Looks great. I'm flying Etihad from Palma Mallorca to Abu Dhabi in Feb, via BCN on a 787 - 9 in Eco. The cheapest ticket was about 600E return, but I opted for the 'Deluxe' at 800 which gets you full flexibility, fast track and extra legroom. It makes BA, KLM, Lufthansa business class look a bit pointless......the Etihad business here was also way too much to justify for such a short flight.....up to 6 times more expensive and it's an old BC cabin at that......oh and also, Etihad seems to allow bikes on for free (within the 40kg luggage limit that I have, which is a breath of fresh air).
Sounds like a great way of unlocking a lot of benefit and as you say, for the old business class for that much more, it’s really not worth it. I find the ME3 airlines are really generous on the luggage front, great to hear about the bikes.
Are you sure about the Fast track. ? I have the same Deluxe ticket coming up in March and I'm very confused. Mine says i have Priority check-in but they are trying to sell me Priority access for almost €50 each flight - - Dedicated check-in counters, priority boarding and fast-track baggage; Skip the queues at the airport with Priority access. From EUR48.53 - Please let me know if you actually get anything extra. Thanks
Great vid Rich. It’s odd to see so many rows of extra legroom seats. I wonder if that was considered to be a cheaper (for the airline) alternative than premium economy?
Fly once a quarter to either Thailand or Vietnam for work, know this wasn’t a biz class review. But usually fly Qatar. Due to cost chose Etihad last time. They are good but not on par with Qatar, but if you’ve never flown Qatar then I’d be wowed by Etihad.
Really has been nice to see Etihad on the front foot again. As always TBD, super job.
Thanks so much. It was a pleasure flying with them. Lots more Etihad content to follow in coming weeks 😃
Looks great. I'm flying Etihad from Palma Mallorca to Abu Dhabi in Feb, via BCN on a 787 - 9 in Eco. The cheapest ticket was about 600E return, but I opted for the 'Deluxe' at 800 which gets you full flexibility, fast track and extra legroom. It makes BA, KLM, Lufthansa business class look a bit pointless......the Etihad business here was also way too much to justify for such a short flight.....up to 6 times more expensive and it's an old BC cabin at that......oh and also, Etihad seems to allow bikes on for free (within the 40kg luggage limit that I have, which is a breath of fresh air).
Sounds like a great way of unlocking a lot of benefit and as you say, for the old business class for that much more, it’s really not worth it.
I find the ME3 airlines are really generous on the luggage front, great to hear about the bikes.
Are you sure about the Fast track. ?
I have the same Deluxe ticket coming up in March and I'm very confused. Mine says i have Priority check-in but they are trying to sell me Priority access for almost €50 each flight -
- Dedicated check-in counters, priority boarding and fast-track baggage; Skip the queues at the airport with Priority access.
From EUR48.53 -
Please let me know if you actually get anything extra. Thanks
Great vid Rich. It’s odd to see so many rows of extra legroom seats. I wonder if that was considered to be a cheaper (for the airline) alternative than premium economy?
Yeah do wonder whether perhaps it was a toe in the water into the more premium economy space! Thanks mate
Wouldn't want the Monty's but something for breakfast would have been nice.... extra leg room seat looks great
Yeah too true, little something decent would’ve been good. Seat was for sure the best I’d ever had in economy!
Fly once a quarter to either Thailand or Vietnam for work, know this wasn’t a biz class review. But usually fly Qatar. Due to cost chose Etihad last time. They are good but not on par with Qatar, but if you’ve never flown Qatar then I’d be wowed by Etihad.
Yeah, I think that’s fair :)
Enjoyable video as ever but audio seems very low volume.
Thanks so much! I’ve been upping it a bit recently, will check 👍
Why do Etihad offer the same rubbish food on the 2nd meal service as BA you should expect something better.
But great seat choice .
Thanks! Yeah you’d hope they’d go a step beyond that for sure! 😅