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Old Nov 1, 2014, 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by ajs123
Does it imply that people who have a long haul PE ticket (say TATL) will sit in Y for their connecting flights? That's how AF actually could save money (not much, but they are desperate enough). Until now PE on medium haul meant you sit before the curtain (no guarantee of an empty middle seat) and have the same catering as J...
If so, that would be pretty disappointing. I realize medium haul PE isn't all that much different from Y, but the catering and guaranteed seating in the first few rows of the plane were nice touches as a benefit of purchasing a long haul W ticket.

I guess I don't really see how this saves significant amount of money, unless they think people will buy up to J now (which seems unlikely), or if the new J seats were substantially different from Y.
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