EWR-Munich which airline
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EWR-Munich which airline
With United going downhill lately which airlines would you recommend in business class ?
Will be traveling in early August EWR to Munich, returning from Berlin.
As I will be paying for this, price will determine which I ultimately go with I did want to still get some opinions
thank you
Will be traveling in early August EWR to Munich, returning from Berlin.
As I will be paying for this, price will determine which I ultimately go with I did want to still get some opinions
thank you
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With United going downhill lately which airlines would you recommend in business class ?
Will be traveling in early August EWR to Munich, returning from Berlin.
As I will be paying for this, price will determine which I ultimately go with I did want to still get some opinions
thank you
Will be traveling in early August EWR to Munich, returning from Berlin.
As I will be paying for this, price will determine which I ultimately go with I did want to still get some opinions
thank you
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Check Google Flights for options and prices. LH and UA non-stops are going to be at least $3,500 to over $4,000 RT depending on the day of travel.
You can save at least $1,000 by making a connection. Here is a random LOT option via Warsaw. Lie flat 787 for $2,556 RT.
https://goo.gl/flights/2EJqZ
You can save at least $1,000 by making a connection. Here is a random LOT option via Warsaw. Lie flat 787 for $2,556 RT.
https://goo.gl/flights/2EJqZ
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Unless the non-stop flights come down in price or I decide to do premium economy it seems it has to be a connection for better costs. Doing a search I get the options of Icelandic, SAS and LOT for the $2500-$2700 price range in business class. Any stand out over the other as far as their business class goes? Looking at leaving on Aug 2 and return Aug 11.
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Unless the non-stop flights come down in price or I decide to do premium economy it seems it has to be a connection for better costs. Doing a search I get the options of Icelandic, SAS and LOT for the $2500-$2700 price range in business class. Any stand out over the other as far as their business class goes? Looking at leaving on Aug 2 and return Aug 11.
Thank you
Thank you
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I wouldn't even think about flying Icelandair when you have two much better lie flat options.
SAS' A330 is a 1-2-1 configuration while LOT's 788 is 2-2-2.
I'd go with either SAS or LOT based on the schedule and price. And since they are both Star Alliance airlines, you can credit your flights to Mileage Plus or another Star Alliance program.
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Unless the non-stop flights come down in price or I decide to do premium economy it seems it has to be a connection for better costs. Doing a search I get the options of Icelandic, SAS and LOT for the $2500-$2700 price range in business class. Any stand out over the other as far as their business class goes? Looking at leaving on Aug 2 and return Aug 11.
Thank you
Thank you
If you want to connect, then I'd suggest you want to spend the most time in a premium environment ... European short-haul business class is invariably economy seating with the middle seat blocked off.
With SAS and LOT, you will have lie-flat seats. You could also take LX (SWISS) via Zurich - with lie-flat seats.
As already noted, LH and UA offer lie-flat seats.
SAS is more out of the way and the RKV-MUC will be longer than ZRH-MUC and will be on SAS Plus, which is (again) basically economy seating.
You could take OS (Austrian) out of JFK ... and connect in Vienna
Iceland Air offers the option of a stopover, but their business class product does not have lie-flat seating.
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If you're also wiling to consider flying out of JFK you can get a pretty good deal with TK which flies a widebody to/fro both MUC & TXL getting you lie-flat seats for all 4 segments & access to TK's rather nice lounge at IST.
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Thank you Yoshi - EWR is 20 min from home while JFK is 50 miles away which on a good day will take me an hour and on a bad day two to three hours.
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JFK-IST-MUC ?? Unless the OP is in favour of a significant detour this is not an option. Will add 5-6 travel hours compared to flights with SAS, OS or LOT
Anyway, you can't go wrong with SAS - even if you decide for SAS Plus (prem. economy) which is very decent.
Anyway, you can't go wrong with SAS - even if you decide for SAS Plus (prem. economy) which is very decent.
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Austrian Airlines offers nonstop flights EWR-VIE, though I am not sure if the service is daily. VIE is a good place to connect to MUC and from TXL.
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After a lot of searching I am between these two - any opinions on which to take? Both business class. British Air and Delta - BA is $700 less and making me lean towards it. I have flown them in business before and it was fine. I haven't flown Delta business class. I was leaning towards SAS but the connection times were better with BA and Delta
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After a lot of searching I am between these two - any opinions on which to take? Both business class. British Air and Delta - BA is $700 less and making me lean towards it. I have flown them in business before and it was fine. I haven't flown Delta business class. I was leaning towards SAS but the connection times were better with BA and Delta
BA has one of the world's worst Business Class products with 2-4-2 seating. Delta would be better with 1-2-1 seating, but it's still Delta.
But for $700, I'd probably suck it up and fly BA.
If you went with Delta, wouldn't you have to drive to JFK?
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Neither of those options are very exciting... if those are the sum total of your options.
BA has one of the world's worst Business Class products with 2-4-2 seating. Delta would be better with 1-2-1 seating, but it's still Delta.
But for $700, I'd probably suck it up and fly BA.
If you went with Delta, wouldn't you have to drive to JFK?
BA has one of the world's worst Business Class products with 2-4-2 seating. Delta would be better with 1-2-1 seating, but it's still Delta.
But for $700, I'd probably suck it up and fly BA.
If you went with Delta, wouldn't you have to drive to JFK?
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