AUH-SFO - Etihad or Jetihad?
Oct 25, 2015, 3:24 pm
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AUH-SFO - Etihad or Jetihad?
Will be flying AUH-SFO.
Is it worth the extra leg to fly EY/AA via LAX vs 9W direct to SFO?
FWIW, I really don't like Indian food - are there any other entree choices on 9W?
TIA
Is it worth the extra leg to fly EY/AA via LAX vs 9W direct to SFO?
FWIW, I really don't like Indian food - are there any other entree choices on 9W?
TIA
Oct 25, 2015, 3:44 pm
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Oct 25, 2015, 7:00 pm
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This thread should be useful:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...u-bkk-kul.html
You might want to mention what cabin you'd be flying in.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...u-bkk-kul.html
You might want to mention what cabin you'd be flying in.
Oct 25, 2015, 8:54 pm
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This thread should be useful:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...u-bkk-kul.html
You might want to mention what cabin you'd be flying in.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...u-bkk-kul.html
You might want to mention what cabin you'd be flying in.
I posted the thread - incorrectly - on OW boards. Now that it has been transferred here, I see the thread you referenced.
I'd like to fly F but those awards are not likely to happen.
Perhaps F on 9W direct to SFO might open. If so, would you take F on 9W direct vs J on EY (via LAX)?
Oct 26, 2015, 11:07 am
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I haven't yet flown EY F but have flown it in J. But I would certainly fly F over J any day, even if the SFO product F product is inferior to that out of LAX. In fact, from what I've read in that other thread I'd even pick the non-stop out of SFO over going through LAX. But again, I've flown neither kind of EY plane in F.
Oct 30, 2015, 3:43 pm
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Dec 13, 2015, 2:04 am
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It's also interesting to note that EK upgauged their 77W to an A388 less than a month after EY started AUH-SFO.
Dec 14, 2015, 11:18 am
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Check out this trip report of Jetihad F from AUH-SFO
The F hard product looks much better than any J.
Dec 14, 2015, 4:33 pm
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I'd say EY over 9W, but I don't know if I'd add flying time with an extra stop to an already long flight. It won't be worth my while.
Dec 16, 2015, 12:13 pm
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I drive by the airport in the morning everyday and once in awhile I see a EY plane instead of Jet. It might just be an equipment swap and not a scheduled occurrence.
Check out this trip report of Jetihad F from AUH-SFO
The F hard product looks much better than any J.
Check out this trip report of Jetihad F from AUH-SFO
The F hard product looks much better than any J.
Recently took EK F from CPT to SFO (via DXB) and agree with mediocre food and poor service on EK (for an F flight). Nothing like CX for sure.
Also a nice report on SIN where we will be in a few weeks - splurging to stay at the Marina Bay Sands so that I can swim in the rooftop pool
Dec 16, 2015, 2:20 pm
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Up until now its been a solidly Jetihad route, from 1 Mar 2016 - it operates as both (about 3/4 Etihad and 4/3 Jetihad a week), until Summer 2016 (Mar 27), where it returns to Jetihad. Don't see this changing in the foreseeable future.
Dec 16, 2015, 3:35 pm
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Thanks - Did you really mean March 27 as Summer or is it June/July?
Dec 17, 2015, 6:33 pm
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In this case I'd rather add another short segment LAX-SFO than leave at 02:25 (with all the hassle that this involves)
Jul 27, 2016, 9:53 am
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What is the current status of these flights (EY183)?
Will be flying in May '17 and I cannot tell if it is EY or 9W.
How can I tell who operates that flight?
TIA
Will be flying in May '17 and I cannot tell if it is EY or 9W.
How can I tell who operates that flight?
TIA