Value of Club Europe
Jun 22, 2011, 10:07 am
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Value of Club Europe
Hello! Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place.
Any advice on weather £160 one way over a Y fare is good value/worth it for an upgrade to Club Europe on an IST-LHR flight?
Any advice on weather £160 one way over a Y fare is good value/worth it for an upgrade to Club Europe on an IST-LHR flight?
Jun 22, 2011, 10:31 am
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Well, it's a long flight and in CE you'll have a moderately more comfortable seat at the front. You'll get a proper meal, though on here people's view of the quality of that varies quite a bit. If you don't have status, you'll get the addition of lounge access before boarding. You'll also get an extra 40 TPs on that route over Y if you're collecting them.
In the end, whether this is worth having for the price depends on you and your circumstances. Enioy the trip whatever!
In the end, whether this is worth having for the price depends on you and your circumstances. Enioy the trip whatever!
Jun 22, 2011, 10:45 am
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For that route I'd pay, but only if
* The flight overlapped a meal time and I couldn't eat on the way to the airport
* Exit rows are part of the CE cabin rather than ET and available to be assigned (assuming an A320 flight)
* The extra TP's would be of use
* The flight overlapped a meal time and I couldn't eat on the way to the airport
* Exit rows are part of the CE cabin rather than ET and available to be assigned (assuming an A320 flight)
* The extra TP's would be of use
Jun 22, 2011, 10:48 am
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IMO, yes. I recently travelled OSL-LHR-SAN and whereas the longhaul was OK, as it should be, I was positively suprised by the service and food (???) on OSL-LHR compared to intraeurope flights in C with LH and SK. Besides, you have a much longer flight.
Jun 22, 2011, 10:52 am
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It is finely balanced - the flight will either be A320 or B767. On the Airbus you at least gain some personal space in CE. CE seating on the 767 is a pretty marginal improvement over economy except maybe in the D and F seats. Swanhunter's criteria are bang on I reckon.
Jun 22, 2011, 11:28 am
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To be honest, as we have no idea how much value you place on £160, its impossible to say. I would do it, but I just paid £1,200 for 3 CE tix to Hamburg. However, Y was £800 so it makes more sense. But then EasyJet would have been £600. All relative. However, you clearly do not get £160 of value, in the same way that an Armani shirt does not offer value versus a Primark one.
Jun 22, 2011, 12:31 pm
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Jun 22, 2011, 12:40 pm
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Jun 22, 2011, 12:49 pm
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If it's an A320 then I would just so I didn't have someone next to me for that length of time. For a 767 then I'm not so sure (unless you need the TPs) because I would want to be in a window seat anyway and there isn't much extra room in that case.
Jun 22, 2011, 12:58 pm
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