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Etihad Airways First Class A380 London to Abu Dhabi
Introduction Etihad Airways has one of the most luxurious First Class offerings (called the “Apartment”) in the world on their A380 aircrafts. We got a chance to experience the flight recently and we had a great experience. Let’s get started! Booking The cash fare for a one way journey on this sector is a ridiculously expensive INR 300,000 (USD 4,000) per person. Luckily one of the sweetest spots to book this incredible First Class is via the American Airlines AAdvantage program. It cost us approximately INR 100,000 (USD 1,300) per person to book this using miles. Click here to find out more. Flight Details Route – London, UK (LHR) to Abu Dhabi,…
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Etihad Arrivals Lounge, Abu Dhabi
Introduction Etihad Airways operates their hub from the city of Abu Dhabi in UAE. They have an Arrivals lounge at Abu Dhabi for Business & First Class passengers who are entering the city. Let’s have a look. Location The lounge is located after the baggage claim area and just before the exit. There are plenty of signboards throughout to guide you to the lounge area. The lounge always has some crowd as all incoming premium passengers wait in this area for their chauffeur. All revenue tickets on Business & First are eligible for a drop in the city. Even if you have not pre-booked it, the staff should take care…
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Etihad Airways Business Class A320 Abu Dhabi to Mumbai
Introduction Etihad Airways is the flag carrier of the UAE and the second largest airline in the UAE (After Emirates). The Airlines hub is located in the city of Abu Dhabi and we booked an award travel from London to Mumbai with an overnight stop in Abu Dhabi. We traveled from London to Abu Dhabi in First Class (Review coming soon) and Abu Dhabi to London in Business Class and the entire journey cost us 62,500 American Airlines Miles + 279 USD in taxes per person. It effectively cost us approximately INR 100,000 (~1400 USD) per person for the one way journey which is almost one third of the cash…
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Etihad Select Upgrade – Our experience
Introduction Etihad Airways allows customers to upgrade their bookings in economy and business class to business and first (if applicable) at the airport counters during check-in or via Etihad select upgrade which is their bidding platform. We recently traveled from Mumbai to Paris via Abu Dhabi and booked one ticket in economy and one in business to make a proper cost benefit analysis. Read on to find out what we learnt from this exercise. Our bookings EY 205 BOM – AUH (Boeing 777) 05:25 – 07:00 EY 37 AUH – CDG (Airbus A 380) 08:55 – 14:20 EY 38 CDG – AUH (Airbus A 380) 21:55 – 06:45 EY 204…
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Etihad First Class Mumbai to London (one way) in under 100,000 INR / $1,400
Introduction The Etihad First Class Apartment has been on our bucket list for quite some time now. You can now fly from Mumbai to London/Paris (or vice versa) in First Class (Etihad Apartment) for under INR 1 lac one way for a limited time. This is an incredible fare and allows you to experience the top end of their hospitality (First Class Apartment) from London/Paris to Abu Dhabi (or vice versa). The residence still remains out of reach(for now). Etihad has stopped flying the A380 from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai and hence that leg of your journey will be in Business Class. So let’s get started Eligibility Requirements This is…
