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New York to Singapore, depending on which direction you’re heading NY to SP is an hour longer than vice versa. It ranges from 17.5 to 18.5 hours.

 

New super duel efficient aircraft make it possible. These aircraft are also much quieter. I’m afraid I would go nuts cooped up that long.

 

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Did DFW to Hong Kong and doing return today.  16:30 to get here.  In AA's sweet 777 business class pod/seats.  With some wine and a whiskey, pretty sure I got pretty good 8 hours sleep plus a couple of movies on the outbound. Didn't bother me a bit.  Only 14:40 to get back. 

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If you’re in F it’s fun, in J it’s bearable, in Y it sucks. Luckily, SQ’s aircraft on this route doesn’t have a traditional Y. Only premium economy.

Longest flight I’ve ever done in Y is BOS-HKG. It SUCKED (and I had an exit row). 

On the other hand, I flew DEL-ORD in J and it wasn’t bad. 

Done Europe-East Coast many times in Y and it’s not too bad, especially going east.

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Yep class of service makes a world of difference. Anything over 6 hrs in Y, fuck that. I would gladly do this flight in J and no hesitation it in F. Anyone who has done several of these long haul flights usually has a system that works for them and can make 14 hrs feel like 5....in the right seat.

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2 hours ago, DFWTexEx said:

Did DFW to Hong Kong and doing return today.  16:30 to get here.  In AA's sweet 777 business class pod/seats.  With some wine and a whiskey, pretty sure I got pretty good 8 hours sleep plus a couple of movies on the outbound. Didn't bother me a bit.  Only 14:40 to get back. 

Can't beat the front on the 777.   Did it LAX-NRT and back  two years ago   This year did Rome-CLT on the Airbus.  Not nearly as comfortable as the 777.  

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18 minutes ago, texasjacket said:

Bunch of betas up in here, cuz anyone over 160 cm never enjoys being crammed in a metal tube for longer than an hour.

Yeah, even the fancy classes just make it bearable for a six footer.  I have ulnar nerve damage from coach from Seoul.  F that in the A.

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3 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Ever since they introduced layflats and pods/aisle access in J, it's the same as F to me.

OK you don't get pyjamas or airport escort or caviar service, but for actual comfort I'm all set.

 

J isn't even close to the top F cabins.

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2 hours ago, G650 said:

J isn't even close to the top F cabins.

In terms of comfort experience, it's barely marginal.  Did Asiana, British, Lufthansa, Swiss, and Thai on good sales.  At retail, I don't think none of them will ever be worth the $ delta from J.

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3 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

In terms of comfort experience, it's barely marginal.  Did Asiana, British, Lufthansa, Swiss, and Thai on good sales.  At retail, I don't think none of them will ever be worth the $ delta from J.

Well, BA sucks in F relatively speaking these days, which is why the tickets are basically the same as J. I had a 6500 dollar F ticket this spring from IAD to LHR.

 

The real F seats are CX and QR. Even EK has a marginal seat, though the doors make up for it a bit. 

My wife and I can literally sit comfortably side by side in a CX F seat. It's the size of a standard love seat in someone's house.

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DFW to LAX to Sydney once.  Coach.  Got food poisoning the day before the return trip.  That was fun.

Recently, DWF to Tokyo, then down to Ho Chi Minh.  Also coach.  Next to a small toddler.  First class home on Cathay Pacific, which did help this time.  

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16 hours ago, G650 said:

The last Y flight I had was DFW to NRT, back in 2011 maybe. Only missed upgrade ever as an ExPlat. Luckily was able to get row 22 on the 772, which was basically unlimited legroom.

same for me.  i did this ridiculous shit in 2011

imgur

after which i realized i had more miles and less free time for such frivolous shit... and then never again

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1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

Oof. That is strong.

 

The longest mile run I ever did was EYW to ORF, via SFO, LAX and DFW one year when I got caught a few miles short in December. 

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I did coach (is that Y?) JFK to NRT to Denpasar once.  15 hours of misery only to be followed up with another 8 hours of coach hell.

I will say, I got premium economy on Cathay on my trip home from SE Asia, and it was better than bareable.  I slept pretty well after a scotch and a benedryl.

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8 hours ago, 52-80 said:

That's crazy.  I'd rather spend 3 days doing pretty much anything else besides that.  You logged a lot of terminal time too.  How'd you spend that day in Sao Paolo?

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9 hours ago, 52-80 said:

I don't get  it.   They actually make you get on the plane to rack up the miles? Are they not open to something logical like "hey I need to log 10000 miles but I don't want to sit in the plane for 10000 miles,  how about I just pay for ticket, you give me the miles and we go on our way without  the charade, then you actually save the couple bucks in peanuts and fuel costs of flying my fat ass around, plus you can also resell the seat I won't be in. "

 

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1 hour ago, FondrenRoad said:

That's crazy.  I'd rather spend 3 days doing pretty much anything else besides that.  You logged a lot of terminal time too.  How'd you spend that day in Sao Paolo?

Had lunch at fogo de chao - the original location, where Bush Sr visited - then checked in a hotel for a quick nap.  Longest time spent was actually 3.5 hrs in fucking traffic going back to the airport. 

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On 10/13/2018 at 10:29 PM, gsoda3 said:

i actually enjoy the 15+ hr flights.  my kids love them.  pretty much unfettered ipad time til they drop and then cup noodles whenever they want. 

Last trip to Asia, they didn't have cup noodles. Something about too many people scalding their hands.

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28 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I don't get  it.   They actually make you get on the plane to rack up the miles? Are they not open to something logical like "hey I need to log 10000 miles but I don't want to sit in the plane for 10000 miles,  how about I just pay for ticket, you give me the miles and we go on our way without  the charade, then you actually save the couple bucks in peanuts and fuel costs of flying my fat ass around, plus you can also resell the seat I won't be in. "

 

 

It was a complete lark.  Made 1K but the next year I moved away from the UA network so I didn't use the automatic shorthaul ugrade priority, and bought my own tickets for longhauls and so didn't use the longhaul coupons either.  Completely wasted.

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1 hour ago, G650 said:

Friend of mine is South African. When his parents moved back to the States, they flew the wrong way around the world to get here to save like 50 bucks. Y the whole way, took like 44 hours or something stupid.

well if you fly westward you also get a little bit younger so theres that

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4 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

I did coach (is that Y?) JFK to NRT to Denpasar once.  15 hours of misery only to be followed up with another 8 hours of coach hell.

I will say, I got premium economy on Cathay on my trip home from SE Asia, and it was better than bareable.  I slept pretty well after a scotch and a benedryl.

Did coach last month HOU to DOH (14.5) and then DOH to Chiang Mai (8).

Meh.

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