Continental 777 BusinessFirst Flat Bed Aircraft.

[steve2]

Here are the final ships dates!

Ship # 019 (B777-200) ETR is TBD
Ship # 007 (B777-200) ETR is 11/25/10

Ship # 009 will go to HKG on 11/25/10
Ship # 020 will go to HKG on 12/3/10

So after 12/3 there will be a 100% chance of a lie-flat seat on CO777s!!!

 dan you're slipping you usually repost off of FT in a more timely fashion;  http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/continental-onepass/993003-tracking-772s-flat-bed-53.html

[queensdeals]

So 12/3 all 777'd will be upgraded.
Does Continental ever fly any other boeing model from EWR-TLV?
do they typically use the 777 across country (ie lax-ewr)?

[Dan]

So 12/3 all 777'd will be upgraded.
Does Continental ever fly any other boeing model from EWR-TLV?
do they typically use the 777 across country (ie lax-ewr)?

Yes
No
No, but they may fly a flat bed 752.

[queensdeals]

Thanks dan!

I'm still trying to get clarity on this other issue...
http://www.dansdeals.com/forums/index.php?topic=3931.msg43105#msg43105

so bottom line! still not clear.
what does a Coach/Biz ticket from LAX-TLV cost around succos on *A ??
ANA?
Continental?
etc???

[Eli]

You'd have to be pretty unlucky now to get the old BF seats on a CO777 flight!

Flight just opened for my brother. It's ship #20

[Dan]

Flight just opened for my brother. It's ship #20

Wow, now that is bad luck!
Time to change flights!

[Eli]

Neh, he's doing a crazy ord-muc-fra-tlv instead of ord-ewr-tlv. Long story, don't ask.

[Dan]

Effective 11/29:
Lie-flat 777 ships (19): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22
Currently being retrofitted: 9, 19, and 20.
Chance of getting a lie-flat aircraft: 100%



Finally time to try out BF on a 777!

[SuperFlyer]

I saw last week those lie flat on BF 777.

Nothing to write home about.

Service wasn't better than ua.

[Dan]

I saw last week those lie flat on BF 777.

Nothing to write home about.

Service wasn't better than ua.

I though you were flying on a 764?

[SuperFlyer]

1 way 767, 1 way 777.

[moish]

i too was a little disappointed w/ bf from tlv-ewr. my seat had a too small "cubbie" to put your feet in when in the recline position.

[Dan]

i too was a little disappointed w/ bf from tlv-ewr. my seat had a too small "cubbie" to put your feet in when in the recline position.

Some seats are much better than others.  Be sure to do research (on FT, etc.) before flying!

[SuperFlyer]

And the service? Pretty shvach, besides that they seem to prefer certain dimensions and looks...

Reminds me of yeshiva days, where only the top 20 ugliest of the country were allowed to work there...

[moish]

i dont have koiches for ft. i only check seatguru

[MLM]

When I flew on CO new BF seats I felt they were the best seats I have ever experienced yet. They are far better than the lie flat but not actually flat seats.

I think the Delta suites are better, although I never tried them.

[Dan]

i dont have koiches for ft. i only check seatguru

Seatguru is rarely right.
You need to find a review thread on the plane in question.

[Dan]

When I flew on CO new BF seats I felt they were the best seats I have ever experienced yet. They are far better than the lie flat but not actually flat seats.

Huh?  They are lie-flat.

I think the Delta suites are better, although I never tried them.

Then what makes you think they're better?
DL's are leather.  I personally find it easier to sleep on soft cloth than hard leather.
I wasn't that impressed with DL's lie-flat 777 BE seats.

[MLM]

CO seats are true lie flat at 180 degrees unlike others which are flat but on an angle 170 degrees like AA. The new DL suites are very private and are supposed to be even better than CO BF.

Are u sure u had the newest ones?

[SuperFlyer]

Guys, wake up, fly F (new) on LX, CX, SQ, 9W, TG, BA, etc

CO economy is like a low cost btw.