Originally Posted by ijgordon (Post 17324410)

DEL-BOM-EWR adds 4+ hours to the trip. It doesn't matter how uncomfortable you think the CO seat is, that's terrible advice IMO. DEL-JFK adds an hour due to where the poster is going.

Get one of these and you won't have any problem with the seat. @:-)

Originally Posted by Evita_FT (Post 17324509)

+1 ^

or purchase a premium seat aka exit seats on CO ;)

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17324818)

You don't seem to understand - the issue with CO is not the legroom, it is the fact that the seat is hard as a rock.

I would add 5 or 6 hours to avoid the seat, it's that bad.

Regardless, I suggest he flies LH into PHL anyway - PHL is much better suited for him to go to Dover than either EWR or JFK.

Originally Posted by hyderago (Post 17324839)

Hmm... I would take that hard seat over an extra 4-5 hours AND a dom-intl transfer at BOM.

I agree with your suggestion about LH into PHL.

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17324854)

The DOM-INTL transfer would be a former AI flight, so it would all take place at the intl terminal.

Originally Posted by deepakbhatia (Post 17321042)

AI Del-Bom AI805 on A320 departing at 20:00 and arriving 22:10 at T1
BOM-EWR AI 191 B777-200ER departing at 1:30 and arriving 7:50 at Terminal B for around 56000 per person

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17324854)

Flying PMCO planes in Y is terrible - in J on the other hand, I'd be happy to fly CO..

Originally Posted by hyderago (Post 17324888)

I haven't flown CO in Y longhaul... but this year, I flew UA on ULH flights (ORD-HKG,PVG and IAD-DXB). The service/food/IFE was definitely crappy (I got you get what I paid for). But the seats to me didn't seem particularly harder than other Y seats.

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17325043)

UA uses a different (much better) seat than CO. I would not hesitate to fly UA longhaul. I would strongly hesitate to fly CO.

Originally Posted by Evita_FT (Post 17324893)

LH seats are worst that CO per this:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-LH.htm

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-CO.htm

Originally Posted by hyderago (Post 17323158)

Don't mean to be impolite, but have you driven a car outside India before? While traffic is organized and road rules are easy to follow in the US, the high speeds at which cars travel rattle many Indians when they first set foot in the US. Make sure you are comfortable driving in the US, especially after a long flight. If not, seriously consider alternatives like having a friend give you a ride.

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17324818)

You don't seem to understand - the issue with CO is not the legroom, it is the fact that the seat is hard as a rock.

I would add 5 or 6 hours to avoid the seat, it's that bad.

Regardless, I suggest he flies LH into PHL anyway - PHL is much better suited for him to go to Dover than either EWR or JFK.

Originally Posted by hyderago (Post 17324888)

Well, deepakbhatia says that the DEL-BOM flight will land at T1 in BOM:

Originally Posted by Evita_FT (Post 17324893)

LH seats are worst than CO per this:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-LH.htm

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-CO.htm

Originally Posted by deepakbhatia (Post 17325363)

thats wat it says on the AI website.. is this info wrong?

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17321958)

You can use this trip to get *S from Aegean Airlines Miles and Bonus (credit the miles there).