Has PE got worse, I found it very good. I just want a slightly bigger seat with regular food and a little bit more FA attentiveness which I got. So PE suits my needs.

Route / Plane AKL-SFO-AKL 747 Oct 2005

Day/Night flight: Night then day then return during the night.

Seat No. (aisle / window; Left hand side 3 seater returned on the 2 seater side which was better, both times in row 24 I think. There was 2 of us travelling,

Check in ok? Premium checkin available which was nice.

Seat comfort (width ok?) Width ok; no problem

Legroom: Excellent, more than expected

Ease of getting in and out: No trouble

Food: Good enough; what I expected; dinner was nice; maybe breakfast could have been improved but I was overall happy with the meals.

Drink: first round alcohol and other drinks ok. Maybe more would have been nice but there was water available during the flight.

FA attentiveness: No problem; they serve the Premiere class first.

AVOD: Slow but still very nice. It was my first AVOD experience so great for what I wanted. Plenty of music and enough movies for me watch.

Would you do it again? Yes for sure, but wouldn't fly from Australia to NZ to get to Europe.

I booked PE within a week of it being offerred for sale April 2005 so got a excellent price. If I was going to the US again next year then would look at flying Air NZ PE. Didn't fly to the US this year. I dislike regular economy pitch, business is way out of my budget so PE is a nice inbetween.