London - Buenos Aires old or new club?
Sep 25, 2022, 12:04 pm
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If you are flying today, it's due to be a Club Suites, on an A350-1000. But it may be different on a different day, and there are no guarantees..
Sep 25, 2022, 12:14 pm
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When are you flying? Boeing 777 Club Suites: route info and updates Amongst many other tools will enable you to check this / keep an eye on
Sep 25, 2022, 12:21 pm
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Then defo old Club if that aircraft remains. You can check in seconds on Google Flights, select the flight and if it says “lie-flat seat” it’s old Club, if it says “Individual suite” it’s new Club Suites
Sep 25, 2022, 12:44 pm
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Buenos Aires goes from a 1 stop in GRU on a A350-1000 with CS to a non-stop 4 days a week on a 787-800 with Old Club in the spring. I am coming back from EZE in early April next year and would much preferred the A350 but there we go.
Sep 25, 2022, 12:46 pm
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Just do a dummy booking on a flexible Club ticket, you will get access to the seat map as you proceed with the boking. If there is only one seat between the window and the aisle then it's Club Suites. If there are 2 seats between window and aisle it's legacy Club World.
Sep 25, 2022, 12:48 pm
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It maybe that GRU is available in CS? I know that is still some distance from EZE but GRU is a great destination for CVs (and GUFs for that matter). And there are a few other big airlines doing Fifth Freedom flights on the sector.
Sep 25, 2022, 1:03 pm
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Indeed and BA knows that thats why they can put even the oldest plane with minimum service and still it will be full. Majority of customers today are quite naive when it comes to a simple stop over even when it means saving 1k or 2k and get a better service.
Sep 25, 2022, 2:02 pm
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Is it a great route for vouchers because the taxes and charges are lower ex Brazil?
Sep 25, 2022, 2:20 pm
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Yes, and availability is pretty good while the banking sector remains reluctant to travel. I've used one of my GUFs on this quite recently, though as ever it's important to do the sums between a pure Avios redemption plus GUF or cash plus GUF.
Sep 25, 2022, 3:46 pm
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TK, ET,LX, and AC run 5th freedom routes from GRU to EZE. If you land in SCL you can grab KLs 789 from SCL-EZE