvat lennot: Vanilla Air

never fly Vanilla Air

Plussat: arriving 30 minutes ahead of schedule even though we had late departure.

Miinukset: The policy of carry-on luggage is misleading. You're only allowed 10kg or less for combined two items. Charged me 6,000 yen ($53 USD) to bring my carry-on suitcase even though it met the 3 tier requirements so I should have only been charged 4,000 yen. Tacked on an additional 2,000 yen for "security" fee. This is double what the average & premium airlines charge for the 1st piece of carry on luggage as my backpack is always considered free....also the flight crew and pilots were late.

Seating configuration not for anyone over 5'5" tall

Plussat: Left on time, arrived early.

Miinukset: Seats were way to close to one another. I'm 6'2" and my knees were crammed into the seat in front of me the entire flight. Fortunately it was a quick flight from Osaka (KIX) to Tokyo (NRT).

Plussat: Flight was on time and boarding was easy

Miinukset: Crew wouldn't allow me to use open seats even though no one was using them.

Not bad for short distance trips

Plussat: Cheaper than other airlines

Miinukset: Carryon luggage policy.

Plussat: Nothing

Miinukset: Seat pitch too small and I'm short (163cm) so would be very uncomfortable for person of average height. This was our return flight from Niseko to Tokyo - we missed the flight there by only 5 mins and they showed no compassion whatsoever despite it being the last flight of the day and our delay was due to lost baggage (my 7yo lost her backpack at one of the train stations). We arrived to check in 20 minutes before the plane departed so not impossible to get us on. i was left stranded at the airport with 2 young children at 6pm. No refund either so lost $800 in plane fares and another $800 lost in our accommodation that night at Niseko. Was a very distressing experience - we were all in tears as we had run all the way from tonal 2 to 3 and the staff did not help us in any way.

Not made for tall people.

Plussat: General no frills airline. Most aspects were as expected.

Miinukset: The seat pitch was extremely small... as in the smallest I've ever seen in my life. I couldn't even get my legs to fit behind the seat. I've flown across continents in every conceivable airline from business class to Ryan Air and this was by far the most uncomfortable seat I have ever sat in. I'm 6'2 by the way, so I am tall, but c'mon.