Booking on VA7 in December in J

[theevilmuppet]

Hi all,

I was looking at booking a fare in J on VA7 in December tonight. I was surprised to see that the seating configuration was still 2-3-2 for a number of days I tried.

Does anyone have any details of when we'll see the 1-2-1 seating configuration for bookings? The Air New Zealand product has admittedly tainted my views regarding what business class is.

 

[notzac]

I don't think they've loaded the new seat maps yet?

The Air New Zealand product has admittedly tainted my views regarding what business class is.

Try CX or EY and then see how tainted you feel about the NZ product

 

[bullerdude]

I doubt we will see such seat maps under much closer to the launch date, which is late this year.

Given that the new seat maps will have 3-4 more seats than the current config VA don't have to worry about selling our a flight.

 

[TomVexille]

As the 77W refurbs don't start till November IIRC. I think it will be hard to know what the which flights will have the new product until at least mid December.

 

[theevilmuppet]

Try CX or EY and then see how tainted you feel about the NZ product

The 1-2-1 configuration was very awesome on Air New Zealand. The only complaints I could possibly level were a lack of a bar, the in-seat power not being sufficient for my laptop and no in-air internet access - all quite minor things really.

 

[Airbumps]

I just flew back into BNE from LAX on VA8 in J. This was the final legal of a RTW J trip with EY from MEL-LHR and VS from LHR-EWR and DL EWR-LAX.

It pains me to say that VA J was the worst of the lot. It really is a tired product and doesn't compare, IMHO, to the other airlines it partners with, let along the likes of CX.