Etihad has been on a nonstop cost cutting spree lately, and it has been years since I remember them doing anything to improve their product. Off the top of my head the last positive development from them was when they inaugurated service with their first A380 in 2014, and when they opened their First Class…
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FANTASTIC news. I had a long couple of flights last December in First on the A380, and had tons of work to do and it was terrible. Had to keep buying $20 passes.
WiFi should be free for all (long-haul) first class passengers on all airlines including LH, EY, QR, LX, TG, CX and others.
If TK can offer it to all J passengers then I don't see why other airlines can't in F!
I am surprised to read that airlines dont offer free wifi to first class passengers when ticket costs thousands of dollars.
It's still not going to make me fly them again.
They have done way too much cost cutting for my liking.
Sadly they've lost me as a Platinum 'Guest'!
FWIW, you can log in to the Etihad system with Boingo credentials. Various Amex cards gives free Boingo access, so I was able to get free Wifi on my recent EY flights with this method.
I had to re-login every couple of hours, but that's not a big deal.
I flew first to SYD this morning (last minute downgauge to 777!)
Free wifi was for 180MB. It was painfully slow though.
Wow they're giving you less data than a normal monthly phone contract if you spend over 1000 dollars on a flight how kind.
Having flown abu dhabi to sydney November last year in 4a first apartment the whole flight proved lackluster at every level.
The bedding was unbearably uncomfortable and food ordinary.
The free Wi-Fi on offer is no point to consider when considering this first product.
Thank god it was a 100000 point AA redemption and not hard cash.
Flew AUH - IAD in First on March 7, was given a code for 180MB free. As others have said, worked fine but was slow.