Originally Posted by Thunderroad

My wife and I might flight AF business class SFO-CDG at the end of the month. The AF site indicates that for the 8:30 pm (flight #85 ) 777-300ER on the days we're interested in, the configuration is 1-2-1 for business class, which I take to mean the newer, lie-flat configuration. However, La Premiere does not seem for sale for that flight on those or other days on #85 , which would seem to indicate it's just a three-cabin aircraft with the older, lie flat business configuration. (I'm basing my knowledge of the two types of 777-300ER configurations on seatguru, which I know can sometimes be unreliable).

So, my questions:

1. Given this information (or if anyone has flown this route), would the configuration be newer lie-flat or the older reclining seats?
2. Regardless of whether the site is accurate in indicating that the configuration is 1-2-1 lie-flat, is there a chance AF could swap in the older planes/seats?
3. I assume that if in fact these are the newer seats, they're much better than the A380 business class seats. Do I have that right?

Thanks for any help.