Originally Posted by
oresh
Heh, standing in a flight is definitely an Israeli thing. In those 4-5 hour flights I don't get the urge to stand up. I agree with your comment on the biz classes though. I'm not sure about availability - I could never get the full picture before because it was not available online, but if you look now - CO has NOTHING for the summer but AF has a lot of open dates. I really help that Delta would change the market. More capacity into TLV might mean more availability of seats on the line (plus you get DL as an additional option to use with OP.)
It has nothing to do with being an Israeli thing, Im not an Israeli, and my flight last Thurs had over 1/2 the Coach filled with returning Christian Pilgrims who were standing any where they were able to find a place to.
I dont think you will find many Israelis flying CO from the Us to ZRH,MXP,FCO,FRA,CDG,PEK,NRT,HKG etc etc all served with 777 or 767 and yet you will find people almost always standing around or at least trying to find a place to.
As for what if anything DL will do to the availability all you have to do is go to DL and see what is available now for a flight out of ATL.
also CO last month had ZERO availability for Nov, Dec,Jan & Feb for Coach or BF awards that wasnt SleezyPass soon to be Standard Class excuse Me. And thats for the Low season why would you expect something to be available for the Summer time which is the Highest Season?
FWIW when I flew in Biz or 1st depending on the Carrier I also stood up and walked around and that was even on a NY-LA flight.