Next week – some semi-live writing from New York

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• James Grant says:

  14 Feb14 February 07:16

  Hi Raffles

  Have a great child free trip! I am taking my 17 year old for the tennis finals in September pre-uni with avios 2 for 1 in First and priority club point at Times Square staybridge

  Look forward to reading your posts

  Cheers

  James

• ExpatSomchai says:

  14 Feb14 February 09:41

  I am there with the family next week staying at the Staybridge. Also hoping that the snow holds off.

  • pazza2000 says:

    14 Feb14 February 19:15

    Hope you guys have already booked the Staybridge if using points, as the rate increases next month. I tried to book dates there for May recently, however despite being available online on points, this was not the case over the phone (necessary to book via the old rate), so in the end I gave up, treating myself to the IC Time Sq instead.

    • James Grant says:

      14 Feb14 February 20:26

      Hi

      I booked at old rate then needed to add two extra nights so had to phone to get those at the same rate.. Wasn’t a problem though

      Cheers

• Dave says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:48

  Hi Raffles,

  The Lufthansa seat and bed combo is only on the 747-400, so if you’re not on one of those, you’ll be out of luck I’m afraid. That said, the new seat on the A380 and 747-8 still looks great, so I’m sure you won’t be disappointed either way.

  Enjoy!

  • Raffles says:

    14 Feb14 February 11:15

    I have booked a 747-4 precisely for this reason (and because I like sitting upstairs!). It seems only 1 of the Frankfurt fleet of 747-4’s does NOT have new First Class, so the odds are in my favour …. hopefully!

• Zoe says:

  14 Feb14 February 12:24

  Very cunning plan Raffles, you score Brownie points for travelling to Germany and back with the kids, but still avoid a week with your in-laws!

• Zoe says:

  14 Feb14 February 12:26

  Next years score even more points by leaving the kids with their
  grandparents and taking your wife on to New York with you…

  • Raffles says:

    14 Feb14 February 12:51

    It may be possible next year! The youngest will be nearly 3 by then (as opposed to nearly 2) and so easier to leave behind!

• Paul says:

  14 Feb14 February 18:27

  I’d love to try out Lufthansa first. How did you collect your points?

  • Raffles says:

    14 Feb14 February 20:28

    Honestly not sure – I’ve had them for ages! I think its a mix of having had the LH credit card for a while some years ago (with a decent sign up bonus), some hotel transfers and a few business class Star Alliance flights a few years ago. However, I asked myself the same question and couldn’t be certain!

• tom says:

  14 Feb14 February 23:28

  Do you know maybe if al BA flights to NY have already the new FIRST class ? Or is is there some exceptions like on Lufthansa?

  • Raffles says:

    15 Feb15 February 07:51

    New York is a premium route and one where you are basically guaranteed new First because BA will pull out the stops to find a suitable plane. Looking at Flyertalk, 81% of the B777-2’s are done, all of the B777-3’s and 73% of the B747’s.

• James67 says:

  15 Feb15 February 02:04

  Have a great trip.I recommend you ditch the ipad for a galaxy note. Better still, ditch both the ipad and iphone for a noteII smart phone. I did this a few months ago and it was best tech decision I ever made. I no longer need to drag even a tablet around and I have found the noteII far superior to my old 4S.

  • Raffles says:

    15 Feb15 February 07:45

    But my kids would kill me! Even our 1 year old is addicted to the ipad!

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