BE Experience
 

I have never flown overseas at all, but am potentially flying to France next summer, probably the overseas segments will be JFK-CDG and CDG-DTW. What exactly is Business Elite? Are they lie-flat seats? If I fly with my wife are we isolated from each other, like in separate pods? Are they just kind of upgraded first-class seats that recline more and are further apart?

If there is another thread on this I could be pointed to, thanks for that also. I'm sure I'm not the first one to ask this question.

If the equipment is a 767-400, you'll have lie-flat seats. They're quite nice. If you want to be next to your wife, you'll need to book the two middle seats as the configuration is 1-2-1, with the window seats one in front of the other. Bon voyage!

The answer is, it depends on the equipment.

All Air France equipment is angled lie flat. You and your wife will be able to get seats next to each other without any partitions between you. If you end up on Air France, try to route on the A380 JFK-CDG... it'll have the newest seats.

Currently, the DL equipment is likely recliner (763) or angled lie flat (330). Again, will be able to get seats next to each other without any partitions between you. By next summer, the 763s will likely have been converted to full lie flat similar to the 764. If you end up on one of those, you'll want the middle (B/C) seats. There will be a small table between you.

The current full lie flat fleet (764, 777) generally doesn't serve CDG. In fact, I think currently all service JFK-CDG and CDG-DTW is operated by AF.

After looking at the routing, I think our actual route home would be DL235, AMS-DTW. It's an Airbus 330-300. The flight over is DL44, which is a 767.

If you're on DL, this may help:

http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...te/seating.jsp