Good morning from Warsaw! I’m in the midst of a US Airways 90,000 mile business class award to North Asia, and flew from New York JFK to Warsaw yesterday on LOT Polish.
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Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
Not so lucky with the weather... but I hope you'll like your stay here anyway 😉
Drop the amenity kit and the sheet so you can use the money you save to buy better duct tape?
Darn it lucky. I was just in Warsaw for a month, if I had known you'd be flying it, would have taken you to eat some perogi.
i burn up using those blankets so i look forward to having the sheet on my trip in august.
Sounded good so I went to ExpertFlyer to check availability. They do not give an option for Business Class award seats - only eco and Prem eco. Something we should know?
Lucky, those seats just look like a less polished version of TK's longhaul seats. Though it is better than TK's 2-3-2 seating...
Lindt chocolate truffles, yum!
@ Steven S -- I recommend using the ANA website to search LOT award availability:
https://onemileatatime.com/using-new-ana-tool/
Why do I read your blog? I'm not interested in credit cards or even, really, first class air travel. I don't even travel much anymore. Well, it's because of stuff like this: "It’s also a super easy airport to transit, as it was less than five minutes from the time we deplaned till we were in a taxi on our way to the hotel. Or more accurately, standing next to a taxi as the police were being called . . . ." I'm still laughing, and I read that several hours ago!
The ice in your coke was almost melted and that thimble contained barely a mouthful of nuts so I guess you were a bit disappointed.
I checked your previous post on "Warsaw in January" that you mentioned. You should not travel there in Winter! But I was truly surprised with your reflections on Bristol. You experienced nothing except for bad smell??!! Bristol is adjacent to the famous Namiestnikowski Palace, where the Tzar's brother was killed in 1830 under dramatic circumstances (jointly with a general who was protecting him and who was my g-g-g-grandfather). In 1989, the Roundtable Talks took place there from February to April and finally toppled communism. Opposite to Bristol is one of the best cafes in Europe (at least cheesecake and apple pie-wise). Next to it is a "communist-style" diner where waiters scream at you and make unpleasant comments (after the first shock you realize that they are acting). The simple food is delightful. And so on. Great place, great neighborhood incredibly full of history, with every stone telling its own story.
"Lindor Kugeln" from Lindt are awesome! 🙂 They improve every situation, in the air or on ground!
The fact that I love your reviews and you're in the same city as me is fairly cool! Warsaw did had a poor weather those past days, which is also a bummer for me but it's a nice city. Have fun, whenever you're now 😉
I suppose the experience varies somewhat. I flew WAW to JFK on the 787 two weeks ago, and the plane was pristine. Definitely no tape holding the seats together (though like your flight, I did notice that the entire front row was missing TV systems and as a result nobody was seated there, which I kind of liked because the cabin was more empty). On my flight, the service was extremely attentive, a flight attendant checked in with me about every fifteen minutes to ask if I wanted anything to drink or eat. Was very impressed with both the hard and soft products. Cabin was also great, I slept for hours and it was a day flight too. I flew Austrian on my way to Europe a few weeks before that, and didn't sleep well due to the fact that the cabin temperature was extremely warm.
Have 787 been in service long enough to warrant seats falling apart like that?
The food looks nice though. And I suppose flight crews is a YMMV thing but they were not rude and did their job so it's not terrible.
I took the LOT 787 and the TK 777 in the same trip recently so I have a frame of reference - yes the seats are very similar, but both the wife and I felt the LOT seat was wider somehow (did not check if that was true). For companions, she preferred the 2-2-2 setup over the Eva Air pods by far
As a person working in the LOT Product team and a keen follower of your blog I'm very happy to see that you were satisfied with our product 🙂 we hope you're going to fly with us again!
As for the taped seat, luckily it was just a one-time incident and it's not going to happen again 😉
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!