Blog Category: Flight Reviews

First Class with any airline is an experience in exclusivity but Emirates’ legendary First Class is truly the closest opportunity to sampling life as a celebrity or royalty that I have had.  Emirates has done an admirable job in maintaining the incredible attention to detail that first made waves with its premium cabins across one of the largest airline networks on the planet.  This posting is a synopsis of two first class flights that I had with Emirates, the first from Capetown to Dubai aboard a 77W and then Dubai to London on the A380 several days later. Flight: Emirates Flight 005 (DXB-LHR) Class: First Seats: 2K Date: September 12,...

Turkish Airlines is one of Staralliance’s golden children, offering some of the most comprehensive options for travel throughout Europe and Africa without charging fuel surcharges for most award redemptions and maintaining excellence in service while boasting one of the best business class lounges in the world. Flight: Turkish Flight 018 (YYZ-IST) Class: Business Seats: 2J & 2K Date: June 23, 2014 The cabin is laid out in 2-3-2 configuration which packs a LOT of business seats into a small area.  Unfortunately this means no matter what seat you choose, you are either going to be stuck (window seats), or risk having someone wake you up to get out of their...

Lufthansa’s first class service has been a permanent fixture in the list of aviation’s most exceptional flying experiences alongside other heavy hitters such as Singapore, Emirates, and more recently Qantas’ A380.  While first class in any of these airlines is a crash course in indulgence, Lufthansa is known for excellence and restraint, rather than opulence and spectacle (Emirates, I’m looking at you!)  Like sex, or perhaps pizza, there are no truly bad first class flights, there just happen to be some that have more goodness than others.  And a flight onboard Lufthansa’s first class has no shortage of goodness. Flight: Lufthansa Flight 492 (FRA-YVR) Class: First Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (mostly)...

Rouge is the new low cost division of Air Canada designed to cater to leisure and infrequent travellers.  We flew this entirely new division only 6 days after their inauguration on July 1st, 2013. Flight: Air Canada Rouge Flight 1906 (YYZ-VCE) Class: Premium Rouge Seats: 1A, 1C Date: July 7, 2013 We were in seats 1A & 1C and would recommend these seats. It was nice to not have anybody reclining in front of you. The tray tables for this row come out of the armrests and I actually didn’t check to see if the non-bulkhead row was any different – the trays were pretty annoying two piece folding deals that didn’t...

This was a great opportunity to sample United’s newest business class offerings across the Pacific ocean on an overnight flight into Frankfurt on the way to our final destination of Barcelona. Flight: United Airlines Flight UA926 (SFO-FRA) Class: Business Class Seats: 15J, 15K Date: May 12, 2013 It’s hard to not be excited about going upstairs on a plane to your “private” business class cabin.  It’s even more fun when you get treated to a view of the cockpit before takeoff right from your seat. But enough gawking at the cockpit… onto the seat: The Seat The business cabin is split into three sections – two on the lower deck,...