With low TATL pax loads, is it a better value to fly J, or economy with an empty row?
Sep 19, 2020, 11:47 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: EWR / PHL
Programs: UA 1P MM, HH G, Marriott G
Posts: 802
One other data point is lounge access. If you are not *G you would get lounge access with a J ticket but not Y. Also if you are going back all of the Polaris lounges are closed and that would have been a benefit of the J ticket out of ORD or EWR. Not clear on if the arrivals lounge in FRA is open, that would also require a J class ticket.
Sep 20, 2020, 6:16 am
#17
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,771
One other data point is lounge access. If you are not *G you would get lounge access with a J ticket but not Y. Also if you are going back all of the Polaris lounges are closed and that would have been a benefit of the J ticket out of ORD or EWR. Not clear on if the arrivals lounge in FRA is open, that would also require a J class ticket.
Sep 21, 2020, 7:48 am
#18
Join Date: May 2018
Location: FRA
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 1,502
FRA arrivals lounge is still closed.
Sep 21, 2020, 7:50 am
#19
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,452
Sep 21, 2020, 9:17 am
#20
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,414
I would strongly favor a real J product; LH UD sounds nice.
The J seat is significantly more comfortable, but I think crucially here it's that the currency is miles which given the current landscape aren't the most secure value. I would leap at the chance to use them for something worthwhile.
The J seat is significantly more comfortable, but I think crucially here it's that the currency is miles which given the current landscape aren't the most secure value. I would leap at the chance to use them for something worthwhile.