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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #780 on: May 02, 2018, 05:22:17 PM »
Lol, tired of hearing people kvetch that I've never flown LY.
they kvetch about y not premium economy maybe consider flying like the plebeians ?

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #781 on: May 02, 2018, 05:23:01 PM »
they kvetch about y not premium economy maybe consider flying like the plebeians ?
Erm, reread my post.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #782 on: May 02, 2018, 05:23:42 PM »
Lol, they have no clue who I am.
That's easy to fix

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #783 on: May 02, 2018, 05:25:18 PM »
Erm, reread my post.
I meant you should  try economy
would be an interesting tr

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #784 on: May 02, 2018, 05:25:25 PM »
That's easy to fix
Then while you're at it, have them give me 5 J seats. Or at least open up X space. :D
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #785 on: May 02, 2018, 05:26:11 PM »
I meant you should  try economy
would be an interesting tr
My masochism will only reach the level of PE.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #786 on: May 02, 2018, 05:28:32 PM »
Then while you're at it, have them give me 5 J seats. Or at least open up X space. :D
Don't push it :)
I can just make sure that the right marketing people are aware that you'll be on that flight

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #787 on: May 02, 2018, 05:28:40 PM »


Am I crazy to try it out over flying UA J both ways?

Yes

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #788 on: May 02, 2018, 06:34:18 PM »
Link to TRs?
Am I crazy to try it out over flying UA J both ways?
PE definitely doesn't compare to UA J, but is it a comfortable experience? Yes (especially if you don't need the lie-flat bed as it's a day flight) Maybe you can speak to the head of Matmid program again and ask if he would open X (or A on the 777) for you this time. Then you can report on King David too...

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #789 on: May 02, 2018, 06:35:54 PM »
PE definitely doesn't compare to UA J, but is it a comfortable experience? Yes (especially if you don't need the lie-flat bed as it's a day flight) Maybe you can speak to the head of Matmid program again and ask if he would open X (or A on the 777) for you this time. Then you can report on King David too...
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #790 on: May 02, 2018, 06:41:49 PM »
BTW, no one will believe me, but I spoke to a DDFer who flew Emirates F to NY (via ATH) a couple of months ago, and did the return on LY F. He said despite having a private suite on Emirates, he had a WAY better experience on LY. He said  he would easily choose LY F over Emirates F next time. And he did SKML!

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #791 on: May 02, 2018, 06:44:36 PM »
BTW, no one will believe me, but I spoke to a DDFer who flew Emirates F to NY (via ATH) a couple of months ago, and did the return on LY F. He said despite having a private suite on Emirates, he had a WAY better experience on LY. He said  he would easily choose LY F over Emirates F next time. And he did SKML!
I flew LY F plenty of times, and while I never flew Emirates I find it hard to believe for so many reasons :-)

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #792 on: May 02, 2018, 06:45:09 PM »
BTW, no one will believe me, but I spoke to a DDFer who flew Emirates F to NY (via ATH) a couple of months ago, and did the return on LY F. He said despite having a private suite on Emirates, he had a WAY better experience on LY. He said  he would easily choose LY F over Emirates F next time. And he did SKML!
EY/EK don't have amazing service like JL/NH/SQ. If it wasn't for the A380 shower nobody would even notice them.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #793 on: May 02, 2018, 07:16:32 PM »
EY/EK don't have amazing service like JL/NH/SQ. If it wasn't for the A380 shower nobody would even notice them.
and ATH uses the 777

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #794 on: May 03, 2018, 12:14:25 PM »
got this email from ELAl
Additional daily flight from New York (Newark) with our new Dreamliner:

New York (EWR) (LY026)-> Tel Aviv
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 9:00 pm
Arrival: 2:25 am next day

Tel Aviv-> New York (EWR) (LY025)
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 1:50 pm
Arrival: 6:35 am


Two questions not sure its been asked
1- who would want to arrive at an airport at 2.25am
2- if it leaves at 1.50 pm how does it arrive at 6.35am?

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #795 on: May 03, 2018, 12:15:58 PM »
got this email from ELAl
Additional daily flight from New York (Newark) with our new Dreamliner:

New York (EWR) (LY026)-> Tel Aviv
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 9:00 pm
Arrival: 2:25 am next day

Tel Aviv-> New York (EWR) (LY025)
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 1:50 pm
Arrival: 6:35 am


Two questions not sure its been asked
1- who would want to arrive at an airport at 2.25am
2- if it leaves at 1.50 pm how does it arrive at 6.35am?
They're both supposed to be pm.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #796 on: May 03, 2018, 12:21:41 PM »
They're both supposed to be pm.
Its not so new, I actually came back after Pesach with the whole family on   the 1:50 pm flight, pretty good flight especially with the mood lighting it puts everyone in some kind of mode and people were not so jumpy as on a standard day flight.

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #797 on: May 03, 2018, 12:53:25 PM »
got this email from ELAl
Additional daily flight from New York (Newark) with our new Dreamliner:

New York (EWR) (LY026)-> Tel Aviv
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 9:00 pm
Arrival: 2:25 am next day

Tel Aviv-> New York (EWR) (LY025)
Sunday-Thursday
Departure: 1:50 pm
Arrival: 6:35 am


Two questions not sure its been asked
1- who would want to arrive at an airport at 2.25am
2- if it leaves at 1.50 pm how does it arrive at 6.35am?
I think you got your times wrong:
LY26 lands at 2:25pm, not am
LY25 lands at 6:35pm, not am

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #798 on: May 03, 2018, 12:57:18 PM »
They're both supposed to be pm.
I think you got your times wrong:
LY26 lands at 2:25pm, not am
LY25 lands at 6:35pm, not am

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #799 on: May 03, 2018, 01:06:33 PM »
@Dan so did you book LY premium?