AF business class, operated by Hop! and Cityjet
Nov 22, 2016, 2:41 pm
#1
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AF business class, operated by Hop! and Cityjet
I booked European flights with Air France flight in business, assuming it would be the standard European Jcl product (which would have been decent for the price I paid).
I since learned that all flights are operated by Hop! and Cityjet. From looking at their websites, it doesn't appear to be much of a Jcl product/service on these airlines (not even a lounge in Nantes!). Feeling a bit robbed and considering changing flights to fly on normal AF aircraft.
Anyone who's got some recent experience they can share?
Thanks
I since learned that all flights are operated by Hop! and Cityjet. From looking at their websites, it doesn't appear to be much of a Jcl product/service on these airlines (not even a lounge in Nantes!). Feeling a bit robbed and considering changing flights to fly on normal AF aircraft.
Anyone who's got some recent experience they can share?
Thanks
Nov 22, 2016, 2:59 pm
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The normal AF aircraft -as you put it- is unlikely to give you a better experience when it comes to business class product on such short flights, I'm afraid. That aside, I was on a number of CDG-FRA-CDG flights (operated by HOP!, E90 aircraft) in their so-called business class quite recently and, frankly, had my employer not paid for it, I would have been more than happy to be relegated to a seat further down the aisle. While I was lucky enough to get the empty seat next to me most of the times, the rest was entirely not worth it, including the bread roll and the cold meats platter served as meal.
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Nov 22, 2016, 3:09 pm
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Sounds like a budget version of business, although I only half of a traditional business class ticket on the same route so if separate and quieter cabin + double air miles maybe not such a bad deal after all...
Thanks for your response.
Thanks for your response.
Nov 23, 2016, 2:06 am
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How is J seating on AF flights operated by regional aircraft in a 2-2 configuration? I guess that as long as the flight is not full they will squeeze Y as much as possible to give all J pax an empty adjacent seat, but what if the flight is full? would they seat 2 J pax next to each other because "the middle seat is empty since it does not exist" or would they always keep the adjacent seat empty regardless of (over)booking situation, à la LH?
Nov 23, 2016, 2:22 am
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How is J seating on AF flights operated by regional aircraft in a 2-2 configuration? I guess that as long as the flight is not full they will squeeze Y as much as possible to give all J pax an empty adjacent seat, but what if the flight is full? would they seat 2 J pax next to each other because "the middle seat is empty since it does not exist" or would they always keep the adjacent seat empty regardless of (over)booking situation, à la LH?
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Nov 23, 2016, 7:11 am
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While I'm not entirely sure about the operational criteria defining C seating in 2-2 configuration aircraft, I can however say (by direct experience) that the seat next to me was not left empty on all occasions. In fact, I remember a FRA-CDG where the C cabin was packed to the brim.G
Nov 27, 2016, 8:48 am
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How is J seating on AF flights operated by regional aircraft in a 2-2 configuration? I guess that as long as the flight is not full they will squeeze Y as much as possible to give all J pax an empty adjacent seat, but what if the flight is full? would they seat 2 J pax next to each other because "the middle seat is empty since it does not exist" or would they always keep the adjacent seat empty regardless of (over)booking situation, à la LH?