Well, here we are, 2.5 years after the original topic Trip Report - Allegiant isn’t so Bad? (only OGs remember this). I’m here today to give an updated review, now that I’ve flown Allegiant a couple more times, as well as figured out how to properly format my posts here on the forum (if you look at first Allegiant report, it’s horrendous). So, without further ado, let’s get into it!
The Airports
KSFB: Small airport with very minimal complaints. From a traveler’s perspective, it’s an ideal airport to fly in and out of due to the ease of use in comparison to KMCO. From an avgeek’s view, it’s a rather boring and uninteresting airport, as there is no notable traffic. If you have the ability to, go to MCO instead, as you get a large array of diverse traffic. NOTE: while going through security, they pulled aside my backpack because of a package of Trolli gummi worms. It just so happened to be during a training session for the security agents, but I’m not sure if that’s correlation or causation.
KAVL: For a regional airport, it’s pretty great. Ongoing construction to the terminal doesn’t reduce too much comfort for passengers, and the concessions and such inside the terminal are abundant. From a traveler’s perspective, it’s a user-friendly airport with sufficient nonstop destinations (especially considering it’s a regional airport). From an avgeek’s perspective, it’s a cool airport because you get to board with air stairs, but you’re much better off going to Raleigh or Charlotte for spotting. That said, in a pinch you get a decent amount of diversity, and if you have time, can get a solid spotting session in (especially with the mountains in the background).
The Flight
Aircraft/cabin/seat: The aircraft was an A320, and I sat in Seat 10A. The seats themselves weren’t uncomfortable, but the cushioning was definitely far from thick. Tray tables were also on the smaller side, but that is to be expected for a budget airline. No outlet was a slight inconvenience for me, as my phone does not like to retain battery for long periods of time, and as a result I had to power it down for the duration of my flight (which was only elongated by delays - more on that below). Leg room was much better than expected, but it was a little annoying that you couldn’t recline the seat. Overall, this category gets a 3.5/5
Service/landing: In-flight service was about what you’d expect. First, they got on the intercom to advertise their “Allways” rewards credit card, or something like that. Eventually, after that, they got to serving food to the paying customers. I personally didn’t get anything, but from what I saw, the prices weren’t too heavily influenced by inflation. The pilot was also great at keeping the passengers informed about all the delays, which I appreciated. The (second) landing was on the smoother side. Overall, this category gets a 4.25/5.
Air fare: I didn’t personally pay for my ticket, but I’m relatively certain that the flight was below $50 for it (not including the other passenger) when I traveled with one other person. Great price, so 5/5.
The Lore of the Flight
For those of you awesome people who tracked me during my adventure (shout out my boy @Icey you’re the goat), you already know what happened. For the people who didn’t, I can fill you in.
First, after holding short for about five minutes, we finally enter the runway. We start rolling…aaaaand then we don’t even make it to TOGA before we’re taxiing off the runway. Apparently, the weather lords decided to make us wait our turn and spawned a torrential downpour that slashed visibility to virtually nothing, and lasted about 10ish minutes.
After that lovely delay, we got back onto the runway the second it stopped raining and we took off in a hurry. Unfortunately, just because it stopped raining at the airport didn’t mean it had stopped everywhere else. Hence, the pilots took us on a low-altitude sightseeing journey that brought us all around central Florida. We hit all the highlights: we saw the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, THE Orlando International Airport…
…and even the Epcot ball, all before the fun finally ended and the pilots realized that we wouldn’t be able to make it to Asheville with the amount of fuel we had. So, we diverted back to Sanford to refuel, and that took about half an hour. The landing was pretty smooth at least.
After we fueled back up, we departed a second time with weird vectors again, but this time it felt a little bit more normal as we didn’t stay super low (though we did pass MCO a second time before turning north). The flight had a little bit of sporadic turbulence, but otherwise remained largely uneventful, which is a good thing.
Other photos
United CRJ heading to what I’m guessing to be either Newark or Dulles
Recreation of my photo from the last topic
“Together we Fly” special livery
Row of parked aircraft
Ratings
Aircraft/cabin/seat: 3.5/5
Service/landing: 4.25/5
Air fare: 5/5
Total score: 12.75/15
Closing Remarks
I enjoyed flying Allegiant a couple years ago, and my viewpoint has not changed significantly since then. I’ve grown to enjoy flying budget airlines more as a result (though I still remain quite apprehensive to fly Spirit or Frontier - sorry @Mason_Lennox 
). If you have the option to fly Allegiant over some other airlines like American or United, I would absolutely recommend you save yourself some money and get a much better bang for your buck with them.
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- Better than @NonStopsAviation
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- Yeah!
- If it’s the only option, I guess it’ll have to do
- No, I’d rather just get ripped off by American and United instead
- No, I’m too scared to fly budget airlines
Thank y’all for viewing this, and as always, have a wonderful rest of your day 
I understand American ripping you off but def not united