Originally Posted by
Stripe
Timely discussion. Looking to revive a long postponed trip this January. It appears BA is the only OneWorld option available, but the very long flight time in Club Europe (even though we'd be in row 1) and the horrible departure times are giving me pause. We have a big credit on El Al from flights booked on October 5, 2023, so perhaps we'll just fly in and out of London on BA/AA and use El Al to TLV. Maybe also an opportunity to finally try AF's TATL product. I guess BA should be credited with actually providing service, but they certainly make it hard to choose them.
Just to add, El Al now has 3 daily widebody flights (Mon-Thu) for the winter season, with 2 out of the 3 being daytime flights. There's also a morning departure from Luton on a 737, which still offers a better business class than BA.