<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnAx:
If you don't mind a ride that's decent but not up to the standards you'll enjoy on your OWE, you can fly JFK-CAI on Egyptair reasonably. F was USD1500 last summer, and it was okay. Check itn.net for current pricing if you don't have another source.</font>
Hi John,
I tried to e-mail you about this, but I a message indicating that you did not get the message. Anyway, if you have a few minutes, can you elaborate on your MS F experience from JFK to CAI? I am holding a ticket on this flight later this month and am still not 100% certain whether to use this flight or am 80,000 business class Oneworld award on EI and BA to get to CAI.
Specifically, I am most interested in:
1. Check-in. How was it? Staff attitude okay?
2. Security. Any special MS security or just the regular TSA experience? If MS had its own layer to security, how was it?
3. Boarding. Total chaos, or did they board by class?
4. Seat assignments. MS is telling me they don't preassign, even in F -- was this your experience?
5. Seat comfort. How does it compare to AA's wooly mammoth or international J seats? How was the pitch?
6. Smoking. I have some reason to beleive MS has gone non-smoking on its flights. Was this your experience?
7. Meal service. Any good? A la carte? Course by course? All at once? What meals were offered (dinner and breakfast I assume)?
8. Did the flight arrive on time? My flight is showing a 10 hour flying time. For a 5600 mile flight, this seems like a short flying time, even for a 777.
9. Immigration/arrival in CAI. How was arriving in Terminal 1? Are there places to buy the visa stamp as there are in Terminal 2?
Thanks so much. I appreciate it.