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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 9:24 pm
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
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. @:-)
+1 ^

or purchase a premium seat aka exit seats on CO
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Evita_FT
+1 ^

or purchase a premium seat aka exit seats on CO
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.
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL
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.
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.
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:59 pm
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Originally Posted by hyderago
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.
The DOM-INTL transfer would be a former AI flight, so it would all take place at the intl terminal. If it involved trekking it over from the domestic terminal, I would find a connection somewhere else.

Flying PMCO planes in Y is terrible - in J on the other hand, I'd be happy to fly CO..
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:13 pm
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL
The DOM-INTL transfer would be a former AI flight, so it would all take place at the intl terminal.
Well, deepakbhatia says that the DEL-BOM flight will land at T1 in BOM:
Originally Posted by deepakbhatia
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
Flying PMCO planes in Y is terrible - in J on the other hand, I'd be happy to fly CO..
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.
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:16 pm
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LH seats are worst than CO per this:

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

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-CO.htm
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:13 am
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Originally Posted by hyderago
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.
UA uses a different (much better) seat than CO. I would not hesitate to fly UA longhaul. I would strongly hesitate to fly CO.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:23 am
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL
UA uses a different (much better) seat than CO. I would not hesitate to fly UA longhaul. I would strongly hesitate to fly CO.
I have flown quite a bit on both UA and CO in domestic, I have not noticed any difference.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:28 am
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Originally Posted by Evita_FT
I trust fellow FTers (and my own experience) over infrequent travellers posting on that website who likely have less of a reference to compare the seats to:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13381083-post6.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16751493-post5.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/9544533-post8.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16500698-post4.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16500717-post5.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16501438-post8.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13656918-post1.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13657228-post6.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7353471-post14.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3865136-post3.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14891877-post16.html


And there are tons more, but wasting more than 5 minutes finding these posts seems excessive.

It's well documented that CO Y seats are like asking for aches for weeks...
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by hyderago
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.
i havent driven a car outside india and i dont plan on doing so on this trip either..
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:18 am
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL
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.
i wouldnt mind adding 4 to 5 hours rather than a hard and unconfortable economy seat
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:20 am
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Originally Posted by hyderago
Well, deepakbhatia says that the DEL-BOM flight will land at T1 in BOM:

thats wat it says on the AI website.. is this info wrong?
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:21 am
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Originally Posted by Evita_FT

i really dont trust this website because i have seen people give ratings of 8/10 and say that they wont recommend it
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by deepakbhatia
thats wat it says on the AI website.. is this info wrong?
no, it's probably right unfortunately.
Most domestic flights at that time of day are former AI flights, so they usually go into the international terminal.

However, if you have to transfer domestic terminal to international terminal, that just makes Lufthansa's case even stronger for your business...
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 3:32 am
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL

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