Best TATL SkyTeam airline
Mar 17, 2008, 4:30 pm
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Best TATL SkyTeam airline
Who has the best service in economy on TATL flights? I prefer NWA's IFE (on A330) and CO's food, but I earn miles primarily with DL. I'm about to take a TATL trip and all three airlines are equally priced. Opinions?? Do any of these offer free drinks anymore?
Mar 19, 2008, 11:27 pm
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Mar 20, 2008, 3:13 am
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Mar 20, 2008, 7:19 pm
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Mar 20, 2008, 7:45 pm
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AF is quite nice in F, but lousy seats in Y. Very thin lumpy cushions velcro'ed to an aluminum tube frame. Even AZ has better Y seating TATL. And I'm saying that as the person who shot this photo. (note the masking tape on the armrests).
Mar 21, 2008, 8:46 am
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Mar 21, 2008, 12:12 pm
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AF is quite nice in F, but lousy seats in Y. Very thin lumpy cushions velcro'ed to an aluminum tube frame. Even AZ has better Y seating TATL. And I'm saying that as the person who shot this photo. (note the masking tape on the armrests).
Mar 21, 2008, 5:35 pm
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In J, AF with the new seats beats DL with the new seats (at least on the 767-400 I flew MUC-ATL on Monday).
And there is no comparison on the food, even though DL has gotten better (from awful to OK).
And there is no comparison on the food, even though DL has gotten better (from awful to OK).
Mar 21, 2008, 10:07 pm
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I like AF but I hate (HATE) CDG, so it's a hard choice for me. I like AF's HKG-CDG/CDG-JFK route and time, but if only they could fly me through FRA or AMS instead of CDG 
Seriously, I mock NW often for various reasons (who the hell flies DC-9s?) but NW's 333 is very comfortable in Y and nice in J. I resisted NW for a while on the TransPac routes and found I preferred their J over CO's & DL's by a mile.
So if it was me, I'd fly NW (but since leaving DL and NW's FF programs all my miles go to Flying Blue)
Seriously, I mock NW often for various reasons (who the hell flies DC-9s?) but NW's 333 is very comfortable in Y and nice in J. I resisted NW for a while on the TransPac routes and found I preferred their J over CO's & DL's by a mile.
So if it was me, I'd fly NW (but since leaving DL and NW's FF programs all my miles go to Flying Blue)
Mar 22, 2008, 12:47 am
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I hands down pick NW over KL, DL, and CO. Free booze TATL, AVOD IFE which is great, (unless on 757) and just happy with it in Y overall.