Review of Air France flight Warsaw Paris in Business

Airline Air France
Flight AF1147
Class Business
Seat --
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 02:25
Take-off 10 Dec 16, 12:55
Arrival at 10 Dec 16, 15:20
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fiftytwo
By GOLD 748
Published on 22nd January 2017
Bonsoir

10th and last trip of 2016 , it was such a busy year , thankfsfully no major issues during those journeys

Destination : Amsterdam

Nothing expectionnal but i promised someone i would come back before christmas

The plan was to spend a saturday afternoon there and then fly back to Krakow instead of Warsaw , so a WAW-AMS-KRK under the same PNR , rather than a basic domestic flight with LO

Summary

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AF1147 : waw-cdg : here
AF1140 : cdg-ams : http://flight-report.com/en/report/21592/Air-France-AF1440-Paris-CDG-Amsterdam-AMS
KL1363 : ams-waw : http://flight-report.com/en/report/21594/KLM-KL1363-Amsterdam-AMS-Warsaw-WAW

On the way to Chopin, weather is not very nice today

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Reached the airport quite quickly , in front of terminal will be a hotel (not finished yet)

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Went to checkin

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With skypriority its quite fast , i checked my luggage to Paris instead of Amsterdam

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This time i decided to try the upgrade for 50 € for WAW-CDG

Compared to CDG-ams for 110€ , thats really a good price

Today again the fast track

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Had a small hat with security agents about my scarf (Legia Warszawa)

Few meters later i saw this …. the Legia's shop

They made headlines in Champion's league this year cause they lost 8-4 against Borussia Dortmund , that is a new record in C1 with 12 goals in one match

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After couple of reports , i think there is anything new to show you in Chopin after all

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Decided to wait in the lounge called Fantazja . All lounges in Chopin are named after Frederic Chopin's legacy

Last year i was still eligible for the lounge downstairs , Preludium , cause i was silver with FB but not anymore , they don't accept it

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Deco is very minimalistic



Only view is landside , so nothing really sexy

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Weather like this is typical for October , but some details remind me that we are in December

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Foreign newspapers …. wide choice available.



You can even grab books , but most of them are written in polish

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If you can i recommend you to watch this movie , named 1944 , maybe you can find with english subtitles

Headlines of flight-reports for this saturday

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Food and drinks

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Was not really inspired , so i choose this

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Today my flight will be delayed , at least 15 minutes

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Left lounge , and decided to spot before boarding

KL
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AF
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LH
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AZ
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SU
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And here i am , gate 30

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Today's flight will be full

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Smokin cabin

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Boqrding started at 12.55 , so i guess we will be delayed by 30 minutes

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French newspapers

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Keep going

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My seta for the next 2 hours , today we have the Best&Beyond cabins

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The same boring song during boarding "where can i put my luggage ??" .

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Weather for saturday/sunday

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LOT is in the hood

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Push back … and 30 minutes delay as expected

7 pax in J , however Y is almost full

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quick taxing and take-off



Flashback

In october i woke up , switched on my phone and received this email from AF

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I often receive news from AF , i suscribed to the newsletter for Germany , Poland , Hungary and Czech Republic , just in case and it was a good idea

Let's check the conditions and requirements before booking

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First my idea was to go to Paris , but then i realised i needed one more segment to retain Silver in 2017 , so i decided to go to paris for shopping and then amsterdam for a drink.

Final price = 110€

Lets check whats going on in the sky

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Weather over Poland

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However its much better over Germany and Czech Republic

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13h38 , les préparations vont bon train , le service en Y a deja commencé

1.38pm , service started in Y . In J we are still waiting

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Bon sur un vol de 6/8 heures il y a de la marge , mais commencer le service aussi tard c'est limite

If flight was 6/8 hours long , that is ok , but for middle-haul they should hurry up

1.50pm , oshibori and menu . But as you will see later it was not correct

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First i was asked what i wanted to drink , so i said champagne

And now i can showoff

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Love is in the air , sometimes !

And finally the main course

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If such meal were available in BoB for la Y i would buy it , however in J thats barely enough

Before

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…… after

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Then came the dessert

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Started our descent to CDG

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Went through a layer of clouds

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then another one

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and suddenly i can see the ground , so yes the fog was at very low altitude

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Arrived in CDG , first the T1 with QR to DOH and their A380, see u in 2017

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Final stop at 2F, next to this AZ

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One good side of travel in J , first to leave the plane

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Vigipirate , we had extra control

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After this , it was boring as ever

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I just need my luggage

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Delivered amongst first

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End !
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Verdict

Air France

6.8/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew6.0
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Meal/catering8.0

Polish Airports State Company Fantasia Lounge - Start Gold

6.3/10
Comfort8.0
Meal/catering5.0
Entertainment/wifi6.0
Services6.0

Warsaw - WAW

8.8/10
Efficiency9.0
Access9.0
Services8.0
Cleanliness9.0

Paris - CDG

5.0/10
Efficiency4.5
Access4.5
Services6.0
Cleanliness5.0

Conclusion

WAW = heaven

Lounge = Le fantazja is not that bad , but i should return and spent more time there

AF = the upgrade was a good deal however since a couple of weeks AF flights from/to WAW are ALWAYS delayed (at least 30 minutes)

CDG = from 2F -> roissypole is awful , too much time wasted

Information on the route Warsaw (WAW) Paris (CDG)

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Useful

La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Air France avec 7.5/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 2 heures et 26 minutes.

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2 Comments

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  • Comment 383036 by
    SKYTEAMCHC GOLD 10071 Comments
    Thanks for sharing this report.
    The dealy seems to be common on this line as Benoit08 alreday mentioned. that's really too bad.
    The meals seems nice and a hot meal on a short flight is laways a good thing.
    Apprently the Flight attendants were very average if i juge by your marks.
  • Comment 383705 by
    KévinDC TEAM SILVER 6668 Comments
    Thanks for sharing this report and series. 50 Euros to upgrade is a really good deal. I like the look of the new cabins, though the seat pitch seems tighter than the old cabins.

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