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Old May 19, 2012 | 1:22 am
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Originally Posted by amolkold

And yes, given that this flight was to FRA, I did try my best to change to an LH flight, but there wasn’t any availability. Okay, I’m lying: there was, via YVR or DFW on old-cabin A340s, but it involved a $150 change fee that I wasn’t keen on paying. I’m also not a fan of the short East Coast – Europe flights from IAD or JFK. A lot of FTers would smack me upside the head for not taking that up.
Definately not me, even though UA's food maybe subpar, but new F is way better than LH old F. LH old F have tiny PTV screen and no AVOD, no privacy at all. And since it is a day flight, you will only get PJ top but not PJ bottom.


Originally Posted by amolkold

I actually did look into KE but they had blackout dates for mileage tickets for the dates I needed. I didn't know they fly ICN-HKG on the A380 ... I'll keep that in mind for when I need to redeem my Skymiles.
Isn't DL prohibit its members to redeem F on skyteam partners ? All you are going to get is J right ? I don't know if the rules had changed or not, but a friend of mine switched from DL to UA just because of that reason.

KE J is ok, the food is average, OZ is much better when it come to food and service.

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