I have a pretty long trip coming up. LAX-MAA. Company policy is to fly coach. I'm United Premier Gold--so I could book an Economy Plus exit seat at least as far as Frankfurt and then fly Lufthansa to MAA in regular coach. Or I could book standard coach on EK. I've actually never flown EK before. I've heard EK is one of the better coach experiences--would you trade that extra leg room and bonus mileage (for *A) for a standard EK coach seat?

Thanks in advance for the thoughts.