Is my flight about to be cancelled
Mar 10, 2020, 11:08 am
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Is my flight about to be cancelled
I am scheduled to fly on AF7 from JFK to CDG on 3/12. This was initially scheduled to be a flight on a A380. This morning I log into my reservation to see that my flight has been changed to a 777-300w (which kind of sucks because I really wanted to sit on the upper deck of an A380 something I have never done before). However, I also noticed, despite the flight being about 2/3 full in economy, half empty in business and premium economy, and only 1 person in first that you cannot book this flight anymore. I pulled it up on expert flyer and see that it has 0 availability in all classes. All other flights from JFK to CDG set for this day can still be booked.
Is my flight about to be cancelled? I want to be prepared so I can let AF know how I want to be rebooked.
Is my flight about to be cancelled? I want to be prepared so I can let AF know how I want to be rebooked.
Mar 10, 2020, 12:17 pm
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I am scheduled to fly on AF7 from JFK to CDG on 3/12. This was initially scheduled to be a flight on a A380. This morning I log into my reservation to see that my flight has been changed to a 777-300w (which kind of sucks because I really wanted to sit on the upper deck of an A380 something I have never done before). However, I also noticed, despite the flight being about 2/3 full in economy, half empty in business and premium economy, and only 1 person in first that you cannot book this flight anymore. I pulled it up on expert flyer and see that it has 0 availability in all classes. All other flights from JFK to CDG set for this day can still be booked.
Is my flight about to be cancelled? I want to be prepared so I can let AF know how I want to be rebooked.
Is my flight about to be cancelled? I want to be prepared so I can let AF know how I want to be rebooked.
On the brighter side. In case you are traveling in J the seats 773 are much, much better than on the A380.
Mar 10, 2020, 12:29 pm
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Lots of equipment changes and flight cancellations are happening at the moment. In case your flight is cancelled they will rebook you automatically, but if you don’t like the automatic rebooking then you can call them and they should be able to rebook you on something which suits you better. This just happened to me and it took me a few minutes on the phone to sort it out.
On the brighter side. In case you are traveling in J the seats 773 are much, much better than on the A380.
On the brighter side. In case you are traveling in J the seats 773 are much, much better than on the A380.
Mar 10, 2020, 12:48 pm
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Last time I flew an AF 380 (on the upper deck) the plane was severely in need of refurb. The crew seemed to indicate to me that AF wasn't really interested in upgrading their 380 fleet. This was three years ago and since then the 380 has been removed from the routes I fly replaced by the 773, which is a far superior cabin (in W or J, I've not flown Y). AF may be changing your flight out in response to lighter loads, because that 380 is like a small town in a tube.
Mar 10, 2020, 1:28 pm
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Last time I flew an AF 380 (on the upper deck) the plane was severely in need of refurb. The crew seemed to indicate to me that AF wasn't really interested in upgrading their 380 fleet. This was three years ago and since then the 380 has been removed from the routes I fly replaced by the 773, which is a far superior cabin (in W or J, I've not flown Y). AF may be changing your flight out in response to lighter loads, because that 380 is like a small town in a tube.
Mar 10, 2020, 1:51 pm
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I hear it sucks for the premium cabins, but from what I read the A380 is awesome for the economy cabin in upper deck. Given the significantly lower number of passengers on the upper deck. Also I want to fly on an A380 before they all get retired. This is the second time an AF A380 flight has fallen through on me.
In 2015, we flew together in W and every seat in the PE cabin was broken in some way. Not just our 4 seats. I spoke to 6 people around me. Not one fully functional seat/IFE.
In 2016, I flew the A380 in J (ex-SFO). Cabin was worn out. Crew was kinda surly and that's when I was told AF wasn't interested in supporting the equipment. On the return flight I was on a 777-300 (BEST) and have never looked back.