Air France La Première 77W Paris to Los Angeles
At around T-30, my personal La Première assistant stopped by to retrieve me and drive me to our 77W. There was one other LAX passenger in the lounge today and his PA was escorting him down the elevator at the same time. Unlike Luthansa, we didn't share our limo as we both had our own private car.
Paris-Los Angeles
Air France 72
777-300ER (77W)
1:40p-4:25p
May 3, 2017
Booked 2/4
Departed 3/4
Suite 1A
Up the elevator to the jet bridge, we cut thru the line of boarding passengers to a private La Première jet bridge, which my PA unlocked just for me.
After a warm welcome at the 1L door, I headed for 1A in my favorite First Class cabin in the sky.
Just 30 minutes earlier, the flight was still showing 2/4 so I was surprised to find a 3rd person in the cabin, a French entertainment looking guy in 1D. Either an OPUP or friends, family or celebs. I didn't take any more cabin pics so here are some recycled pics from last October.
I was dead tired at this point and still full from my Alain Ducasse lunch so I opted for water at the gate.
Gorgeous new La Première amenity kit.
With some nice cream and stuff which I tossed in my backpack to take home.
Air France 77W IFE is reasonably nice, although with a somewhat limited selection of movies. But plenty of French movies to catch up on.
OK, a First Officer with a sense of humour.
After a short by CDG standards taxi, we were on our way.
I asked for a glass of water and told our FA that I was going to sleep for a few hours. I declined the offer of bedding as I didn't want to sleep the entire flight. The closed my full ceiling to floor curtains and window shades and slept like a baby for nearly 4 hours.
OK now I'm hungry. Today menu...
This guy designed all the La Première glassware and tableware and is a rock star in my book.
And wine list. Certainly not extravagant like QR or GA, but servicable.
Showtime!
My Cream of Asparagus soup was delicious.
As was the Foie Gras terrine.
For my main, I went light and the crab stuffed chicken. It was a little bland on its own, but the accompanying yellow carrot coulis with cumin added a nice touch.
And the always wonderful Lenôtre finish to any La Première meal.
While pleasant, it wasn't a memorable meal. Service seemed a little off as there was no wine presentation, just the glass from the galley and no dome presentation for my main. I finished the rest of a cute movie 5 to 7, edited some pics and did a little work. Although with no Wifi on Air France yet, wasn't as productive as I might have been.
With a little less than 5 hours to go to LAX, I changed into my PJs, closed the curtains and went to sleep in a proper bed.
I woke up about 75 minutes from LAX.
We landed about 30 minutes early and headed for our gate.
I bid adieu to the cabin crew and as Door 1L opened was greeted by an excellent LAX La Première Personal Assistant Monica, who escorted me to and thru customs, and then streetside at TBIT. What an amazing day with La Première confirming my ranking Air France and the 77W as the best overall First Class product in the world.
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