EWR > LHR changed from 787-9 to old A330-300. How bad is that?
Mar 26, 2017, 9:25 am
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EWR > LHR changed from 787-9 to old A330-300. How bad is that?
My family has 5 UC reward flights on EWR > LHR booked through VX many moons ago before the Jet Blue/Alaska fun. We booked that specific flight because it was on a 787-9. Over the past few months, its changed from a 797-9 to a retrofitted A330-300 to an old A330-300.
I think that I booked VS best aircraft and have ended up with their worst.
Should I be worried? I need to level-set my sister's expectations and I don't know what to say. I'm absolutely taken aback from reading the seatguru reviews of this aircraft.
I think that I booked VS best aircraft and have ended up with their worst.
Should I be worried? I need to level-set my sister's expectations and I don't know what to say. I'm absolutely taken aback from reading the seatguru reviews of this aircraft.
Mar 26, 2017, 9:56 am
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I don't think you need to be worried at all.
The 'dream suite' on the 'old' A330 might not be the best J class seat but it's by no means the worst on the market.
Seat Guru 'reviews' should be taken with a very large pinch of salt as they are often simply wrong.
The 'dream suite' on the 'old' A330 might not be the best J class seat but it's by no means the worst on the market.
Seat Guru 'reviews' should be taken with a very large pinch of salt as they are often simply wrong.
Mar 27, 2017, 8:48 am
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My family has 5 UC reward flights on EWR > LHR booked through VX many moons ago before the Jet Blue/Alaska fun. We booked that specific flight because it was on a 787-9. Over the past few months, its changed from a 797-9 to a retrofitted A330-300 to an old A330-300.
I think that I booked VS best aircraft and have ended up with their worst.
Should I be worried? I need to level-set my sister's expectations and I don't know what to say. I'm absolutely taken aback from reading the seatguru reviews of this aircraft.
I think that I booked VS best aircraft and have ended up with their worst.
Should I be worried? I need to level-set my sister's expectations and I don't know what to say. I'm absolutely taken aback from reading the seatguru reviews of this aircraft.
Unfortunately you can never count on a specific aircraft type when booking far in advance.
I've never found a huge variability in VS Upper Class hard product. What will make all of the difference is the quality of your crew - and aircraft type is irrelevant for that.
The only expectations to be managed are that VS Upper Class will be better than all but the very latest J product offered by the North American carriers.