Originally Posted by
concorde02
I thought you have to be Flying Blue Gold to redeem AF F... not just Silver... I am not sure.
Flew AF F 4 times from finding relatively cheaper tickets ... 3 of the 4 had great service and ground service was phenomenal. The F lounge which was renovated in September 2014 ... from my personal opinion .. was not as beautiful as it used to..
I tend to think that it is too much trouble to get FB gold status plus 162500 miles just to fly F one flight (if bad luck, you may get a lazy crew.. that happen to every airlines except Japan/Korea even with SQ), I rather just buy it.
Don't know when they started including Silver. Maybe they weren't getting many redemptions. At 162,500, I wonder why? I know it's outrageous but I only plan to use it selectively. The offset is that they are like UA's Standard awards. If there is a seat for sale, you can book it with miles.
Originally Posted by
concorde02
The last time I flew AF was CDG-JNB A380 and F cabin was full: 9/9.. everybody paid for it! wow. That was the only time with AF F that the service was not good. The food out of CDG was phenomenal.... Made me feel like if LH gets 1/10, AF gets 10/10 score. When the food comes from other station, it's not good though.
Interesting. I was planning to only book it ex-CDG to get the full experience.
Originally Posted by
kcmd
Didn't know about the 15 segment to get Silver on FB, thanks for the info..now I'm going to try for this flight...can't wait to see how it went for you!!
Thanks
kcmd.
Originally Posted by
oxymoron
I am hooked to it now
Me too.
Originally Posted by
Calchas
Also 30 segments for gold, which gives international lounge access, Sky Priority, and access to the Delta upgrade list (at the bottom). 60 segments for platinum which, well, doesn't give you anything else.
The Flying Blue programme is actually quite generous status-benefit-wise, but the earning/burning rate is quite appalling. In the UK we often call it "Flying Poo".
Thanks for the info
Calchas. When I compared the benefits of each level, it didn't seem like there was much incentive to go beyond Silver at least in my case. My only interest is in getting access to the F inventory. LOL on the Flying Poo thing.
Originally Posted by
alexisonsmith
+1 I do not understand why SFO777 does not just find a cheap F ticket instead of Mileage running. Makes no sense. Maybe he forgot how to buy a ticket
I look at this way. The only cheap AF First tickets are during the off season. I'm going to be in Paris in June when the best F fare from Denver (with DEN-JFK on DL) is $10,107. So $20K for the two of us.
To get Silver (for nearly two years), I spent $1,300 and three days doing what I enjoy, flying. I have a lot of miles (consistently mid 7 figures) so 325,000 miles one way for the two of us beats $20K any day, all day.
Originally Posted by
Lan44
Roughly how much would a sale fare one way be?
You can get JFK-CDG roundtrip during Thanksgiving, New Years and some off-peak seasonal times for not much more than $5K.
Originally Posted by
Deltapilot
Mr. SFO I flew one of those the other day! Check out my Trip Report.
Yep, that's the old bird. And you even got a meal on your A320.