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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #60 on: April 19, 2015, 07:56:21 PM »
No dates seem to have "guest" level tickets.  Did EY change something?  If so, what availability is needed to book with AA?

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #61 on: April 19, 2015, 08:00:56 PM »
Shameful!

Take, take, take. That's all we're good for huh?  :-X :)
I'm still on vacation! My final destination was MEL and I'm returning tonight on QF F.
Patientce my friend! That's the rule of this game ;)

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #62 on: April 19, 2015, 08:38:04 PM »
No dates seem to have "guest" level tickets.

Inaccurate.

I'm still on vacation! My final destination was MEL and I'm returning tonight on QF F.
Patientce my friend! That's the rule of this game ;)

Fine. We'll let it slide this time.

Sounds like a heck of a routing. All EY there and all QF back?
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #63 on: April 19, 2015, 08:45:38 PM »


Sounds like a heck of a routing. All EY there and all QF back?
Correct. I changed my tickets 3 times before departure and didn't have to pay $150 any of the Times But that's not for now.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #64 on: April 19, 2015, 08:51:15 PM »
Correct. I changed my tickets 3 times before departure and didn't have to pay $150 any of the Times But that's not for now.

Sick. Looking fwd to the story. I *really* enjoyed QF. Most comfortable bed in the sky.
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #65 on: April 19, 2015, 10:01:27 PM »
Sick. Looking fwd to the story. I *really* enjoyed QF. Most comfortable bed in the sky.
+1

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #66 on: April 19, 2015, 10:42:32 PM »
Better than CX?
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #67 on: April 19, 2015, 10:50:25 PM »
Better than CX?

I had my best sleep in the last 2 years on CX.
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #68 on: April 20, 2015, 12:17:34 AM »
Better than CX.
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #69 on: April 20, 2015, 01:52:23 AM »
Better than CX.

Wow I'm really getting excited!

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #70 on: April 20, 2015, 08:03:05 AM »
I had my best sleep in the last 2 years on CX.
+1
Beats even SQ and EK.
But didn't try QF yet,  so who knows.
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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #71 on: April 20, 2015, 10:45:45 AM »
Etihad bed was nothing great...

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #72 on: April 20, 2015, 11:02:14 AM »
Etihad bed was nothing great...
A380 Apartment bed is probably the best out there. (Never tried QF)

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #73 on: April 20, 2015, 11:03:30 AM »
A380 Apartment bed is probably the best out there. (Never tried QF)
I should've noted, on the 777...

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #74 on: April 20, 2015, 11:53:29 AM »
Inaccurate.


My mistake.  I was searching the standard EY site instead of where I should've been.

ETA:  Which is preferable?  777 or 787, and is F worth it over J in one more than the other?  Trying to decide whether to fly back to JFK or IAD.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #75 on: April 20, 2015, 01:29:17 PM »
787 is brand new product. F is Suites (not apartment as in A380). J is same as A380, allegedly best business product on market (have not been). Reports are that F hard product is only marginally superior to J in new 787.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #76 on: April 20, 2015, 05:37:58 PM »
787 is brand new product. F is Suites (not apartment as in A380). J is same as A380, allegedly best business product on market (have not been). Reports are that F hard product is only marginally superior to J in new 787.

Great insight, thanks.  I guess I'm flying into IAD on the 787 in J.  Doesn't sound like it's worth the extra 22.5k for F.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #77 on: April 20, 2015, 06:07:45 PM »
Personally, I'd absolutely spend the extra 22.5K for F.

The F suite is glorious, the service significantly more attentive, and combined with the F lounge in AUH, it's a no-brainer for me.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #78 on: April 20, 2015, 07:03:56 PM »
Nvm then, F it is.  I just wish I was going in January instead of September, so I could experience the A380.  I'll just have to make another trip.

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Re: Etihad Master Thread
« Reply #79 on: April 21, 2015, 10:00:31 AM »
A380 Apartment bed is probably the best out there. (Never tried QF)
QF is better than EY for bed. Just something to think about. What's the point in a bed and a seat if you can't have both of them at the same time? If you make your bed on EY apartments you can't sit in the seat. Bottom line IMO QF is better.