AC Alternative

Chowtime · Jan 3, 13, 11:24 pm

Heading to Nice, France mid February. Will be flying J class. Would anyone know of any alternate airlines other than AC or Lufthansa to get there. Wouldn't mind checking out a different J class. AC is ok, the food is getting so boring, Lufthansa is also ok but I'm not sure if they've updated their business class seats to fold flat. Can't stand the almost flat, slide down while you're sleeping seats they have. BTW, I'm flying out of YVR.

Thanks everyone and wish everyone a high altitude New Year!

yerffej201 · Jan 3, 13, 11:51 pm

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Originally Posted by Chowtime

Heading to Nice, France mid February. Will be flying J class. Would anyone know of any alternate airlines other than AC or Lufthansa to get there. Wouldn't mind checking out a different J class. AC is ok, the food is getting so boring, Lufthansa is also ok but I'm not sure if they've updated their business class seats to fold flat. Can't stand the almost flat, slide down while you're sleeping seats they have. BTW, I'm flying out of YVR.

Thanks everyone and wish everyone a high altitude New Year!

I'm assuming on points?
If so, LX and SN have decent hard product and no YQ.
OS has YQ, SQ doesn't release seats, and UA/US is boring. Oh maybe LOT 787 if you can tolerate some YQ.

Chowtime · Jan 4, 13, 12:09 am

Full revenue ticket. No points redemption.

Thanks

sp4294 · Jan 4, 13, 12:46 am

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Originally Posted by Chowtime

Full revenue ticket. No points redemption.

Thanks

Take your pick of airlines flying to C2 from C1 and you can get a connection to Nice.

Santander · Jan 4, 13, 12:47 am

Well, personally I like BA but if you want *A I think AC and LH are your only 1-stop options. Of the 2-stop options I'd prefer UA YVR-SFO/ORD-LHR-NCE or LX YVR-YUL-ZRH-NCE but 2-stoppers are still a bit of a pain...

If you don't mind losing the AP miles and you have some time, you could actually try YVR-JFK-LHR-NCE. I mean, transcons don't get any better than CX888/889 and you can also try AA and/or BA long-haul C. If it was summer you might even have been able to squeeze a CWLCY in there but LCY-NCE is seasonal.

yulhammeryyz · Jan 4, 13, 5:42 am

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Originally Posted by Santander

Well, personally I like BA but if you want *A I think AC and LH are your only 1-stop options. Of the 2-stop options I'd prefer UA YVR-SFO/ORD-LHR-NCE or LX YVR-YUL-ZRH-NCE but 2-stoppers are still a bit of a pain...

If you don't mind losing the AP miles and you have some time, you could actually try YVR-JFK-LHR-NCE. I mean, transcons don't get any better than CX888/889 and you can also try AA and/or BA long-haul C. If it was summer you might even have been able to squeeze a CWLCY in there but LCY-NCE is seasonal.

Double check but I've seen an Air France A380 at YUL

Worth a look

WhiteYUL · Jan 4, 13, 6:22 am

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Originally Posted by yulhammeryyz

Double check but I've seen an Air France A380 at YUL

Worth a look

The A380 has been pulled off CDG-YUL since late October.

IluvSQ · Jan 4, 13, 7:17 am

If you don't mind 2 stops, the best would be YVR-LAX-LHR-NCE with NZ for the
longhaul, or YVR-JFK-FRA-NCE with SQ for the longhaul.

canolakid · Jan 4, 13, 7:50 am

not sure where you are starting from, but why not try LX for the TALT portion? In J you get the arrivals lounge in Zurich (shower, quiet usually) then can make your way leisurely to whatever carrier gets you the short hop to Nice. Intra Europe is not worth J price for a Y- product.

mkjr · Jan 4, 13, 7:50 am

if you plane is old J on LH, no way in hell would i fly with them again on those terrible J seats. therefore, as one notes above, if you want *A and only want 1 stop, personally, I think AC is your best option unless you want to fly on BA...

Mauricio23 · Jan 4, 13, 8:11 am

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Originally Posted by Chowtime

Lufthansa is also ok but I'm not sure if they've updated their business class seats to fold flat.

Lufthansa flights to MUC all have the new business class.

The Lev · Jan 4, 13, 9:03 am

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Originally Posted by canolakid

not sure where you are starting from, but why not try LX for the TALT portion? In J you get the arrivals lounge in Zurich (shower, quiet usually) then can make your way leisurely to whatever carrier gets you the short hop to Nice. Intra Europe is not worth J price for a Y- product.

LX flies ZRH-NCE, so you can be on business the whole way. The good/bad news is that LX is a very early departure from YUL, getting you into NCE pretty early in the morning. Problem is that it's tougher to sleep on the flgiht because you leave (and arrive) so early.

If you want to try multiple offerings, you could book on United.ca and do something like YVR-ORD-FRA-NCE (United on longhaul) with NCE-ZRH-SFO-YVR (Swiss on the longhaul). The SFO routing adds some extra miles to the journey.

1011TriStar · Jan 4, 13, 9:13 am

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Originally Posted by Mauricio23

Lufthansa flights to MUC all have the new business class.

I think only lufthansa a330's to Munich have the new business class. I flew on the a 340-600 to Munich recently and it has the old business class. The new 747-8 have the new business class, not sure about the a380.

yulhammeryyz · Jan 4, 13, 9:17 am

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Originally Posted by WhiteYUL

The A380 has been pulled off CDG-YUL since late October.

Hopefully it's a seasonal switch

Transit via yul is also much faster than yyz

km101 · Jan 4, 13, 11:50 am

Go to the star alliance page and download the full timetable (.PDF): http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/timetables/
Look up NCE, see which airlines/flights arrive there, and work your way backwards from there to your origin. It is a little old school, but it works.
Write down the flight numbers you want, and you can call a TA or your favourite airline to ask for those flights, or you can try and recreate the itinerary online.