Recent off of a glitzy reveal of its new long-haul first-class suites, Air France is saying an improve for its worldwide enterprise class — one that ought to imply a greater night time’s sleep on flights to and from the French capital.
The Paris-based provider is partnering with a luxurious resort model on new mattress pads for its lie-flat business-class seats. They’re going to begin showing on the airline’s long-haul jets this summer time.
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Air France’s new business-class function
Air France’s new bedding partnership will see the French flag provider be a part of forces with Sofitel, the legacy resort model that is a part of the Accor Dwell Limitless loyalty portfolio (itself recent off one thing of a glow-up).
Sofitel custom-designed a brand new bedding assortment for Air France’s enterprise pods, which the provider mentioned is supposed to supply a “floating on a cloud” really feel in its entrance cabin. On the very least, it ought to make for a extra comfy red-eye expertise in your subsequent enterprise class redemption.
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The brand new “Sofitel My Mattress” covers will slip over everything of every lie-flat seat on Air France’s complete fleet of wide-body plane, from the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner to its Airbus A330s and A350s.
“The introduction of a brand new mattress pad will additional improve the consolation supplied on board, guaranteeing much more restful nights earlier than arrival at vacation spot, in addition to better leisure throughout daytime flights,” Fabien Pelous, Air France’s senior vice chairman of buyer expertise, mentioned in a press release saying the information.
The mattress covers will sport shades of grey colours that the airline believes match the general aesthetic of its enterprise cabin. Tags on the coverings provide a nod to the partnership between the airline and the resort model.
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Air France notes the coverings will work — and add consolation — in each the lie-flat and upright positions, as proven beneath.
Vacationers will begin seeing the brand new premium-cabin function seem on jets in July. Each Air France long-haul plane will provide the mattress pads by the tip of this yr, and so they’ll be obtainable whether or not you are flying on an in a single day trek to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) or a daylight flight.
Methods to ebook Air France with factors and miles
Hoping to ebook a business-class flight on Air France? You might have just a few choices.
For instance, you possibly can switch bank card rewards to the Flying Blue loyalty program it shares with sister airline KLM as one possibility. Factors and miles switch 1:1 from most main bank card issuers, together with American Categorical Membership Rewards, Chase Final Rewards, Capital One, Bilt Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards
Alternatively, you possibly can switch bank card factors from a number of applications to Virgin Atlantic Flying Membership to make the most of a number of the lowest transatlantic award pricing on the market (however do be careful for top surcharges on some bookings).
And amongst U.S. frequent flyer applications, Delta SkyMiles is a SkyTeam companion of Air France, however its award pricing tends to be pricier than Air France’s personal Flying Blue program — although you possibly can rating an award pricing low cost with a Delta SkyMiles bank card.
Accor, for its half, is a switch companion of Capital One.
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