A couple of days ago Etihad announced some A380 service changes, as they’ll be discontinuing A380 flightsbetween Abu Dhabi and Melbourne as of October 29, 2017. The plane didn’t fly the route for very long, as Etihad only inaugurated A380 service in the market as of June 2016.
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ben
dont you think that Etihad First on 777-300 inst better than the apartment on the A380?
The seat does not recline at all and the bed is hard (as per your comment a few days ago)
wouldn't you refer a seat / bed combo like all airlines do?
Not suprised, have never seen Sydney flight empty, Melbourne seems to be getting pretty average load factors (60%) even in more peak times.
To take advantage of this, if I have mostly Chase UR points, and want to travel from SFO to SYD via Abu Dhabi in business or first class, to which airline's mileage program can/should I transfer the Chase UR points?
@David O depending on how many points you have use KE. I think they require r/t but it's only 210k which is on the cheaper side for F r/t.
Thanks Derek, very much.
I'll probably do that.
But, are there any options that would be nonstop from SFO or LAX?
Not on Etihad. You'd have to route through AUH. I'm not really aware of any Etihad fifth freedom routes, but take a look at https://www.awardhacker.com. Should help you price routes with programs. The only feasible non-stop I see with your miles is on UA metal with UA miles.
Ah...thats a shame, just booked a first class flight melbourne - new york for November, it is a 787 out of melbourne...then to the apartments, meh...I will try it, flown this route 5 times now and first was never once out of melbourne has first been full..the forward facing seats yes.but the most I have ever seen including myself is 6/9 been full the ABU - JFK though, .also the residence 1/5 has been used...not that they let you upgrade...though I did get some caviar has I had a drink in it with the person that was using it,