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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 9:37 pm
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kiwibigdave
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Originally Posted by Ann Tyrol
A few mixed reviews have been circulating on Air New Zealand's PE service.
I've posted comments on this elsewhere, and wonder about the value of this exercise because all judgements are entirely relative to expectations, and some people having flown PE seem to be comparing it to Business Class, which it most definitely isn't. The seat isn't wide enough? Who said there was going to be a wide seat?

Anyway, I'll give it a go to see if it helps.

Route / Plane AKL-LAX-AKL / refurb 747
Day/Night flight Night
Seat No. (aisle / window / middle) 23K, the starboard side bulkhead window seat upstairs.
Check in ok? As usual in the premium check-in area(s).
Seat comfort (width ok?) As expected, with recline being more important to me than width.
Legroom Plenty of it in 23K, but the legrest was next to useless.
Ease of getting in and out No problem at all with the huge amount of room in that bulkhead row.
Food Nothing special, as expected.
Drink Not a big part of my flight experience, but adequate enough, as expected.
FA attentiveness Not flash, but again that's my expectation on that route on NZ. In relative terms that means exponentially superior to LCCs, hugely superior to most European and US flagship carriers, but just not as good as NZ used to be.
AVOD Again, not a big part of my flight experience, but adequate enough as expected.
Would you do it again? Yes.
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