La Premiere cabin all to ourselves -- what are the chances?
Jul 5, 2014, 3:56 pm
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La Premiere cabin all to ourselves -- what are the chances?
Slim to none, one would think. But the probability play worked in our favor last month when we flew CDG / SFO. The entire cabin to ourselves, what a treat!
Jul 5, 2014, 4:03 pm
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Jul 5, 2014, 4:37 pm
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Well, AF F cabins are always very small when offered at all - 4 seats on most planes and 9 on the largest (A380), so if, say, you are a couple, on most flights, you would already represent a load factor of 50%! On SFO, the A380 has the largest F cabin of 9 seats. However, SFO is a very weak route for F, in fact it didn't offer any F for several years and re-introducing it has just been accidental because AF wanted the extra Y capacity of the A380.
Jul 6, 2014, 2:56 am
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I agree. Olivedel and I experienced that last year on CDG-SIN (so, A380 like you), and we were in heaven 
You can read our trip report if you wish
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...sq-j-cx-j.html
You can read our trip report if you wish
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...sq-j-cx-j.html
Jul 6, 2014, 1:37 pm
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i guess chances are higher if you fly during summer as loads in premium cabins are pretty low. This is what happened to Mrs Mud and I when we flew La Première a couple of years ago, only the 2 of us in a 8 seats cabine: what a treat, especially with the great FA who was in charge of the service !
Jul 7, 2014, 7:00 am
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I agree it probably depends on the time of year. You're very lucky though that you had F all to yourselves! I'm saving up on my FB miles at the moment to hopefully try AF La Premiere someday in late 2015 or 2016. I just became FB silver this past weekend and was quite excited!
From searching random dates in the fall, however, I noticed for SFO/LAX to CDG, there was only 1 award seat available in P. Does anyone know whether more award seats are available to FB Gold/Plat members?
I'm saving up on my FB miles at the moment to hopefully try AF La Premiere someday in late 2015 or 2016. I just became FB silver this past weekend and was quite excited!From searching random dates in the fall, however, I noticed for SFO/LAX to CDG, there was only 1 award seat available in P. Does anyone know whether more award seats are available to FB Gold/Plat members?
Jul 7, 2014, 11:30 am
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Disregard my last question since I felt this thread answered it:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-f...rance-com.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-f...rance-com.html
Sep 17, 2014, 6:49 pm
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I have a flight in Premiere on the A380 this winter and, at this point, have the pick of all nine seats. Any recommendation? I'm sure they won't all stay empty for long.
Sep 18, 2014, 12:26 am
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Any seat is fine, but personally, I don't like 1A which is "isolated" and you miss a bit the impression of space of the cabin.
Sep 18, 2014, 7:50 am
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Sep 18, 2014, 1:05 pm
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Sep 18, 2014, 6:49 pm
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We also considered ourselves so lucky when we entered the La Premiere Cabin and considered it our private plane for the next 11 hours. A few minutes prior to departure Johnnie Depp and his family arrived and took about 4 seats. I have to say having Mr. Depp across the aisle was a pleasant surprise.