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Best in Y *A EU-Calfornia for a "Husky" Guy

Old Sep 28, 2016, 8:24 pm
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Best in Y *A EU-Calfornia for a "Husky" Guy

I'm buying one of my best friends a trip to come visit for the holidays. He's average height, just has some beer, saucisson & fromage weight on him.
Right now prices are pretty even to get him from Lyon to the West Coast on LH A380 & A340 / LX 777 & A340.
He's familiar with flying Y between Australia and Europe, but I just want to make it the best option I can for the 12h in Y when he comes to see me.
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Old Sep 28, 2016, 10:21 pm
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12 hours in Y for one of your best friends? I'd hate to be on your bad side!
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Old Sep 28, 2016, 11:37 pm
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
12 hours in Y for one of your best friends? I'd hate to be on your bad side!
Only J (or PE) if we travel together.
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Old Sep 29, 2016, 2:44 am
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Originally Posted by JVPhoto
Right now prices are pretty even to get him from Lyon to the West Coast on LH A380 & A340 / LX 777 & A340.
LH via MUC > LX via ZRH (A340) > LH via FRA > LX via ZRH (777), I'd say.
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Old Sep 29, 2016, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by malmostoso
LH via MUC > LX via ZRH (A340) > LH via FRA > LX via ZRH (777), I'd say.
So best to worse LH A340 - LX A340 - LH A380 - LX 777?
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Old Sep 29, 2016, 4:36 am
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In my opinion, yes. The A380 is possibly better in the air, but transfer in MUC is easier than FRA. Arriving in Y in the US on a smaller plane (assuming no GE or other queue-skipping facility) is also an advantage IMHO.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 11:08 am
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Avoid the Swiss 777 - it has 10 across. That is torture even for a regular sized person.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 8:47 pm
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Thanks for the input. He actually changed his mind and wants to come for Christmas which puts the *A flights 25-30% more than KLM/AF so I'm looking at those...or I can make him take WOW which is $350 cheaper.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 11:55 pm
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I think I'd still pay a premium to transit MUC or ZRH instead of AMS or CDG, but maybe not 25%.

Have you looked at DY and FI at this point?
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 1:20 am
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Originally Posted by JVPhoto
I can make him take WOW which is $350 cheaper.
Holy cow, you are planning to put him in a narrowbody TATL Y? Some friend you are...
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 2:40 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
Holy cow, you are planning to put him in a narrowbody TATL Y? Some friend you are...
I thought KEF-SFO was a A330 or 763?
Anyways not to de-rail the thread but the price and time and schedule worked best to do LYS-AMS-SFO (787) and SFO-CDG-LYS (777).
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 7:06 am
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I think the consensus is that flights over 10 hours are torture in Y.

(well, consensus for those that do J and Y)
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Old Oct 20, 2016, 4:31 pm
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UA in E+ is clearly superior in terms of seat (if you avoid the 747). There's an upcharge unless you are A UA elite but it's much less than PE and is IMHO very much worth it.
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