Air France Business Class Award.....how has the inventory been?
Jan 25, 2008, 7:04 am
#1
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Air France Business Class Award.....how has the inventory been?
Starting to plan a trip to Italy for spring 2009. I already have an award tix on BA FC to Rome for this year's trip...so I thought I would try Air France for the next trip. I was wondering how available the AF business class awards have been330 days out.....
Jan 25, 2008, 9:57 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PDX
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Typically very good.
Jan 27, 2008, 6:13 am
#3
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Location: BLI
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In my case, I found that coach seats were far more available than Business Class. I was unable to get 2 BC seats on AF ten months out, over an entire one-month span in the fall.
Jan 27, 2008, 4:31 pm
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Jan 30, 2008, 12:27 pm
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Anyone want to post a mini trip report on the SEA-CDG service in J?
Lounge access?
Food?
Entertainment?
Seat comfort (I fly AA J frequently, so I am used to discomfort)
Arrivals lounge in CDG
Do they treat you like a loser because you are on an award ticket?
I am flying in mid March.
lala
Lounge access?
Food?
Entertainment?
Seat comfort (I fly AA J frequently, so I am used to discomfort)
Arrivals lounge in CDG
Do they treat you like a loser because you are on an award ticket?
I am flying in mid March.
lala
Jan 31, 2008, 12:11 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: OAK
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Posts: 3,756
Have not flown either from SEA, but on LAX-LHR/CDG BA (old coffins or new seats) beats AF (new seats) by a long way on the hard product. Definitely worth the extra 20k. And then, BA F is definitely worth the extra 20k over BA J.
Jan 31, 2008, 12:29 am
#8
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVPG
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Anyone want to post a mini trip report on the SEA-CDG service in J?
Lounge access?
Food?
Entertainment?
Seat comfort (I fly AA J frequently, so I am used to discomfort)
Arrivals lounge in CDG
Do they treat you like a loser because you are on an award ticket?
I am flying in mid March.
lala
Lounge access?
Food?
Entertainment?
Seat comfort (I fly AA J frequently, so I am used to discomfort)
Arrivals lounge in CDG
Do they treat you like a loser because you are on an award ticket?
I am flying in mid March.
lala
I recently flew RTW in J on SkyTeam, so could compare AF, KL, KE, and NW J products. AF seats were fine, although I couldn't really sleep in them. The service varied between excellent and mediocre while the meals were typically very good (best airline meal ever was duck confit on AF).
Jan 31, 2008, 7:50 pm
#9
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: OAK
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For a 10-hour flight, I would have thought that sleepability would be a key criteria on which to judge a business class seat....
FWIW, I found them to be reasonably sleepable (unlike the superficially similar new AA seats). YMMV....
FWIW, I found them to be reasonably sleepable (unlike the superficially similar new AA seats). YMMV....