Originally Posted by
Land-of-Miles
I disagree I think that fixed 2-2 business seating or at the very least adopting the same seating as LH or LX is essential for a real premium shorthaul product. There just is not enough difference in almost all respects between Y and C on shorthaul flights. I do not think that CE is a good product, IMHO it is very poor value for money which offers few real benefits for a Silver or Gold.
I have to disagree with this. You need to have flexible seating within Europe or it just doesn't work. How else do you do it if you sometimes need 3 rows and sometimes 13 rows of CE on a 320. And sometimes 4 rows and sometimes 25 rows of CE on a 767?
In reality it would be nice to have 2-2 seating. But as long as I am in my usual seat, then the 2-3 seating doesn't bother me, as it's only non-status/non-OLCIed passengers who are going to get stuck with the middle seats.