So glad that we read this post. Last June we stumped up almost full whack for 2 AKL LHR trips in F, $25K as a special 25th anniversary treat in July August. After reading this thread we cancelled and got the same trip on SQ in J, fantastic product, and spent the 10K balance on some nice hotels. The reason that we were attracted to Etihad was the full no compromise service, obviously no longer there.