Question from new AF flier
Mar 25, 2015, 9:08 am
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Question from new AF flier
I'm thinking of booking an award CDG to JNB later this year in business. Has anyone flown this route recently? I did some googling but wanted to see what I could expect in terms of the seat, etc. It is a very late flight - almost midnight.
Mar 25, 2015, 9:27 am
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JNB is operated by an A380, so nice 
The late timing (also for the return) facilitates sleep.
Seat : NEV3 or 4 (you can search on this forum for more info on this). Unfortunately the A380 fleet won't receive the brand new J seat for a while.
- food : greatly improved those last months. Again, you can find some more info in other threads in this forum
The late timing (also for the return) facilitates sleep.
Seat : NEV3 or 4 (you can search on this forum for more info on this). Unfortunately the A380 fleet won't receive the brand new J seat for a while.
- food : greatly improved those last months. Again, you can find some more info in other threads in this forum
Mar 25, 2015, 11:13 am
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JNB is operated by an A380, so nice
The late timing (also for the return) facilitates sleep.
Seat : NEV3 or 4 (you can search on this forum for more info on this). Unfortunately the A380 fleet won't receive the brand new J seat for a while.
- food : greatly improved those last months. Again, you can find some more info in other threads in this forum
The late timing (also for the return) facilitates sleep.
Seat : NEV3 or 4 (you can search on this forum for more info on this). Unfortunately the A380 fleet won't receive the brand new J seat for a while.
- food : greatly improved those last months. Again, you can find some more info in other threads in this forum
Mar 31, 2015, 10:17 am
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Update: Booked the award from CDG to JNB. Any seat recommendations? It's an A380, business class. We prefer the middle seats if no aisle access for both on the side seats. 2 Pax. Thanks!
Mar 31, 2015, 11:35 am
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Any middle pair in the front (smaller) cabin should be good, or front middle pair in the second cabin which has the most legroom of the two J cabins.
Mar 31, 2015, 12:46 pm
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63KL at the very end of the forward mini cabin are my favorites; all the window seats have extra storage compartment below the windows, but then one person does not have direct aisle access.
Apr 8, 2015, 7:22 pm
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Apr 11, 2015, 2:19 am
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