JAL flies their Boeing 787 - 800 Dreamliner on the Vancouver — Tokyo route but, despite this being one of the newest planes around, JAL has chosen to install
an older business class seat on the aircraft serving this route.
If you are on another type of aircraft, you'll get United's
old business class seat, even if your booking and boarding pass say «Polaris» which has been confusing to many TravelSkills readers.
Not exact matches
I also flew BA with a 9 week
old from LA to London in
business class and they did not have a bassinet or child
seat to offer me despite having notified them at the time of booking.
Travellers with babies less than 2 years
old will be sent to the back of the Airbus, either in
business -
class cabins equipped with bassinets or economy
seats (where sleep - fighting infants get to scream on their parents» laps).
Unlike United's
old business class product, all Polaris
seats are lie - flat with direct aisle access to make your long flight more comfortable.
Etihad also presents a wealth of opportunities, including Etihad's own first
class redemptions, redemptions on American at the
old, pre-devaluation levels, as well as the cheapest transatlantic
business class award
seat redemption in the world.
While the new planes are great, the
older planes are below average, with tight economy
seats and angled flat
seats in
business class in a tight 2 -3-2 layout!
In
Business Class (which United very annoyingly insists on calling «Polaris») you'll find an
old - fashioned 2 -2-2
seat layout that will look like this:
The
older Business Class cabin offers a 2 -2-2 layout with angle - flat
seating (i.e the
seat folds out into a 180 degree bed but it's not quite parallel to the floor) while the newer
Business Class cabin looks very similar (it's still a 2 -2-2 layout) but the
seats are true lie - flat.
The airline has refitted its Airbus A330 aircraft with new lie - flat
Business Class seats which should be a massive improvement over the
old - style recliners that the airline has offered up until now.
That's actually good news for those in the Economy
class cabin because the airline hasn't yet squeezed and extra
seat into every row but it also means that the aircraft has the very
old «angle - flat»
business class seat in a 2 -3-2 layout:
You need to really compare the
old crappy UA 767 - 300 configuration which has a cramped
business class seat every where you sit, many of which face backwards, with no place to put anything.
Unlike United's
old business class product, all Polaris
seats are lie - flat with direct aisle access to make your long flight more comfortable.
At 60 years
old I just stay home and refuse to go, even for
business if I can't get a
business class seat.
If you are scrambling to lock in awards at
old rates, you might be having trouble finding Etihad
business / first
class award
seats even though Etihad shows availability.
The roll - out is supposed to start in 2018, but I'm not holding my breath: United announced the roll - out of their new
Business Class Polaris 18 months ago to replace both their
old Business and First
Class products, yet has only installed the new
seats in a handful of planes, with many years to go until you'll find a consistent product across the fleet.
You may be tempted to do a double take because, on first sight, Air France's premium economy
seat looks very similar to their
older business class product.
Earlier today I explained in 951 words why Lufthansa's
old business class sucks... live from my Lufthansa
business class seat.
The new Cathay Pacific A350
Business Class cabin and
seat is basically a refreshed design of the carrier's «
old»
Business Class product which you find on its B777 and A330 planes, with the main difference being the addition of extra storage space and onboard WiFi.
On the other hand, American Airlines is retrofitting its 772 aircraft with this new full flat
business class seat (the
old aircraft had angled flat
seats) that has all aisle access
SWISS deploys it flagship Airbus A340 on the SFO - ZRH route, which is an
older, four engine jet, but its
business class seat and cabin are new as of 2009.
Nevertheless, its design and layout is inferior to the
Business Class product offered on QA's A350s, A380s and B787s, even though this particular A330 plane was equipped with the refurbished
Business Class cabin (QA still has several A330 flying around that feature the
old Business Class product with
seats that recline to a maximum of 165 degree).
QA offers several types of
Business Class products on its A330 fleet, with some aircraft featuring the
old seats (that don't fully recline) and some other featuring the updated product (with fully flat - bed
seats).