This is because BA offer a pre-flight dining for their Club and First customers which I have had before and is normally pretty good. I quite like the lounge but if you wanted to eat before your flight on Aer Lingus there were slim pickings. And with a width of 22 inches, you’ll have plenty of room to stretch out as you dream your way across the Atlantic.” The lounge – cold sprouts anyone?Īer Lingus use the British Airways lounge at Newark. Here is the description from the Aer Lingus website of their A330 business class “High comfort seats – The A330 Business Cabin is furnished with a fully lie-flat 6.5ft long bed. From what he said I was now in an aisle seat on a 2-2-2 aircraft on the window side. I asked him what was going on with the aircraft and what type it was but he didn’t seem to know.
The business class check-in was quiet when I arrived and the agent friendly but not particularly clued up. I decided to get to the airport fairly early to see what was going on. I could not change my seat in the check-in process or look at a seat map for some reason. This seat does not exist on any online maps that I can find which left me feeling rather confused. Due to our delayed departure, we ended up arriving 22 minutes late.When I checked in it was showing me in seat 3C. However, it would still be another 40 minutes until we landed in Dublin. Just a little over three hours hours after the lights were turned off - about 5.5 hours after takeoff - they were switched back on for our arrival. For better or worse, the task was moot after we hit turbulence during breakfast and the form took the brunt of my spilled coffee. As seems to be common on international carriers where I'm friendly to the crew, I was asked to fill out a survey about my experience. There were a couple of annoyances though. Even the delay due to the lavatory issue was handled well, with passengers given updates throughout the entire situation, as well as an apology once we'd arrived in Dublin. One passenger arrived sobbing about having just lost a parent - the flight attendant re-seated her in an empty row to give her more space to mourn. Others arriving at the aircraft door panting from running through the airport were warmly welcomed with a bottle of water. When one of the passengers took a seat in the economy exit row, the flight attendant was understanding, but firm, in re-seating him. She was a force to be reckoned with in handling passengers and other crew - even through some trying situations. Early in the flight, passengers were individually asked if they wanted to be woken up for breakfast or wished to stay asleep. Service never felt hurried or overbearing.
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Throughout the flight itself, she was friendly, professional and prompt. Despite the fact that she'd worked for Aer Lingus for 20 years, she mentioned (when we chatted) that this was just her second time working on this particular aircraft. The small business-class cabin was served by one flight attendant, but she was all that was needed. There wasn't anything special about the business-class bathroom.
In the end, I burned 70,000 United MileagePlus miles for this one-way business class flight since I was booking a more complicated route on such short notice. However, I needed to keep going to Berlin once I got to Dublin on this trip, so I needed to book flights all the way through to TXL. Using the Asia Miles distance-based chart, the nonstop flight from IAD-DUB costs just 45,000 miles. An even better option is to use Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, which is a transfer partner of Amex Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points and Starwood Preferred Guest. (IAD) to DUB cost 50,000 British Airways Avios to fly one-way in business class on off-peak dates - or 60,000 Avios one-way on standard dates. One of the best options is to use British Airways Avios for nonstop flights between the US and Ireland - although Aer Lingus "moved" Boston (BOS) and Dublin (DUB) further apart in order to charge higher redemption rates, you can still book flights with British Airways Avios using off peak rates, which opens up a slew of new sweet spots to choose from. Bookingīecause Aer Lingus isn't technically part of a major airline alliance - although it might re-join Oneworld soon - there are several ways to book award flights. While the airline installed the same seats on its A330s and 757s, only the 757s offer the opportunity for four smart/lucky passengers to end up with a "throne" seat in their own row on a flight across the Atlantic thanks to the aircraft's staggered (1-1 / 2-2) lie-flat seating arrangement. Ever since the new Aer Lingus business-class product was announced last year, we've been looking forward to testing it out.
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