A380 Business Class - worth flying interstate for? (Etihad)

[Frodosmum]

Hi All, your thoughts and experiences will be appreciated! -

I have a European holiday coming up and I'm using all my saved up Velocity points to purchase a Business Rewards flight with Etihad to Germany/France from... Perth... or...

Question is.... is it worth me flying to Melb or Syd and jumping on the A380?

It would cost me an extra $400-$500 dollars in cash going to Melb/Syd to do this (as I live in Broome, so I have to get to a capital city anyway).

The Perth flight aircraft would be a B787 I think ...

Cheers

 

[TomVexille]

Welcome to AFF!

IIRC the 787 has the same Business Studio product as the a380

 

[mmchow]

Welcome to AFF Frodosmum.

TomVexille is correct re Business studio on A380 and 787. If departing from Mel/Syd, you'll get to enjoy the Etihad lounge and when on board, the Lobby lounge (nothing to write about TBH).

 

[Frodosmum]

Thanks mmchow and TomVexille - I have used the lobby bar on Emirates a380 and loved it - but had heard Etihad's wasn't as good. Thanks for your posts

 

[scwappy]

I would think the lounge and the onboard bar would not be enough to warrant a trip east, as the seat on the 787 is the same as the 380.

 

[clazman]

why not do both do melb / syd outbound and perth inbound

 

[Frodosmum]

Thanks all- a bit to think about there...! Frodosmum