johnnywho

What do you guys think? Can we safely assume that they are going to honor the fare and start making plans?

johnnywho

bump!

ILman

I see some pretty cheap premium fares for Air Italy JFK-MXP on the leased A330 from QR. Any idea if thats flat bad or angled flat?

flyingislove

Removed, see below.

flyingislove

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thepointsguy.com/news/air-italy-reveals-first-pictures-of-a330/amp/

Sorry, actually it's angled.

hsk

Inaugural flight was today, should be expecting a trip report soon . Who's first to fly among us?

I'm CAI-MXP-JFK / July 19 - JFK-MXP-CAI / July 24

crombiestone

July 9 - July 16 for me

crombiestone

For those with upcoming flights here is a review of the Inaugural JFK-MXP flight

https://airwaysmag.com/special-fligh...gural-jfk-mxp/

Shame he didn't take one for the team and review the whole meal service(s) but I have to say that I like what I see

hsk

Welcome back! How was the flight?

+ alerted mods to move this to discussion

crombiestone

Hi sorry for the late reply . Just got back yesterday . The flights from CAI-MXP are nothing special . I was the only paying pax in business the rest were crew . A snack only despite a 4 hour flight ! . Cold breakfast going out and some very dry mini pizza with cold meats and fruit on the way back . No IFE .

On the way to JFK the lounge at MXP was the Montale Lounge which was very crowded for most of the time . On the return it was the Pergolesi which was quiet . The food & Drink is the same in both .

The A330 from MXP-JFK is fine.The business cabin was full apart from 1 seat outbound and maybe 3 empty on the return . The plane interiors look very clean . The meals were pretty good on the outbound but a bit overcooked on the way back . Six courses if you want the lot (Appetiser,Pasta,Main,Fruit,Cheese and desert)! The menu is the same for both JFK and MIA .The IFE works OK but there is a fairly limited choice .The seat reclines far enough flat to sleep ok . I didn't find the flight crew to be particularly friendly or engaging but it didn't really bother me .

We took off about 50 minutes late but we landed on time, then sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes waiting for a gate to deplane.We arrived at exactly the same time as an Air France A380 . Luckily we managed to get to immigration first or it could have been a long wait . Oh and despite having a lovely gold priority baggage tag , my bag was the absolute last one off the carousel .

For the return the lounge at JFK it was the Air France lounge but upstairs was for AF pax only ! Food was ingredients to make a salad or sandwich and soup . They had some kind of Champagne but I'm guessing the good stuff was upstairs .

For the price paid I have no complaints at all but at times before the flight the fare reached Ł2000 . At this price I would have been disappointed.

johnnywho

Is there anybody else out there who already did that trip?

Since there is such a long layover in Malpensa do you think it would be ok to not fly the last leg?
Would I be able to get my checked bag in MXP?

Arrival from JFK at 10:35am and the last leg to CAI is not scheduled until11:30pm!

johnnywho

@ crombiestone
Thanks for your report. I guess it would be better to keep my expectations low and not expect any Quatar-like experience.

Since your location says El Gouna I believe you really wanted to fly back all the way to CAI, right?

I am still toying with the idea of throwing away the last segment.
Since I can't really spend any time in Cairo it would be pretty useless and just a waste of time and money to go there on the way back. Flights back to MUC are way more expensive from CAI and I would probably have to pay twice for a visa etc.

Ramgad

johnnywho

That's probably easiest. They should be generous with hand luggage in Business anyway.

Enjoy the rest of your time in NYC!

Ramgad