Air France Frequence Plus - RDU-CDG in Affaires - best options?




sdlevi27
Apr 21, 12, 8:46 pm
First time flyer on Air France here, so I'd appreciate some advice. Flying RDU-BLR and I'm trying to find the best option in Affaires across the Atlantic. Currently I'm booked on:

AF 681/682 (B777ER) ATL/CDG
AF 191/192 (A332) CDG/BLR

A few questions:

- Is the ATL-CDG booking on the B777 the best option for "the best" business class seat across the Atlantic? From what I can tell, all of the DL options are on the old BE seats, and I'm quite lost in determining which kind of AF Affaires seat I will have.
- What is the seat like on the A332?
- I assume both the A332 and B777 have AVOD?
- I assume the air-side lounges are my best bet with a 2h20m connection time in CDG?

Thanks in advance!


Goldorak
Apr 22, 12, 2:06 am
AF is currently installing a new version of its J seat (called NEV4 in this forum) but it is only a slightly improved version of the seat. It's not possible to know which version you'll have. Same for the airbus fleet, although I think the retrofitting of the Airbus fleet is more advanced than for the huge B777 fleet (n=60) they have.
AVOD : yes (all planes except a few B744)
lounges : yes, although BLR flights depart from 2C, so you have also the option to go to the arrival lounge that is landside in 2C. But this would mean passing immigration twice, so if I were you, I would not bother and go straight to the 2C departure lounge.

sdlevi27
Apr 22, 12, 7:50 am
Much appreciated, thanks! Is there a description of the differences between NEV4 and NEV3 anywhere? I tried to read through some threads and couldn't find much other than it sounds like the footrest is modified. Is it similar to the LH C seat?


Goldorak
Apr 22, 12, 8:17 am
Much appreciated, thanks! Is there a description of the differences between NEV4 and NEV3 anywhere? I tried to read through some threads and couldn't find much other than it sounds like the footrest is modified. Is it similar to the LH C seat?

The NEV4 version will be the one described in AF web site. NEV3 is LH slightly different. Both a slightly angled lie-flat seats. For LH, I never flown LH in J, so I cannot answer your question.



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