Comments on: Air France Rolls Out New Premium Economy Class

By: CF

CF — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:23:34 +0000

There shouldn’t be any premium in coach for this airplane. You might have just found a particularly full flight.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:18:37 +0000

I was looking at flying Dulles – CDG in the Fall when AirFrance will be using the A380 on that route, and see that they are charging over $4000 RT economy (economy on most of the other direct flights on more ordinary craft is generally around $900 at the moment – even OpenSkies is only about $1500 for its business seats). What gives with that? Do they really think people will pay that for economy?

By: diana

diana — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:18:54 +0000

Twice as much as full fare coach? Hardly. The privacy alone is worth the extra money and you get far more personal service and amenities.

By: diana

diana — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:16:48 +0000

If you notice the shell construction, no oozing is possible. I’m sorry, but seats have to be considered one size fits all.

By: Lesa Browning

Lesa Browning — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:45:09 +0000

I think the new AF Premium Economy is well worth the added cost. I have done a round trip LAX to CDG and it made a huge difference over the standard coach seat. I just booked another round trip LAX to CDG for April and the difference over coach was $300 each way, well worth it in my opinion.

By: CAMILO

CAMILO — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:09:32 +0000

I has just flown on this class from BOG to CDG, and was a TERRIBLE experience, seats are absolutely uncomfortable, you can not move, I had to change to a economy seat to sleep, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!

By: Richard Krueger

Richard Krueger — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:28:42 +0000

The other bad thing about premium economy is that although you can check in at the business class desk, you are absolutely not permitted to use the business class lounge. L’Avion from Open Skies is a far better deal. Real business class seats with a real business class lounge, and it costs less than Air France premium economy!

By: Richard Krueger

Richard Krueger — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:53:21 +0000

The seats are absolutely horrible. There is no way to fall asleep in them. The tray tables are unusable unless you weight less than 120lbs! I had to eat with my tray on my lap. Furthermore, Air France refuses to refund these tickets! Also, unlike a full fair economy ticket, and these things cost twice as much, are not flexible. Again I hat to pay $700 dollars to make a change on them. Next time I am definitely flying l’avion!

By: gerard

gerard — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:21:34 +0000

Save the money. Definetely not worth. The seats are very uncomfortable and many passengers complain about back pain after a long haul in these seats. The only benefir you get is the longer pitch. Gerard (Af flight attendant)

By: CF

CF — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:53:30 +0000

Air France has a bunch of pictures:
http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/media-library/photos/cabin-classes-comfort-and-gastronomy/premium-voyageur/