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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 5:33 pm
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Originally Posted by nanp
We will be flying to CDG this fall, probably from Atlanta. We have flown this route many times, on Delta/Air France, always in coach. It is a long flight and we arrive exhausted, as we have to connect to Atlanta first. I was thinking that perhaps we may splurge this year and book in First Class, if I could find a good deal. IF flying in First would give us extra legroom/space. Never having flown First, I do not know what to expect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Nancy
Some airlines only have business class and coach, others fc, bc and y.
I've flown out of JFK on both DL and AF, but in coach; I've flown AA business class to CDG many times. The food on AF in coach was better than AA's bc.
The difference (unless there is some super special promo) in price between y and bc/fc can be gigantic, as much as $5,000 to $10,000 rt.
In any case if you do splurge I would use AF instead of DL if possible.
If you can use miles it would soften the blow.
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