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Aug 23, 2017, 9:43 am

#16

ijgordon

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Originally Posted by steveholt

Not sure how you calculate you'll be in bad coach for 2/3 of the trip...

Great Circle Mapper. Addition and division.

Aug 23, 2017, 11:19 am

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Is JFK-KEF a year round route now?

Aug 23, 2017, 11:33 am

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Originally Posted by justforfun

Could not have been anything else except for the fact I was flying first/business.

I had not heard that they were now offering this. Previously I had been told that J fares were given a food/drink voucher at KEF but not given Saga Lounge access. Here's to hoping we get the same for our Nov trip!

Aug 23, 2017, 12:16 pm

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Originally Posted by ijgordon

Great Circle Mapper. Addition and division.

...JFK-KEF is a six-hour flight. If that's one-third of your flying time, where are you going in Europe from KEF that's going to take 12 hours?

Aug 23, 2017, 2:17 pm

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Originally Posted by steveholt

...JFK-KEF is a six-hour flight. If that's one-third of your flying time, where are you going in Europe from KEF that's going to take 12 hours?

Duh, silly me, touche.
You'd be in bad coach for one-third of the trip!

My point remains though...

Aug 23, 2017, 3:07 pm

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Anything that is over $100 per hour in J is definitely not a deal. Great deals start below $50 per hour.

Aug 23, 2017, 4:36 pm

#22

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Originally Posted by steveholt

If you combine with a LCC to most major cities in Europe, you can fly flat-bed over TATL with a short-hop in Y for under $2000 from the US. That's a deal.

While given the market conditions and convenience it may be a deal for the city pair, those same metrics make it a poor deal to continental Europe.

Aug 26, 2017, 6:59 pm

#23

WDE76

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Originally Posted by AceReport

Did DL give it to you for your J return or was it from something else?

Returned KEF-JFK yesterday. Lounge access given for J return. DL agent filled out slips of paper for us to hand to agent in lounge. Beautiful lounge and quite empty at 9AM. Lounge after security but prior to passport control. Received Tumi amenity kit both going and returning (JFK-KEF-JFK) in non-lie flat seat. On return only also had new pillows and thick blankets as well.

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Aug 27, 2017, 1:15 pm

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Originally Posted by WDE76

Here's hoping that continues. I just double checked our pnr, both delta.com and google flights are saying lie flat but seatguru is saying recliner. For such a short flight I would really consider cancelling and rebooking C+ over F recliner,, don't see the $$ difference as worth it.