AF 787 : maiden flights on sale (January 7th/8th)
Nov 28, 2016, 2:50 am
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AF 787 : maiden flights on sale (January 7th/8th)
AirFrance has finally released the tickets for the maiden flights of their 787 on January 7/8th 
French link here: http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local/...tsrc=socialads
There seems to be still quite a few tickets (249€ in Y, 349€ in W, 787€ in J). The booking systeme is way better than for the 747 last flights!
French link here: http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local/...tsrc=socialads
There seems to be still quite a few tickets (249€ in Y, 349€ in W, 787€ in J). The booking systeme is way better than for the 747 last flights!
Nov 28, 2016, 4:51 am
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Yes, the Tour de France is almost sold out now.
But the others have some ways to go yet.
Incredibly expensive. Last year, KLM's introductory 787 flights were €149 and even that struck me as quite high.
You can maybe justify such a fee if it's an "end of an era" flight, as with the 747 flights of last January. But whatever novelty surrounded the Dreamliner should have dissipated by now.
And no - I don't think you will earn miles for these flights. A CDG-CDG flight would earn 0 miles, anyway, by definition!!!
But the others have some ways to go yet.
You can maybe justify such a fee if it's an "end of an era" flight, as with the 747 flights of last January. But whatever novelty surrounded the Dreamliner should have dissipated by now.
And no - I don't think you will earn miles for these flights. A CDG-CDG flight would earn 0 miles, anyway, by definition!!!
Nov 28, 2016, 5:03 am
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Well, maybe a little less. But mostly you can book online, and not have to call a phone number that never responds and does not have a queue
Probably not, indeed 
Nov 28, 2016, 6:09 am
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There's a phone number to call if you are originating in the French provinces, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Germany or Italy. [I wonder how much they charge for the connecting flights. At these prices, they should be free!!!]
Presumably their KLM counterparts in the Netherlands are excluded due to their own 787 intro flights last year
Presumably their KLM counterparts in the Netherlands are excluded due to their own 787 intro flights last year
Nov 28, 2016, 9:31 am
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There's a phone number to call if you are originating in the French provinces, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Germany or Italy. [I wonder how much they charge for the connecting flights. At these prices, they should be free!!!]
Presumably their KLM counterparts in the Netherlands are excluded due to their own 787 intro flights last year
Presumably their KLM counterparts in the Netherlands are excluded due to their own 787 intro flights last year
Nov 29, 2016, 6:29 pm
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I think that anyone willing to pay €249 to spend an unnecessary 2h30 in the horrible Y middle seat of a 787 to go absolutely nowhere should be urgently referred to a mental health specialist.
Nov 30, 2016, 12:04 am
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Yes, the Tour de France is almost sold out now.
But the others have some ways to go yet.
Incredibly expensive. Last year, KLM's introductory 787 flights were €149 and even that struck me as quite high.
You can maybe justify such a fee if it's an "end of an era" flight, as with the 747 flights of last January. But whatever novelty surrounded the Dreamliner should have dissipated by now.
And no - I don't think you will earn miles for these flights. A CDG-CDG flight would earn 0 miles, anyway, by definition!!!
But the others have some ways to go yet.
Incredibly expensive. Last year, KLM's introductory 787 flights were €149 and even that struck me as quite high.
You can maybe justify such a fee if it's an "end of an era" flight, as with the 747 flights of last January. But whatever novelty surrounded the Dreamliner should have dissipated by now.
And no - I don't think you will earn miles for these flights. A CDG-CDG flight would earn 0 miles, anyway, by definition!!!
Nov 30, 2016, 1:57 am
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