Which Business Class Service To Mumbai?

regulus said:
Not always. For example, I flew to Cape Town on business class and paid £1600. The cattle class ticket was just under £800. So it was twice the price. I do book through work where I get a special discount but it's not much. For long haul flights it's worth to pony up the extra £££ for comfort. I've been upgraded to BA 1st class once to Las Vegas and it's not THAT much better than business class. The price is horrendous though. Miles above what I can afford.
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I disagree, I'd much rather spend the money once I got to my destination.
Then again, I get into the Platinum Elite lounge in Amsterdam for free and usually fly KLM so most flights pass through there. I get the comfort of that, and the perks but have to endure the cattle class. They still give out free booze happily so it's all fine to me.
Same with hotels, when I've travelled (be it alone, with friends or with family) we've skimped a bit on hotels to have more spending money when we were there. Why spent hundreds in a place you only need to put your head down in. When on holiday, I'm awake in a hotel for about 30 minutes a day. Don't see the point spending a fortune.
Then again, I actually enjoy being in airports and the whole 'travelling experience'. I don't see travelling as a means to a destination, I see it as an adventure and something to enjoy.
 
I choose Emirates all the time, I have used BA and Emirates to India.. The entertainment is the best with emirates than any other airline IMO.
 
regulus said:
Aren't you the guy that spewed bile yesterday in my thread on German Christmas markets? Do you go round slagging everyone that does something you don't?
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yes, but hardly bile just sarcastic short posts that make everyone but you regular 5-6 laugh.

my point is more aimed at the incredibly specific nature of the questions, which flight to mumbai? I mean out of everyone on this forum 20000 or so active people, how many regularly fly to india, that city and bussiness class..... is this the best place to ask this question? really... hence i find it amusing, yes i am simple, my sense of humour immature.

Dont get too excited about it, its not ment to be be anything but comic.

also please take note of the OPs speech, "cack food" hence why the chav made good comment particulary fits well here i find. as this guy clearly has written it so.

personally when i was flying at work i was always on air france to north africa and i found their bussiness class to be perfectly fine compared to BAs who i flew with to capetown on many occasions.

I see air travel as a mode of transport for 12h not something to revel in. i flew busines class because my company paid for it and im 6foot6 tall and loved all the extra room, while i was awake for the 15 mins on take off and landing.
 
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Dandle said:
They aren't running Thales anywhere yet the first BA 777-300 (with Thales) aircraft arrived at Heathrow today. The Other video on demand system fitted to BA aircraft is Rockwell Collins.
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Gotcha, thanks. I will give it some more thought tomorrow, thanks to everyone that has helped so far, its appreciated.
 
Robbie G said:
Someone doesn't like BA or old 777s so he must be a arse, because [TW]Fox or his mum probably flew BA somewhere once, hence he gets the hump whenever anyone badmouths something he or any member of his family has ever done or owned.
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Wow.. I knew you were deluded but you've shifted up a gear this time :D

Even if [TW]Fox were well thought of on these forums, I read rubbish like this all the time from him whenever someone criticises something close to either his or his parents' hearts; it really is hilarious :).
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Again - just lol.

For the record I dislike BA and don't ever choose to fly with them. Infact, I go out of my way to avoid them and filter them out of search results when I'm looking for flights.

I've said as much on this forum before, which kinda makes your point look really rather pathetic. The suggestion that BA would be 'close to my heart' is really rather amusing. The only time I ever really defend them is in the strke threads and thats not because its BA, but because I despise the Unions ;)

So nice try, but denied this time. As for your silly RS6 analogy, it would be like going into motors and saying LOL YEA THE RS6 IS TOTALLY CRAPPY CAN ANYONE SPEC ME A DECENT CAR LOL rather than asking a simple question.

It seems I'm going to need to explain my point, as only Dj_Jestar managed to get it.

He comes on here going 'LOL BA BUSINESS IS CRAPPY LOL' then asks us to 'spec him' some Business Class travel on two Indian airlines. Great. I even gave him the best piece of advice in this thread so far - ask the same question on Flyertalk (But bin the 'crappy' descriptions) and you'll get a wealth of informed answers from people who fly Business constantly and can properly edcuate you.

If thats what you actually want, obviously.
 
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[TW]Fox;17189102 said:
He comes on here going 'LOL BA BUSINESS IS CRAPPY LOL'
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Except he didn't really, did he. You're imparting some silly tone to it to try and further your complaint, whatever on earth that actually is.

If you honestly feel that you can stand by such comments as:

'You've now failed to pull off the whole 'LOOK AT ME, I AM A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN' thing'

then it's a fruitless debate, as there's no reasoning with people that hate opinions.
 
Robbie G said:
If you honestly feel that you can stand by such comments as:
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I clearly wasn't the only person to think that.

I doubt many people would take somebody seriously if they posted saying 'lolz my Omega Seamaster is totally crappy, can any of you guyz recommend me a cool better watch', either. Even the people who did bother to help him got patronising replies.

It's about how things are phrased.

I note that as per usual you've offered absolutely zero comment on the topic in hand, deciding only to have a pop at me :)
 
[TW]Fox;17189495 said:
I clearly wasn't the only person to think that.

I doubt many people would take somebody seriously if they posted saying 'lolz my Omega Seamaster is totally crappy, can any of you guyz recommend me a cool better watch', either. Even the people who did bother to help him got patronising replies.

It's about how things are phrased.

I note that as per usual you've offered absolutely zero comment on the topic in hand, deciding only to have a pop at me :)
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I clearly wasn't the only person to think that you went unnecessarily overboard at the OP, either.

And ah yes, there's that good old persecution complex again. I 'had a pop' at DJ Jestar also, not just you.
 
[TW]Fox;17189495 said:
I clearly wasn't the only person to think that.

I doubt many people would take somebody seriously if they posted saying 'lolz my Omega Seamaster is totally crappy, can any of you guyz recommend me a cool better watch', either. Even the people who did bother to help him got patronising replies.

It's about how things are phrased.

I note that as per usual you've offered absolutely zero comment on the topic in hand, deciding only to have a pop at me :)
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Did you really need to menstruate your feelings about his phraseology and take the thread off topic because it isn't up to your exacting standards? Why do you care? I'm surprised you stooped as low as you did. Jesus, lighten up.

For what it's worth, relatively speaking, BA business class is pretty crap.
 
I've only ever had a BA 777 on LHR to Mumbai once, though I tend to get the morning flight there and night back which is 747, the only night flight I got out was actually a 777, but it does have crap IFE!
 
If you are flying from LHR, I know that Singapore used to do a stopover at Mumbai, and their Business class was spot on.

There aren't many direct providers bar the people you have listed. Kingfisher are rather good, though I love Emirates you can't go direct to Mumbai you have to change in DXB.

Thanks for the heads up on BA though, I was thinking of using them regularly for LHR to Chennai.
 
Skyrunner said:
I've only ever had a BA 777 on LHR to Mumbai once, though I tend to get the morning flight there and night back which is 747, the only night flight I got out was actually a 777, but it does have crap IFE!
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i cant take that morning flight though Sky as it gets in too late. I have a 3 hour drive to Pune after landing and I never really trusted a driver enough to make that trip through the mountains (cows and all) in darkness :)
 
waspy88 said:
If you are flying from LHR, I know that Singapore used to do a stopover at Mumbai, and their Business class was spot on.

There aren't many direct providers bar the people you have listed. Kingfisher are rather good, though I love Emirates you can't go direct to Mumbai you have to change in DXB.

Thanks for the heads up on BA though, I was thinking of using them regularly for LHR to Chennai.
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Gotcha. I should have added my final destination is Pune.

Now..... There is a way of doing that with Lufthansa (or Privateair) You need to get to Frankfurt, then its a Business Class only 737BBJ to Pune. I might fancy giving that a go one day
 
ShaggyRS6 said:
i cant take that morning flight though Sky as it gets in too late. I have a 3 hour drive to Pune after landing and I never really trusted a driver enough to make that trip through the mountains (cows and all) in darkness :)
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Ouch, I tend to fly the night flight, get in at 3, then get an early flight to Bangalore or Chennai because my company never sends me direct for some reason, though it's worse when I'm going to even more remote areas in India!

I'm guessing the 777 must do the night flight out and day flight back on BA then?
 
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