Capetown from USA via London (SA) or FRA (LH) in C?

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Apr 23, 2009, 9:35 am

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thijsseh

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Originally Posted by 1015-1k

OK, along these lines, who has the better Y seat, SAA or LH? Flight would be JNB-FRA. And, yes, I cringe at the thought of being stuck in a Y seat for that long. But is it at all bearable on either of the airlines?

Additionally, I'm considering TK IST-JNB on the inbound? Any thoughts on TK int'l Y seating?

Thanks.

To answer the question, the pitch on SA is much better than on LH. Not sure about the other comfort factors, many people complain that the SA seat is too hard....Last time I did a CPT/LHR in Y (stingy client), 15 months ago, I managed to get bulkhead / emergency exit seats on both legs and it was just bearable.

Apr 23, 2009, 9:37 am

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Originally Posted by glex50

Also, I have never personally had success finding availability as an award, but it's theoretically possible to connect IAD/ORD-GRU-JNB.

Booked two friends on exactly this route this past December. Great out-of-the-box thinking! ^

Apr 24, 2009, 7:27 am

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Originally Posted by stevenshev

Booked two friends on exactly this route this past December. Great out-of-the-box thinking! ^

I'm amazed that you actually found seats on the TATL leg of that... It always comes up to me as 0s and I've heard SA makes a killing on it. For now, at least...

Isn't TAM starting that route up though? Maybe when they join that will be another viable option.

Apr 24, 2009, 9:44 am

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Interestingly, it appears that C award availability on the new JNB/EZE/JNB route is not all that bad (at least for travel this / next week, I am told).

Apr 24, 2009, 1:59 pm

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Originally Posted by thijsseh

Interestingly, it appears that C award availability on the new JNB/EZE/JNB route is not all that bad (at least for travel this / next week, I am told).

Wasn't aware that they had started one ^^ Though apparently only Wed and Sat? Well, at least there's no transit visa required for Americans in EZE.