Premium Economy Choices...

[Perry Morris]

Setting up our 30th anniversary trip to Australia this coming November 2016. Thanks to my Capital One miles, wife and I will get an opportunity to fly Premium Economy. I was pretty much set on Air New Zealand via SFO-Auckland-Sydney but my travel planner told me today she could get a price break if we combine our SFO-SYD flight with the inter-Australian flights. We plan on flying from SFO-Sydney-Hamilton Island-Melbourne-SFO. If I want to combine all the flights under 1 airline I'll have to use Virgin Australia or Qantas. Soooooo fellow posters which airline would you choose and why?

 

[emeline]

There's a thread on premium economy happening at the moment in the Qantas forum. I'm loyal to Qantas, so always fly them but not sure how their PE offering compares to VA. I'd do MEL-LAX-SFO and jump on QF93 as I really enjoy flying on the a380

 

[SYD]

A review of various Y+ products here. QF rated #1.

TheDesignAir’s Top 10 Premium Economy Classes 2015 | TheDesignAir

Plus QF has returned to SFO-SYD non-stop on 747 with premium economy seats - they're the same as A380. I've only done QF (both 747 and A380). Worth the extra over economy when the budget doesn't stretch to J.

 

[Dalescott]

The wife and I have used Y+ or as some people refer to it as PY. We have found that it is the little things that make the difference between airlines and PY. QF A380 PY uses the J toilets, very few airlines with PY use the J or have there own toilets, most share with J. This is not a big problem, but the queue can be a little long. If you try and use the Y toilets you will be told to use the J toilets. The seats are very much the same, they have single padding like J seats. 12+ hours and you can get a sore B...m.
But I agree go with QF.