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Its not free during the day except once a month. So much to do and so little time.

No help to you. It is first sunday of the month if I recall.
There is a under 26 rate which is pretty decent if that helps.
I do not know if they still offer a Paris Museum Pass.
These days I usually have time for one museum when I go Paris.

A quick look at weather...

Partly cloudy all 3 days with temperatures right around 70 in the day and 50 at night. (Fahrenheit, of course)...


Looks like a great weekend....

everyone check their emails as the booking confirmations just came to me... ;)


I'm in BIZ on the outbound and PREM+ on the return.

Got Mine as well.

The first letter from my First name is missing. I guess my Last Name is too long.
UA & AC usually drops the last letter from my last name to issue the E-Tix.

Got Premier Outbound
BIZ Inbound.

I like to sleep going across the pond.I take a sleeping pill. I was hoping to get BIZ inbound to enjoy inflight service. Got what I wanted. One happy camper here.^

I'm still wondering what do to between landing at 7:25 am and hotel check-in. I've had hotels check me in as early as 10:00 a.m., but 8:30ish may be pushing it.

RA's at IC's get guaranteed 8AM check-in.:p Worst case scenario, you can join me at IC, enjoy the club lounge (assuming I get upgraded), and the minibar.:D

If you do not get upgraded, as *Wood plat I have access to the lounge.
Etoile has a great lounge with an excellent breakfast spread.
You all can join me at Etoile.
I have requested early check-in. If unable I can relax in lounge I was told.

No confo for me yet.

In terms of activities, we have some first-timers and some seasoned Paris veterans. I'm there every 3 months or so (actually have another trip planned for July 1-3) so am not in a hurry to do anything in particular.

I do plan to hit some museums. For those planning to "do" the Louvre, the D'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, as well as any of the many smaller but interesting museums (I like the medieval one @ Cluny, the Picasso, Cinema, Monnaie=monetary history, Rodin), or do the 1 hour ride to Versailles, the Paris MuseumPass (http://www.parismuseumpass.com/en/pass_tarif.php) costs 30 euro for 2 days, same price as doing just the first three. More importantly, you do not have to stand in line @ the Louvre (it can sometimes stretch 2 hours long). Too late to buy one on-line (10 day A/P), and while CDG has them available at the information counters upon arrival, that is not the case at ORY. But you can buy them at any of the museums that accept the card, so go to one of the smaller museums first where there is no line, buy the card. Or pick one up at a FNAC (that's a French Tower Records or Virgin records type of place). Or your concierge can probably procure one if you are staying at that type of hotel.

The dinner suggestion for Friday sounds OK. My taste in Paris lies more in the Michelin category but I'm all set 1-3 July with three 3-stars (Pierre Gagnaire, Le Pre Catalan and Guy Savoy, and am happy with anything except for that Vegan restaurant that even Gordon Ramsay couldn't fix. Suggestion for Saturday would be to do a "fruit de mer" (seafood/shellfish) restaurant, gorge on various and assorted oysters, clams, prawns, crab claws, etc., etc. Best values are the extra-large "assiettes" and add to that a few bottles of bubbly and a few bottles of white. While some of them can get pricey (Garnier), they are by and large mid-priced and very Parisian.

Got mine ^^^

Outbound (to ORY) PREM+
Inbound (to JFK) BIZ

Not really sure what I really wanted. Though, the longer daytime return flight in BIZ does sound great.

Now, I guess I should go & pick seats. ;)

GO CELTICS! sorry, that slipped. :D:D

I was able to save seats but when entering passport information i'm getting an error message. Kinks I'm sure.

Here's a good one for fruit de mer: Huîtrerie Régis; 3, rue de Montfaucon Paris is one good and inexpensive one in St. Germain, but may be too small to accommodate a larger group. We can delegate the assignment to one of our concierges, or perhaps stimpy can provide a local recommendation.

PS while I was writing this, I did get my confirmation. BIZ out, PREM+ return. I guess the choice will be whether to arrive well rested or to stay up all night partying. Nah, there's no choice, as long as there's a decent wine list on board ...

Reserved seats, I picked row 6 on the outbound and row 7 on the return to be closer to the rest of you (assuming they don't give us a hard time about moving between cabins).

And, like hartd I also got an error (HTTP 500 error, probably a database configuration or connection) when trying to enter my passport info.

One more question is about lounge access. I presume BIZ has lounge access and if it is like BA, premium economy does not. Assuming BIZ can bring a guest we should coordinate and guest each other in on the outbound, reciprocating on the inbound. And any of our OW elites can help too.

*** Just checked BA access and it doesn't look like C customers can bring guests; only Golds and Silvers. Don't know what will apply here.

Got mine!

PREM+ outbound
BIZ return

I don't even know if I had a preference, but this is fine with me.

EDIT: I also received the error message after entering passport information, but when I went back to check on My Booking it showed the passport information as having been entered.

Got my email, picked seats. Prem+ outbound, biz on the return. Biz window seats face backward. I haven't flown backward since a trip on a US Coast Guard C-130 to Guantanamo Bay a few years ago.

Error 500, it appears it is saving the passport information but the problem lies with the executive club # as it says it cannot confirm the # at this time.