Thanks to all for the input. We usually end up getting tickets the week before we leave. Our schedule is flexible so we wait until we get the price/schedule we like(usually less than $1,000 per person). I thought if we could get a flight for less than $2,500 per person FC, I may try that. Full retail for FC of course is not even in that ballpark but stranger things have happened.

dieuwer2 said: "Right now, there is a Thanksgiving business class sale to Europe. For instance, TYS-ATL-CDG-ATL-TYS is $2140",
What airline is that with, as TYS is our departure airport?

All the extras mentioned: the lounge, the food on the airplane, power ports, interest us not a bit. We just want to get from Point A to Point B safely and perhaps not as tired as we have been in the past, which is not helpful when we are navigating the peripherique.

Nancy