ewr-zrh
May 4, 2005, 11:37 am
#2
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I took the all-C flight in March. I liked it a lot for the following reasons:
- Fast boarding in Newark, no
Y passengers carrying their entire household with them...
- Seats are comfortable, I even prefer them over the A340 C seats; they're not flat, but you also don't slide to the floor.
- Staffing is adequate for the size of the plane, so service is reasonably fast
- The schedule fit my needs perfectly
Downsides:
- Newark airport is a dump, duty free shops don't have a very big selection
- No humidifier as in the A340.
All in all: I'll take that flight in the future whenever I can.
- Fast boarding in Newark, no
Y passengers carrying their entire household with them...
- Seats are comfortable, I even prefer them over the A340 C seats; they're not flat, but you also don't slide to the floor.
- Staffing is adequate for the size of the plane, so service is reasonably fast
- The schedule fit my needs perfectly
Downsides:
- Newark airport is a dump, duty free shops don't have a very big selection
- No humidifier as in the A340.
All in all: I'll take that flight in the future whenever I can.
May 4, 2005, 2:15 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Great flight
I flew ewr zrh last month, great flight. Very quick boarding, all biz class, all biz people, no families, no tourists with no idea how to board. Boarding done in 10 minutes, quick push back, in flight service excellent, seats pretty good with lots of space.
Recommended. ^
Recommended. ^
May 5, 2005, 12:48 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Originally Posted by huegli
- No humidifier as in the A340.
How does it work? I just got off the BKK-ZRH flight and my skin is dry as always...
May 5, 2005, 1:07 am
#6
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Originally Posted by huegli
I took the all-C flight in March. I liked it a lot for the following reasons:
- Fast boarding in Newark, no
Y passengers carrying their entire household with them...
Downsides:
- Newark airport is a dump, duty free shops don't have a very big selection
- No humidifier as in the A340.
- Fast boarding in Newark, no
Y passengers carrying their entire household with them...
Downsides:
- Newark airport is a dump, duty free shops don't have a very big selection
- No humidifier as in the A340.
?business passengers (in all classes of cabin!) have occasionally been known to carry quite a bit of wheelie stuff on board .... and at outstations on EMB routes they routinely hold up the de-planing as we wait for their confiscated excess bags to be off-loaded for pick-up on the apron
humidifier ?
May 5, 2005, 1:45 am
#7
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I was told this is one of the main advantages of the A340, that the airconditioning system also humidifies the air. I don't know how much of a difference it makes and how exactly it works, but I felt less dried-out after my last A340 flight.
May 5, 2005, 7:21 am
#8
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A follow-up question - how crowded are these flights? I have been trying to use an AA first class award ticket to book the EWR_ZRH flight unsuccessfully. Is this flight generally so full that LX is holding the inventory?
May 5, 2005, 8:19 am
#9
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heavy loads
The flight is usually very full, so I doubt you will find free space until the last minute. Since it is high revenue for LX and they do need every penny, it makes business sense.
May 6, 2005, 12:30 am
#10
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Originally Posted by huegli
I was told this is one of the main advantages of the A340, that the airconditioning system also humidifies the air. I don't know how much of a difference it makes and how exactly it works, but I felt less dried-out after my last A340 flight.
http://www.donaldson.com/en/aircraft...ary/033291.pdf
May 6, 2005, 4:00 am
#11
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Definitely recommend the all-business flight to ERW
[QUOTE=huegli]I took the all-C flight in March. I liked it a lot
Just have to second this recommendation- agree with it completely. One thing to add- no other int'l flights arriving at the same time in ERW, in my limited experience, so customs was a snap.
Just have to second this recommendation- agree with it completely. One thing to add- no other int'l flights arriving at the same time in ERW, in my limited experience, so customs was a snap.
May 6, 2005, 2:27 pm
#12
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Originally Posted by hvd
A follow-up question - how crowded are these flights? I have been trying to use an AA first class award ticket to book the EWR_ZRH flight unsuccessfully. Is this flight generally so full that LX is holding the inventory?
May 7, 2005, 10:20 am
#13
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I was looking for business availability. Convenience of EWR and travel times suggested this was a good trade-off. Although flights showed plenty of C availability AA agents could find no availability for my ticket.
May 8, 2005, 2:25 am
#14
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Originally Posted by hvd
I was looking for business availability. Convenience of EWR and travel times suggested this was a good trade-off. Although flights showed plenty of C availability AA agents could find no availability for my ticket.
May 13, 2005, 4:39 am
#15
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,433
Originally Posted by Rudi
general C availablilty only shows availability for paid tickets - award availability is different. I guess an AA agent can't see award availabilty on LX flights on his screen, but has to phone swiss to do such a booking (I am not completly sure of this, but I know, that the other way round, using LX miles for an award flight on AA, the swiss agent in ZRH had to phone AA).
AA does not show the same award availability as LX's web site shows. There were a few flights for which the LX web site showed available award seats but AA said no availability.
