How To Redeem Miles On Air Seychelles

I used EY miles for Air Seychelles this summer from SEZ-JNB. I want to say fees were around ~$250 per person. The biz seats are similar to the ones on SAA and food/service was decent. I doubt you’ll be blown away but I’d say it’s a decent choice considering there aren’t many great options for Seychelles in general

You can also earn EY-miles by flying The Residence 😉 😉 😉

Have similar flights & trip planned for September 2018, so excited to hear your experience!

Question for you (or anyone else who has done this) -- Did you look into paying for coach and upgrading with miles? Curious if that would avoid the higher fees for flying to the Seychelles? Do you know if availability for an upgrade is the same as outright awards? I'm looking at expert flyer and there's availability for a business award on the days we want

Thanks!

This product reminds me of the US Airways Envoy 767-200 seat before these were retired 3 or 4 years ago- urgh!

Lucky, introduction paragraph, you missed the e off outline

@Lucky I once flew Air Seychelles from HKG to AUH. It was an EY coded flight and the soft product from blankets to meals to china and silverware to amenity kit were Etihad branded. All flight attendants were in Etihad uniform. It was flown on an older A330 and the hard product was a bit outdated, even more so compared to older Etihad planes. While it wasn’t terrible by any means, there is nothing to get excited about. Word of caution, especially to Ben, none of the power outlets worked on any seat. Not sure if it was one off or whether this is a common occurrence. A friendly flight attendant saw me fiddling with the outlet and offered to charge my phone up front, which I desperately took her up on. I saw one or 2 others who asked to do the same.

We flew the Air Seychelles Business Class on the SEZ-CDG leg of our RTW trip in April, using Etihad points (transferred from MR.) . The scheduling is great because it is an overnight non-stop that gets into Paris early in the morning, and the flight leaves late enough that we were able to spend a full day on La Digue and then catch the last ferry to Mahe to taxi to the airport in plenty of time to shower in the lounge.

The service was very friendly, if a little amatuerish. The food was unmemorable (I actually don't remember it except that they had pancakes for breakfast.) . The seats were very old style lie flat, and my window seat didn't go all the way flat, so I switched with my wife who didn't mind having a slight angle. You can also check availability in Expertflyer. They seem to release two J award seats on each flight a year ahead.

Flew Air Seychelles E a couple months ago BOM-SEZ then SEZ-MRU (was supposed to be SEZ-TNR until they cancelled it and never notified me)

Frankly I enjoyed the product. Not that it was super special, but certainly the atmosphere was nicer than you'll find on U.S domestic airlines. At least until they spray insecticide towards the end (Seychelles requirement)

How to redeem miles to fly SEZ-PRI? It's an expense ticket!

Unfortunately, Etihad is no longer a partner of Air Seychelles, and therefore booking is impossible.