Originally Posted by
ORDnHKG
Think is different than reality, I suggest you either fly some of the top carriers in F like SQ, LH, NH, OZ or read some trip reports before you make any baseless comment.
Where did you get the nonsense of baseless comment? I have flown F and C on SQ, LH, LX, UA and QF so my comment is definitely not baseless.
Originally Posted by
ORDnHKG
Keep in mind even just one major difference is there are still many airlines out there using angle flat seat in C compare to in F is a guranteed horizontal flat seat ! OP is flying TPAC 10+ hours flight, I would think anyone would want to sleep comfortably in a horizontal flat seat compare to angle flat seat keep sliding down right ?
So just because it is hard to find F seats so you are not going to look at all ? I am telling you C seats are hard to find as well ! My very first award using miles years ago I was looking for C seat initially, but the agent tell me the dates that I want only have F available, nothing for C or Y no matter 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after !
Been there, done that...
Originally Posted by
mecabq
I disagree with this advice too. You could say that the difference between F and C is not monumental (compared to the difference between Y and C), but then again, the price difference is usually not monumental either on award bookings -- e.g., 120K for round-trip saver C versus 140K for round-trip saver F on ORD-BKK if using UA miles.
Hmm, maybe the difference is not monumental with UA, but it is with M&M. For example three region is 185,000 in C and 290,000 in F.
Originally Posted by
mecabq
On Lufthansa, for example, the difference is significant -- most aircraft have average (actually below-average in my opinion) angled-flat seats in C, compared to flat bed, with pyjamas, etc., in F, combined with extremely attentive service, better food (e.g., caviar), and of course first-class lounges, which, in FRA and MUC, are just about the best lounges in the world in my opinion.
I can understand settling for C if you have to and still having a great travel experience, but I would certainly go in looking for F.
I have done it both as revenue as well as on points, and in my opinion, I cannot justify financial and point difference between C and F. Yes, there is better brand of champagne, there is caviar (which I do not eat, sorry), first class lounges etc... But then again, with careful planning, I do not need lounges because if I would go on honeymoon, I would prefer to spend it in top class hotel and limit time at airports to minimum, Champagne always tastes better on ground etc. etc. But yes, they are just my opinions. But
please, do not force your opinions on me, I did not force mine on you either - I just said what I would do and I still think it is viable for OP, particularly if they never flew anything else than whY...
So, both of you, please, next time answer OP's question and leave your unfounded critique of others for somewhere else...