Originally Posted by
sfvoyage
That's my question: if it is indeed impractical/impossible for both of us to lie across on the skycouch at the same time to sleep, we will either have to have 2 separate bookings (since a single booking permits only 1 skycouch) with 1 skycouch per booking, or we will have to take turns sleeping with just one skycouch for the 2 of us.
But in the second case, while one person is stretched out across on the skycouch, where is the 2nd person going to sit if the flight is completely full? So the option of one person sleeping at a time (we take turns during the flight on the skyouch) may not be feasible unless we buy an additional seat for the other person to have somewhere to sit. Is my understanding correct?
Yes. With 2 pax on the booking, the only option is one SkyCouch (ie 2 persons in the 3 seats) - that is all you are paying for and entitled to. This seems OK for 1 adults and 1-2 kids, but not so great for 2 adults.
If you want one person to be able to lie down over 3 seats, then you'd need separate bookings, and go for a SkyCouch for one and a separate seat for the other, or 2 SkyCouches. In either case the cost rises steeply and a seat(s) in PE may be the better option.
Of course, if you just buy 1 SkyCouch for the two of you, then you could take a punt and hope there is an unoccupied 'free' seat for the non-sleeper to 'hang out' in. But you'd have no greater 'rights' than anybody else, and this should be squared away with cabin crew.
With 3 pax, then you get offered the choice of 2 SkyCouches (~$NZ 2100), or a SkyCouch and a single seat (~$NZ 700)
