I fly Air Italy quite a bit between JFK - MXP, as well as Alitalia between JFK/LAX - FCO. Air Italy is quite good, and considering fares for J are around $1500/RT, it really can't be beat. The product is very good - food and service - although the crews aren't as adept with speaking English as the A...
Jump to postLHR - AUH - ORD - SFO on Etihad, just to try the Apartment on the A380 between LHR and AUH. Booking that multi-city routing was $10,000 cheaper than booking the A380 route alone.
Jump to post[ Now imagine how it was at Virgin America, who were some of the lowest paid FAs in the country and whos hub was SFO. Airlines try to take advantage of people by portraying the lifestyle as "glamorous" , and Virgin was the most guilty of this and took in young naive people and forced them...
Jump to postSeems like it was a long time ago that AS announced new menus and seats for first class. I don't think I've seen a plane with it yet, or heard of one with it. Are there some out there now? Along those lines, weren't the F/A's (and maybe the pilots too?) getting new uniforms? I don't think I've seen...
Jump to postI am reading this as ANA preventing employees from drinking alcohol in its lounges and aircraft - when on the the job! I'm reading it as "when non-revving or when flying positive space." I've never understood whypeople absolutely *need* to drink when they fly (or at all, really, but I gue...
Jump to postNo free snacks at all. Patently false. Free snacks are offered on every AS flight. There are no free snacks on VX, and the SFO - AUS route is on VX metal. Hopefully, the service between AS and VX metal will align soon. Although, I find it kind of ridiculous that people make such a huge deal over fr...
Jump to postFor the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would want to visit a country whose citizens would willingly risk their lives and more over the lives of their children to escape from! Travel to that country is a disgrace and appalling! Thank God Delta lost money on the route and is calling it qu...
Jump to postThey getting rid of real food on as flights. It really is going downhill I can't verify that, but if so that is very unlike the AS I know AS is putting their efforts into improving the First experience, by offering two meal options instead of one, and using VX menus for the meals. I know nothing ab...
Jump to postWhat did VX serve it’s MCS guests? VX served unlimited snacks and beverages in their MCS cabin. Downside to that was, most people would order enough for a week, shove the stuff in their bags and not leave enough inventory for main cabin to purchase. I guess I mean what were the snacks? Chips and th...
Jump to postflybynight wrote:I post a lot about AS since I fly them to the tune of Gold most years (sometimes MVP).
PlanesNTrains wrote:What did VX serve it’s MCS guests?
This one is pretty bad. Who wants to hear all of that car noise for 5 minutes? I'm all for innovative safety videos, but I don't get this one at all. Too bad cuz Virgin is a great brand and this doesn't capture any of that essence at all.
Jump to postHi, always enjoy one of your reports. The skybus from Melbourne every 10 minutes seems very sensible and similar to the modern London double decker, we could use such a service. Guess you eat early before the flight. The pictures of both meals services say Qatar have got it right,.good presentation...
Jump to postCointrin330 wrote:Horrible airline. Atrocious service. Has been a basket case for decades.
Thanks for the report. Just what I was looking for since I'll be flying UA to experience their Polaris business class offering. I must say, right from the beginning that the blue tablecloth is ugly and very cheap looking. Its only a small detail, but I think in premium cabins, its the details that ...
Jump to postThanks for a great report! I am normally not interested in economy trip reports, as the seats and food look the same on all airlines, but yours kept me interested and was very well-done. I haven't been on LH in years (will be in early 2018), so it was fun to get a glimpse at your trip. Thanks!
Jump to postFor our regular vacations to Europe, my partner and I normally fly European carriers. But for our trip to Paris for my 40th birthday, we downgraded a bit and booked United to try out the new Polaris service. We found a good deal using miles (75k) for one ticket and paid $8,200 for the other ticket. ...
Jump to postI don't care for dine-on-demand. I feel really awkward summoning the crew for my meal. As much as I LOVE Qatar, that was the big drawback for me. I'd rather just eat at set times and let the crew relax the rest of the flight. But the big thing that puts me off BA is having to pay to select my seats...
Jump to postI don't care for dine-on-demand. I feel really awkward summoning the crew for my meal. As much as I LOVE Qatar, that was the big drawback for me. I'd rather just eat at set times and let the crew relax the rest of the flight. But the big thing that puts me off BA is having to pay to select my seats ...
Jump to postThanks, everyone, for your replies and for checking out this report. This was definitely one of the most interesting trips I've ever had, and Qatar handled everything wonderfully. The crew were all lovely and I can't wait to find an excuse to book them again!
Jump to postQuite the ordeal on this leg of the trip, I have to say, the food looked a lot better out of BOS, but the overall product does look good. Which cruise were you on ? It was an ordeal....but we are very able to just go with whatever comes along on a trip lol I have found that food on dinner flights t...
Jump to postPart 1: http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1351973 Qatar Airways Airbus A320 First Class Abu Dhabi - Doha Scheduled flight time : 39 minutes Actual flight time with diversion : 1 hr, 18 min January 2, 2017 Our morning started out at 3am at the Jumeirah Hotel at Etihad Towers in A...
Jump to postI'm a pretty loyal AA flyer, and I've appreciated the addition of the IFE on new deliveries. One of my big complaints about flying on UA is how the lack of IFE makes the product feel cheap. I only travel with an iPhone, which I don't really enjoy watching a movie on. Having the screens is a great pe...
Jump to postSo, are there any plans to retrofit the 738s that don't have AVOD or can we only expect it on the new deliveries?
Jump to postI was on a QR flight last week from AUH - DOH in which a lady gave birth as well. Seems like there a lot of sneaky moms out there.....
Jump to postSo, I have asked around on various airline-related sites about QR's phantom turndown service and it sounds really hit-or-miss. From what I gather, it is available upon request but not generally offered. Some people receive it on their flights and others don't. Seems really strange to me that such an...
Jump to postWhat a nice surprise to see a report on this flight. I have long wondered what it's like. Economy looks pretty dreadful and I would've gladly snapped up their upgrade offer. Nonethelesss, glad that it sounds as if their inflight product isn't as bad as is rumored. I still can't get my partner to fly...
Jump to postThank you, nice report :bigthumbsup: . Question: Didnt they use table cloth? Qatar normaly do it very classy, but on the pics there is this black tray now :o . Not so nice. There was no table cloth used on this flight, which I didn't notice until they used one on the return flight. And then the omi...
Jump to postNice report - QR's J seats on the A350 and 787 look far superior to their offering on the 777s. The food does look good! I have to disagree though - I could've made do with double the paneer :) Just curious as to why you didn't book a single ticket to AUH from SFO? Could've easily avoided the hassl...
Jump to postI flew this route in November in J also and can tell you firsthand that QR does in fact offer a turndown service with a mattress pad the flight attendant brings out and prepares the bed for you. Hmmm....very interesting that this was not offered to us on either leg. If it is something you have to s...
Jump to postQatar Airways Airbus A350-900 Boston - Doha 11 hours, 22 minutes December 16, 2016 This was my last flight of 2016 and what a great flight to end the year. QR offers a J product that far surpasses my other J flights for this year (and could almost be considered F with some tweaks here and there). I...
Jump to postAny survey that names EY as one of the Top 10 best is not to be taken seriously. I had, easily, my worst J class flight ever from AUH - ORD over the summer. Absolutely appalling. And I'm not even super-particular. These are still fun to look over anyway.
Jump to postWhat a fantastic trip report! Bravo. The F cabin looks very nice and welcoming. Your pictures are terrific as well as your descriptions. I do have one question. It looks like the wall mural of the Matterhorn is directly in front of someone's seat? Wouldn't it make it hard for that person to sleep? ...
Jump to postAs with everything, everybody has a different opinion of the same thing, heck I have been on flights that to me were great, but the person I was traveling with thought they were terrible. If you have to go to Vienna next year, i would give OS a shot if only to avoid the connection in ZRH. For me, I...
Jump to postWell, I think we can agree that LX F is a big step up from LX J ? I did the LAX-ZRH-LAX run 5 times this year, with one SFO-ZRH-LAX thrown in as well, 11 of the legs in J, 1 in Y (don't ask, it wasn't pleasant) to be honest, I was underwhelmed by LX in J, the food was terrible on most flights, the ...
Jump to postWhat an excellent report, great quality pictures and detail. That new First cabin is very classy indeed, lots of space, compare the BA offering they cram in 14 seats. The food looked very nice. I'll put that on my To Do list. Thanks. Thanks so much for your kind feedback! SWISS has an absolutely lo...
Jump to postWhen traveling from the US - Europe, Swiss is usually my first choice as they offer my favorite product out of all the European carriers. My recent trip was to BUD and, after looking at a couple different options, I came back to Swiss. Living in SFO, my only experiences with LX have been on their A3...
Jump to postThanks for taking the time to post this! It was a really enjoyable view. AA's "premium" product is definitely substandard, but glad you enjoyed it. The food on AA, IMO, has always been decent to very good. Hope you had a good crew. Thanks again for sharing this with us!
Jump to postI can't imagine flying long haul in economy, but I think it's great to tap into that market. I always am embarrassed by how little Americans travel abroad, so anything that encourages that I am all for. Does anyone know how they are doing at SFO? I see their plane a couple times a week here and hope...
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