Pros and Cons of UA 60k 789 Polaris vs. Lufthansa 70k A380 Business class?
Aug 14, 2018, 12:10 am
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I absolutely do not like LH business seats in its international fleet. It just does not gel with me. What a horrible hard product for an excellent international airlines!!
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
Despite its better service than UA, there is no way I would choose LH.
LH F on the other hand is one of my favorite F. The 110K is definitely worth it.
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
Despite its better service than UA, there is no way I would choose LH.
LH F on the other hand is one of my favorite F. The 110K is definitely worth it.
Aug 14, 2018, 12:33 am
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I absolutely do not like LH business seats in its international fleet. It just does not gel with me. What a horrible hard product for an excellent international airlines!!
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
Aug 14, 2018, 12:44 am
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Is that the thing where the seats go the wrong direction when you're trying to recline? Quite a few J seats do that, but I think LH's are the worst.
One thing about UA seat design, the seat moves just the way you want/expect it to. IPTE was the very best for this, sCO is very good, Polaris is the worst of the three but still predictably adjustable.
One thing about UA seat design, the seat moves just the way you want/expect it to. IPTE was the very best for this, sCO is very good, Polaris is the worst of the three but still predictably adjustable.
Aug 14, 2018, 1:08 am
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Is that the thing where the seats go the wrong direction when you're trying to recline? Quite a few J seats do that, but I think LH's are the worst.
One thing about UA seat design, the seat moves just the way you want/expect it to. IPTE was the very best for this, sCO is very good, Polaris is the worst of the three but still predictably adjustable.
One thing about UA seat design, the seat moves just the way you want/expect it to. IPTE was the very best for this, sCO is very good, Polaris is the worst of the three but still predictably adjustable.
Aug 14, 2018, 6:57 am
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I absolutely do not like LH business seats in its international fleet. It just does not gel with me. What a horrible hard product for an excellent international airlines!!
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
Despite its better service than UA, there is no way I would choose LH.
LH F on the other hand is one of my favorite F. The 110K is definitely worth it.
If probably has the least privacy than most of the *A carriers I have flown the most: AC, CA, BR, LX, NH, SQ, OZ, OS, UA.
Despite its better service than UA, there is no way I would choose LH.
LH F on the other hand is one of my favorite F. The 110K is definitely worth it.
Aug 14, 2018, 7:19 am
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I think the food and wine on LH are markedly better than UA. But that is not the main thing, and they are sufficiently close that I'd probably still make the decision based on which times worked best for me, and whether I valued the extra 10K points (I have so many points, I doubt that would be the decision point).
Aug 14, 2018, 7:55 am
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As much as I don’t like the sUA 2-4-2 seats, at least I am not bothered by the passengers behind and in front of me.
Aug 14, 2018, 9:33 am
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I'm with @UA_Flyer wholeheartedly on this. I've flown both J products enough (mostly to/from SIN when I was based there) and while the soft product from UA is worse than LH's, the long flights dictate a better hard seat requirement in my book. And United winds hands down. LH J is probably the worst of the *A carriers on Long Haul and Ultra Long Haul flights.
Plus, you save 10K miles as an added bonus.
-RM
Plus, you save 10K miles as an added bonus.
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Aug 14, 2018, 11:33 am
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Aug 14, 2018, 11:36 am
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Aug 14, 2018, 1:37 pm
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I think the food and wine on LH are markedly better than UA. But that is not the main thing, and they are sufficiently close that I'd probably still make the decision based on which times worked best for me, and whether I valued the extra 10K points (I have so many points, I doubt that would be the decision point).
But like others have said, the LH seats are just plain uncomfortable, whether sitting up, reclining, or lying flat. I choose LH business when UA isn't an option, and that's about the only time.
Aug 14, 2018, 2:32 pm
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No one has mentioned cabin temperature, which is an important difference for me between LH and UA in all cabins. I find UA ranges from cool to warm and LH ranges from uncomfortably warm to stifling, in all cabins. I like it cool when I sleep, and LH tends to keep things warm enough that degrades my sleep experience on LH.
Aug 14, 2018, 3:41 pm
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I agree about seat comfort but I have to mention that the A380 is IMHO the most comfortable plane flying. The A350 is second and the 787 third. The 77W is not in the same league.
Aug 14, 2018, 4:46 pm
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On LH, when the pax behind plonks their feet onto the footrest you feel it in your seat (their are connected). This is amazingly annoying. I'd choose the UA seat for this reason alone. As for cabin environment, UA has a cooler cabin (chose the front UA 789 cabin - its much quieter). There's no significant difference between the cabin pressure on the 380 or the 787 - it's a well developed "urban myth" that the 787 has a lower cabin altitude than other wide body aircraft.
