carnarvon

I still don't get it, but it does not matter.

orbitmic

I see your point. It would have looked very messy and incoherent to ask those two completely unrelated questions on the same thread.

That said, glad your trip went well and that you enjoyed it. I'm still confused as to what flights you actually took and did not take and what was cancelled or not, but it seems that you got the experience that you wanted at the end which is a good thing.

carnarvon

^

brunos

If you have no idea why your story does not look credible, then I am happy for you.

San Gottardo

I think what he says that this is his first time on Air France First Class. He then goes on to compare the old F product he has experienced to "other", i.e. not Air France First Class products.

Took me some time to understand this as well. But I got it when I was recently in the P lounge on a Lille-Strasbourg routing, which I bought as Lille-Paris-Buenos Aires in Premiere with Lille-CDG as a train segment and CDG-Buenos Aires as a throwaway, and a normal SNCF ticket for CDG-Strasbourg which I planned to use instead of the Premiere award for Bamako-CDG-Strasbourg which didn't let me in the lounge because there was no Premiere on the Bamako-Paris segment. I absolutely had to go into the lounge, it seems they have several types of sparkling water (still and fizzy, and it seems the ice and lemon that they put in is supplied by the Plaza Athenee), that made it worth to go through Paris on my Bamako-Buenos Aires trip.

The kind of worry I have when I hear people that an airline lounge is more interesting than the city of Paris, even after more than 20 times, is something maybe only few people comprehend and share (I know some are posters on this forum).

brunos

I heard that the lemon of the P lounge come direct from Bamako on a daily basis.

ranskis

That's silly, there is no P to BKO! how could a P lemon travel in J?

San Gottardo

Whatever, I still *had* to go to the lounge. It's unique, it's an event. And the most interesting thing around. I've been to Paris more than 20 times, and seriously, seeing Big Ben or Marble Arch for a 21st time is of no interest to me, I really know Paris.

ishihara

Sorry, it was all a bit complicated. To try to explain better, here's what I did...

I booked a flight in F from JFK to LCY. I was arriving in CDG, but I had to fly out of ORY to get to LCY. My return was in Econ departing in Nov from TLV. The return I was intending to throw away.

Thanks to the posters in this thread, I learned/realized that since my connection wasn't in CDG, I wouldn't be allowed in the P lounge.

So I purchased a throw away ticket from CDG to LHR.

When I arrived in CDG, I informed them I changed my flight to connect via CDG and I was able to visit the lounge.

ishihara

That was exactly what I was -trying- to say. Sorry for the miscommunication.

And trust me, I absolutely adore Paris and got to spend some time there on this trip. (this was my 2nd trip to Paris this year) But I love to try new airline products and I wasn't disappointed by AF!

brunos

That's getting even more confusing and incredible.

SO, you flew JFK-CDG/ORY-LCY and threw away the return TLV-JFK. You also bought a CDG-LHR but threw it away. All this to spend hours in the P lounge. Then you got to ORY and flew to LCY?

And how did you return to JFK?

concorde02

Could you please tell me how you bought a mixed cabin ticket on AF?? I don't see you could do it through AF site or any OTA websites?

ijgordon

You can definitely do it on AF website (at least US). If you search for business, it will let you choose business or first. If you search for first, it will only show first though. I don't know what happens if you choose Y or PE.

I got ounbound DL in J and return AF in F.

yrp

San, your story just isn't credible here.

brunos

I disagree

It is about as credible as the other OP story. And we know that San would do anything for a good lemon.