Fly on an A380 LHR-CDG for £80

Air France are operating the A380 on the LHR-CDG route from 12th June - 30 August, with tickets from £80 return, or £280 in business.

I'm quite tempted

http://www.airfrance.co.uk/GB/en/local/ ... athrow.htm

Finally I have been waiting for a week for this to be released.

Shall be booking my tickets this evening.

It is only one flight a day and is being done for crew training. Can't wait I bet she will shoot off like a rocket with such a light load!

[Nottingham Nick]

Oooh! V-Flyer party bus anyone???

Nick

Good Idea....
P A R T Y........

Oooh! V-Flyer party bus anyone???

Nick

Now that is a good idea y) . These flights are going to be busy, I understand there's a specific schedule and the forumosphere is agog at the prospect!

Mega unhappy people if the A380 goes tech and they send over an A320!

[mitchja]

I'd be up for this y)

Lowest business class fare I can find on the A380 is £231 return if you fly on a Sunday and come back Monday

Very tempted here.

Any recommendations on decent CDG hotels? I'm tempted with a Sun - Mon flight.

[Nottingham Nick]

We are certainly thinking about a quick burst, but would probably have a few days @ Paris while we are doing it.

Without me trawling through the AF website - has anyone researched / have knowledge of, whether a business class ticket would get lounge entry - if so, any comments on their quality?

Nick

[mitchja]

Nick, yes all Premium Affaires (business class) fares do allow lounge access.

Booked a very quick trip here to Paris (not my favorite place) in Business class departing June 27 returning June 28th. A380 both ways for £231 return y)

[HighFlyer]

I'm up for this

People must be booking like mad, the prices keep going up every time I try different dates.

[mitchja]

When I just booked, it said there where only a few fares left for my departure date on June 27th.

The reason why these flights are so hot is becuse this was leaked first on A.net by an AF staff member who I believe works out of one of the middle eastern offices and then because it was picked up by a couple of aviation related press companies.

I will be booking and having not looked at the prices, will be going for the end of August if the first months are being snapped up. Whilst these flights may prove popular lets not forget that there are some 449 Y seats per flights and 80 odd J seats (and I wouldn't be surprised if there are few op-ups to First which is not being sold).

One very clever marketing ploy by AF, something they have of course done in the past with the 777 and 747 when they entered service.

Note: Looking at Y fares, the 380 flights are still very much available and are much cheaper than flying on any of the other 320/ATR operated flights on the same day

I'm looking at booking Fri 30th July out & Mon 2nd Aug return as there are good deals on Expedia & Lastminute for £250 each for 4* hotels.

oooh am excited

R-P

Great post - thanks. Just booked for August as sounds and looks like fun.

[mitchja]

Just a heads up for anyone who's made a booking for these flights.

If you now go in and manage your booking via the AF website, seat maps are loaded and seat selection is now available.

thanks for the heads up just got my economy seats on the top deck both ways. the aircraft on the 24th and 25th July are looking as if all the seats are assigned just a few left.

Only managed to get the upper deck on the way back.. Very much looking forward to this!

Whooooo hooo

Just booked to go out 30th July.

Have decided to have a few days in Paris whilst at it so not returning on the A380.

Wine, pastries & wine are top of the list y) ][|)

Also looking forward to seeing the Eiffel Tower light display.

R P

Many thanks for this thread just booked two return Z,s for end of August, just need to know where to stay for two nights, four seasons looks nice, Ritz looks a bit pokey though at 900euros a night.

Many thanks for this thread just booked two return Z,s for end of August, just need to know where to stay for two nights, four seasons looks nice, Ritz looks a bit pokey though at 900euros a night.

What about the Plaza Athenee??

Hello all

Booked the A380 on the 7th Aug Economy (R)? can i pre-select my seats ? It looks like others have done it when flying economy but as much as i've tried i cant seem to find any link to grab some good seats.

Any help appreciated.

[mitchja]

Once you log into your booking using the Air France website, scroll down to 'Preferences' then click 'select or modify' then just click in either box to bring up a pop-up window showing your seat maps.

I'm on a Z (business class) so don't know it's any different for economy fares.

You can also view your booking using the KLM website so you might what to try that if there's nothing on the Air France one.

Anyone know why I can not manage my booking on airfrance website it invites me to do so but the booking reference nor ticket numbers seem to work, says it can't find my booking?

My christian name has got a T on the end of it, i am a Christopher not a Christophert and want to change it in case I have id problems.