Lie Flat Premium Seats
Jun 14, 2017, 12:29 am
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Lie Flat Premium Seats
Hey there,
First post! YAY!
Question: I'm booking a flight on 8/16 from NYC > MEX. Ideally, I'd like to find some lie flat seats in a premium cabin. Is there a way to search with this kind of specificity?
First post! YAY!
Question: I'm booking a flight on 8/16 from NYC > MEX. Ideally, I'd like to find some lie flat seats in a premium cabin. Is there a way to search with this kind of specificity?
Jun 14, 2017, 12:57 am
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Welcome to FT!
Yes there is. Go to Wikipedia and search MEX. That will tell you which airlines fly from that airport to the NYC area. Then go to those airlines and make a sample booking to MEX and see what type of aircraft/service they use. I believe Aeromexico uses a 787-9 with flat seats for one of its rotations.
Yes there is. Go to Wikipedia and search MEX. That will tell you which airlines fly from that airport to the NYC area. Then go to those airlines and make a sample booking to MEX and see what type of aircraft/service they use. I believe Aeromexico uses a 787-9 with flat seats for one of its rotations.
Last edited by LondonElite; Jun 14, 2017 at 1:34 am Reason: Changed 787-8 to 787-9
Jun 14, 2017, 6:13 am
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As noted there is an Aeromexico flight on a 789 at 2:45pm on 8/16 (AM 409).
Note that it costs a premium vs. the non lie-flat flights on AM/DL ($1105 vs. $980) and a fairly big premium over the Y fare ($473 vs. $1105).
Here's a link straight to the lie-flat flight:
https://goo.gl/flights/KZjN
Note that it costs a premium vs. the non lie-flat flights on AM/DL ($1105 vs. $980) and a fairly big premium over the Y fare ($473 vs. $1105).
Here's a link straight to the lie-flat flight:
https://goo.gl/flights/KZjN
Jun 14, 2017, 7:13 am
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Not to rain on your plans, but I personally would not spend a lot more or take a less convenient flight for a 5.5 hour flight in a lie-flat. It just doesn't make that much of a difference unless you are planning on sleeping the entire flight. YMMV.
Jun 14, 2017, 11:56 pm
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WOW! For my first post, I got 4 incredibly useful, friendly, helpful responses. This is above and beyond what I ever expected! Thank y'all!! So honored!
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I saw that one, single Dreamliner flight on AM. I was hoping to use an award to book it for myself and a friend (using my Chase UR points), but the seat was not available on delta.com for awards, so I'm guessing it's a no-go. I also had no luck online at Korean Skypass.
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I saw that one, single Dreamliner flight on AM. I was hoping to use an award to book it for myself and a friend (using my Chase UR points), but the seat was not available on delta.com for awards, so I'm guessing it's a no-go. I also had no luck online at Korean Skypass.
Jun 15, 2017, 7:21 am
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WOW! For my first post, I got 4 incredibly useful, friendly, helpful responses. This is above and beyond what I ever expected! Thank y'all!! So honored!
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I saw that one, single Dreamliner flight on AM. I was hoping to use an award to book it for myself and a friend (using my Chase UR points), but the seat was not available on delta.com for awards, so I'm guessing it's a no-go. I also had no luck online at Korean Skypass.
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I saw that one, single Dreamliner flight on AM. I was hoping to use an award to book it for myself and a friend (using my Chase UR points), but the seat was not available on delta.com for awards, so I'm guessing it's a no-go. I also had no luck online at Korean Skypass.
If you have a CSR it would cost 73667 points/person based on a ticket price of $1105 which is a very high price to pay (by comparison sake you can fly TATL J on a partner for 70k UR ---> UA or on UA metal in J to Asia for 70k)
Jun 16, 2017, 3:42 pm
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This is intriguing....although it does bother me that I can get business class for 30K points....or pay $1,000 each. Ugh. I want to do points only. I don't see an affordable way to do only points (or actually any way to do points!).
Jun 17, 2017, 5:26 am
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Oh, I guess this gets complicated for one reason. I'm paying for my roundtrip but his one-way there (unless his round trip is so affordable that I could afford both).
ULTIMATELY, though, my biggest thought is trying to get that one 2:45p Aeromexico flight (AM 409) as an award flight, if it's possible. I don't see it on delta.com and Korean Skypass website isn't picking it up either. I'm guessing it's not possible?
ULTIMATELY, though, my biggest thought is trying to get that one 2:45p Aeromexico flight (AM 409) as an award flight, if it's possible. I don't see it on delta.com and Korean Skypass website isn't picking it up either. I'm guessing it's not possible?
Jun 17, 2017, 5:57 am
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Oh, I guess this gets complicated for one reason. I'm paying for my roundtrip but his one-way there (unless his round trip is so affordable that I could afford both).
ULTIMATELY, though, my biggest thought is trying to get that one 2:45p Aeromexico flight (AM 409) as an award flight, if it's possible. I don't see it on delta.com and Korean Skypass website isn't picking it up either. I'm guessing it's not possible?
ULTIMATELY, though, my biggest thought is trying to get that one 2:45p Aeromexico flight (AM 409) as an award flight, if it's possible. I don't see it on delta.com and Korean Skypass website isn't picking it up either. I'm guessing it's not possible?
The chances of finding even one business class award seat on any international flight in July one month out is basically nill, two is even harder. This is the kind of award people book 11 months out and still have to be flexible with their dates.
Perhaps some FlyerTalk award wizard can find you inventory, but don't count on it.
Personally, I would use Chase UR through the UR portal if you're trying to save cash, if you have the CSR 1.5cpm is pretty good.
Jun 18, 2017, 10:51 am
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Well you two could agree, for example, that you will pay for half of his round trip. Or you could look at the fare breakdown and divide his fare by the actual cost for the outbound and return.
The chances of finding even one business class award seat on any international flight in July one month out is basically nill, two is even harder. This is the kind of award people book 11 months out and still have to be flexible with their dates.
Perhaps some FlyerTalk award wizard can find you inventory, but don't count on it.
Personally, I would use Chase UR through the UR portal if you're trying to save cash, if you have the CSR 1.5cpm is pretty good.
The chances of finding even one business class award seat on any international flight in July one month out is basically nill, two is even harder. This is the kind of award people book 11 months out and still have to be flexible with their dates.
Perhaps some FlyerTalk award wizard can find you inventory, but don't count on it.
Personally, I would use Chase UR through the UR portal if you're trying to save cash, if you have the CSR 1.5cpm is pretty good.