Skyteam or Oneworld : $1,785 RT Business IAH - MXP
Mar 10, 2019, 11:37 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Mar 10, 2019, 12:39 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LAX
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I'd have a lot of connecting to do so while I'd easily buy this if either end point, if the hard product is sub par I might not.
Mar 10, 2019, 12:48 pm
#20
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LHR, DFW, J Cabins WorldWide
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I'm 6'5'' and the reviews were that people even shorter than I were not able to lie flat. Really had not read much positive about the AA or BA product. I know reviews are often negative but these seemed more factual. I was being facetious about it being PE.
I'd have a lot of connecting to do so while I'd easily buy this if either end point, if the hard product is sub par I might not.
I'd have a lot of connecting to do so while I'd easily buy this if either end point, if the hard product is sub par I might not.
Soft product does leave a lot to be desired unless you get one of those very rare stellar AA crews (ICN-DFW was one of these, easily in my top 10 best flights bc of the crew), but otherwise yeah theres a lot missing to both.
Booked one of these myself for a 3 day weekend in Milan, BA 744 UD windows outbound and AA Super Diamond 772 on the way back.
Last edited by IWontRegretThis; Mar 10, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Mar 10, 2019, 3:43 pm
#23
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG100, Hyatt Globalist, MGM Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 636
I am ~6'4, and found both products serviceable from a foot room standpoint (BA CW has no foot height restrictions as its not a cub design, but some of AA's J products are much better than others (789 super diamond seat and some 772's + 77W J seats are perfectly fine for me, Ive have probably logged about 200k in J on AA's various seats and maybe 80k on BA's.
Soft product does leave a lot to be desired unless you get one of those very rare stellar AA crews (ICN-DFW was one of these, easily in my top 10 best flights bc of the crew), but otherwise yeah theres a lot missing to both.
Booked one of these myself for a 3 day weekend in Milan, BA 744 UD windows outbound and AA Super Diamond 772 on the way back.
Soft product does leave a lot to be desired unless you get one of those very rare stellar AA crews (ICN-DFW was one of these, easily in my top 10 best flights bc of the crew), but otherwise yeah theres a lot missing to both.
Booked one of these myself for a 3 day weekend in Milan, BA 744 UD windows outbound and AA Super Diamond 772 on the way back.
Last edited by tobikosan; Mar 10, 2019 at 3:49 pm
Mar 10, 2019, 4:22 pm
#24
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LHR, DFW, J Cabins WorldWide
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Outbound via IAH (IAH-LHR-MXP) is the ~4pm departure on BA, so can see that its a 747 that has a decent product when you have a seat upstairs. AA on the return LHR-DFW, just saw that via the seat map its one of the high-J 772s without rear facing seats, so must be a super diamond layout vs the zodiac yin/yang that I and most others dislike.
Mar 10, 2019, 4:33 pm
#25
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Los Angeles
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Mar 10, 2019, 4:59 pm
#26
Join Date: Mar 2018
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I didn't use the AARP discount - I booked through AA to use up a bunch of gift cards that I had sitting around. That being said, I couldn't figure out a way to get BA's booking interface to provide the stopover anyways, so I'm not sure if it is possible.
Mar 10, 2019, 5:00 pm
#27
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG100, Hyatt Globalist, MGM Gold, Caesars Diamond
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Outbound via IAH (IAH-LHR-MXP) is the ~4pm departure on BA, so can see that its a 747 that has a decent product when you have a seat upstairs. AA on the return LHR-DFW, just saw that via the seat map its one of the high-J 772s without rear facing seats, so must be a super diamond layout vs the zodiac yin/yang that I and most others dislike.
Mar 11, 2019, 4:35 pm
#28
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Outbound via IAH (IAH-LHR-MXP) is the ~4pm departure on BA, so can see that its a 747 that has a decent product when you have a seat upstairs. AA on the return LHR-DFW, just saw that via the seat map its one of the high-J 772s without rear facing seats, so must be a super diamond layout vs the zodiac yin/yang that I and most others dislike.
Mar 11, 2019, 6:35 pm
#29
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LHR, DFW, J Cabins WorldWide
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Posts: 954
My inbound is via LIN, outbound via MXP (wanted to sleep in the extra almost 3hr between the 2)
Mar 12, 2019, 4:55 pm
#30
Join Date: Jun 2007
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, AA Exec Plat
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I ended up purchasing IAH-LHR // LHR-MXP // MXP-LHR-LAS-PHX-IAH. I'll jump off in Las Vegas once I hit home. Cost per passenger was $2,179.33. I used ITA Matrix to pull up the itinerary, BookWithMatrix to generate a bookable link, and then went through the American Airlines site to actually book it (and was able to use a bunch of gift cards from various American Airlines credits).
Pretty stoked for a couple of days in Milan at the end of a trip I was already taking.
Pretty stoked for a couple of days in Milan at the end of a trip I was already taking.