AF TATL Service in BE
Feb 5, 2011, 2:00 pm
#31
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You got lucky there. Don't think you have to go back through security, we had to change terminals... 1 h 50 m you should have plenty of time.
Feb 5, 2011, 2:24 pm
#33
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Last summer had 1 h 05 m to connect at CDG. Barely made it, running through the terminals, and this was with the AF special security lines (yep, you have to go back through security at CDG) for J passengers... It's risky (depending on how busy) but possible, especially if you can move briskly and save $150...
Feb 7, 2011, 12:37 am
#34
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AF doesn't have BE. Their long-haul business class is called "affaires." They also offer a true international first class on some flights. (I always laugh when I see the French term "voyage d'affaires" which means business trip and not cruise with one's mistress. In French, the word for affair is "aventure" (spelling?), like adventure.)
What a beautiful story.
I know.
At some point NW did offer something on a tiny ivory fork IIRC instead of the mixed nuts. It was a bit bigger than bite-size and thus awkward to eat. An amuse bouche should be small (or NW should have served it with some utensil).
Yes. Different carriers have different PNRs for the same reservation/ticket. Ideally these should be documented in the PNR/ticket so that it isn't necessary to call DL or its partner to learn the other PNRs.
However, AF tends to upgrade the pilot's family.
I suspect you will need to go through security (but not passport control) in 2E. IIRC, CDG 2E keeps arriving passengers separate from departing passengers. In any event, for the return you must go through the special security lines for flights to the US.
AF will always have a soft spot in my heart--I took my 82 year old dad to Europe to visit my daughter during her sophomore year in Rome program. I went out to California to pick him up; we were on DL code-share tickets on AF SFO-CDG-BUD (we took 5 days to travel around Hungary and Austria by train on our way down to Rome, then came home on AF and DL FCO-CDG-ATL-SFO). I bought M fares so that we could upgrade with miles, but DL wouldn't make seats available, and the SFO Crown Room wouldn't help us. When we got to AF, a wonderful lady behind the counter told us that she thought there would be enough seats in J to accomodate upgrades for both of us; she was working the gate too, and they cleared 5 J passsengers into F, and my dad and I got the last two open seats in J. The next 10 hours were probably the best flight of my life. My dad passed on 3 years ago; he took me traveling all over North America when I was young--I got the chance to thank him by taking him on a magnificent trip to Europe. Thank you, Air France.
One other benefit of flying AF is you are more likely to have an empty seat next to you because DL is, like many US carriers, extremely generous with NRSAs. I would take an AF flight with two seats for me to spread out over any single DL seat any day (though the reverse is also true).
I suspect you will need to go through security (but not passport control) in 2E. IIRC, CDG 2E keeps arriving passengers separate from departing passengers. In any event, for the return you must go through the special security lines for flights to the US.