Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
IIRC F in the 321T is the same hard product as J on the 777. I like it. I flew F on the 321T once, LAX-JFK. The meal was excellent, -- poached salmon in some type of butter sauce.
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But remember how much you are saving with this ticket as opposed to just buying a regular F ticket.
Well to report back on this, a couple of days later and Stacy from AA (excellent service) was able to see A7 from Boston (MIA-BOS-LAX), so I now have the evening flight, and a chance to take the kids to Boston rather than NYC (which is nice as will add to their airport list), if no flagship lounge
As for the saving, indeed it is a massive saving - but only if you actually get the F seats when you'd like. I used to book things like this using miles, so am well aware of the challenges and flexibility you need to have
, but it is excellent value - the cost of a one-way HKG-LHR with CX in F is more than a Japan AONEx with ~14 segments.
I would like to recognise though: British Airways, Cathay and even American (across the oceans, and domestic outside of transcontinental) though as offering a fair amount of
Ax, but way more
Dx... when booking early
Perhaps a little off topic but I think my next few RTWs will just be in business class, booked via AA, as:
- The continued shortage of F routes in general, if only CX would restore their SYD flights (am going HKG-SIN-SYD with QF to get my F fix)
- These issues booking certain routes with this ticket (see more here)
- I have started to realise that a lot of F flights now are very full a few weeks from travel, which limits the ability to use the flexibility of the ticket. When booking 6 months out there is plenty of space, but for example when I wanted to consider switching my LHR-MIA leg to either LHR-JFK or an alternative day for LHR-MIA, I realised that the AA and BA flights are pretty full in F (to be unavailable for 3 of us), so I stuck with my original route.
- Many airlines only make A2 available (JAL on their transcontinental routes, Qatar Airways), and even months later of watching seems no indication they will ever release another seat, so one of the adults has to sit in business. This is definitely a "first world" problem as I appreciate most people travel in couples not with 3 or 4 seats, but means I need to wait till the kids are a lot older
- I have started to appreciate, as the counter to #1, that the number of interesting A350 type routes giving me direct access to a city (particularly with BA club suites into the US) outweighs the perks of a UK-JFK-XXX in international F/domestic F), and when combined with the number of "business only" airlines, you get a lot more flexibility on creative routings
- I now appreciate truly the AA RTW desk in comparison to using the online tool and random airline staff who have no idea on the rules: I've realised I have paid far more change fees than I ever needed to due to that lack of knowledge, plus multiple painful calls/re-dials etc.