Anyone flown Etihad or Egypt Air in Y?

[jn82]

Anyone flown Etihad or Egypt Air in Y, specifically, SIN-(AUH)-LHR on Etihad and BKK-(CAI)-LHR on Egypt Air? The Etihad planes (A332 and A345) look very new, and Y class looks almost comparable in pictures (dare I say it) with the SQ's A380 and 77W Y class. Ticket prices also cheaper than Qantas/BA. Not sure about Egypt Air though, the reviews for them are pretty poor-average online.

Just looking for a few cheap ways to fly into LHR, would be better if by *A. Atm, probably will go with TG for a few hundred dollars more, maybe stopover, and with some miles..

Cheers.

[LukeGT]

I flew EY Y from FRA to AUH and back to MUC.
Seat and service is ok. TV screen amazing but not the selection (only average).

About A332, i must say it depends on the specific acft you get: the older have armrests between seats completely moveable. So if you are on an empty flight, u can get an entire row for you and get a rest better than if you were in C.
Some of the newest have armrest which cannot be moved.

Cheers
Luke

[KeithMEL]

Just looking for a few cheap ways to fly into LHR, would be better if by *A.

Egyptair is a member of *A. Reading the reviews, I think I'd pay a bit more to fly in comfort though... TG isn't too bad.

[jn82]

I flew EY Y from FRA to AUH and back to MUC.
Seat and service is ok. TV screen amazing but not the selection (only average).

About A332, i must say it depends on the specific acft you get: the older have armrests between seats completely moveable. So if you are on an empty flight, u can get an entire row for you and get a rest better than if you were in C.
Some of the newest have armrest which cannot be moved.

Cheers
Luke

Interesting note about the amazing screen but average selection, as I actually had not factored the latter into consideration. Too used to SQ and QF excellent AVOD IFE.

The new A330-243 cabin pictures look really great, compared to the older A330-202 (actually not that old since it's around 2003-2004 I think).

Egyptair is a member of *A. Reading the reviews, I think I'd pay a bit more to fly in comfort though... TG isn't too bad.

Yeah. I was initially more focused on Etihad as a cheaper alternative (just over $900+ one way), but only considered Egypt for a fleeting instant because of the miles. My main intention is to fly TG atm ($1150+), but all their 747 Y class has no IFE! Even if I upgrade to business (standby option from airport desk, can't afford outright ex-SIN ), there is a 1/3 risk that BKK-LHR will be serviced by a non-retrofitted 747 with a very poor J class with no personal IFE! Risky risky.

May have to bite the bullet and just fly SQ ($1,450+), or do Qantas/BA and forego the miles....

[Kiwi]

MS (Egyptair) has some cheap fares (in business class), but is a dry airline.

[KeithMEL]

At the end of the day - you won't die flying Egyptair. But for that long a journey I'd rather pony up a little more and fly in comfort on SQ/QF/BA or even TG (delete as appropriate based on your personal FFP affiliation). I'm guessing you're flying ex-SIN? QF/BA aren't that cheap ex-MEL.

You might also want to look at BA World Traveller's Plus. Now that premium economy has been removed from the QF/BA JSA due to the vast discrepancy in product, there are some fantastic deals to be had with BA WTP in T class (premium economy saver fares). Not v sure about ex-SIN though.