Air France Premium Economy vs Economy with small children
Aug 10, 2017, 1:24 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 47
Air France Premium Economy vs Economy with small children
Apologies if discussed before. Just a few thoughts.
I've flown Air France business and that was fine. Certainly no complaints from me.
I've also flown AF Economy and that was fine. I had enough room in the seat and I've always found (like Lufthansa) that the stewards and stewardess on AF are pleasant and very polite and decent.
I didn't care for Premium Economy though. It wasn't a heck of a lot more, but I felt the leg room for me (at 6' tall) was nugatory. And I find that traveling with small children, it was actually better to be in economy because you could put up the seat divider. And at least with my wife and kids, they're so little that having a row of four sets with all the arm rests up felt like business class to me! You couldn't do that in Premium Economy.
A small consideration but maybe one to consider.
I've flown Air France business and that was fine. Certainly no complaints from me.
I've also flown AF Economy and that was fine. I had enough room in the seat and I've always found (like Lufthansa) that the stewards and stewardess on AF are pleasant and very polite and decent.
I didn't care for Premium Economy though. It wasn't a heck of a lot more, but I felt the leg room for me (at 6' tall) was nugatory. And I find that traveling with small children, it was actually better to be in economy because you could put up the seat divider. And at least with my wife and kids, they're so little that having a row of four sets with all the arm rests up felt like business class to me! You couldn't do that in Premium Economy.
A small consideration but maybe one to consider.
Aug 10, 2017, 5:19 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YOW
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Accor Gold
Posts: 391
AF's PE seat is not the best hard product in the market, not even closed to the best IMO.
It is the same thing as a seat in Emergency Exit, the armrest can't be lifted. It does give more legroom, but eventually less seat width when the seat next to you is empty.
There is a lot of discussion here on FT, or else where about the PE in AF, be liked or disliked. However, it does give you extra width, extra legroom, extra recline, better meal, priority boarding, etc. When I find rows of empty seats in economy, I will not hesitate to move back to have a full row to sleep after my dinner in PE, but I rarely have that chance...
It is the same thing as a seat in Emergency Exit, the armrest can't be lifted. It does give more legroom, but eventually less seat width when the seat next to you is empty.
There is a lot of discussion here on FT, or else where about the PE in AF, be liked or disliked. However, it does give you extra width, extra legroom, extra recline, better meal, priority boarding, etc. When I find rows of empty seats in economy, I will not hesitate to move back to have a full row to sleep after my dinner in PE, but I rarely have that chance...