LH F or Etihad business

Booking a one-way from DFW-BLR and am tempted to book the ORD-AUH segment on Etihad in business just to try it out. Can anyone offer any comparison vs. LH F? I've traveled longhaul LH F before and very much enjoyed the experience. It's a better routing and schedule for my purposes, but I'm curious to know if others might think the moderate inconvenience of flying Etihad (in this case) might be worth a better experience. Thoughts?

 

Why don't you book EY F ?
I haven't tried it yet but it looks pretty amazing.

 

Good idea- EY F could be a good option. If it was EY C vs. LH F- easy choice for LH.

 

After the recent M&M enahancements i feel quite liberated and will try some more airlines. EK is next in March and I want to try EY too.
I have been on QR a few times, whereas I think I'll skip GF.

 

Actually my BA flight count has increased as well.

 

A good question. I should have stated that my corporate travel policy doesn't allow F. However, on the particular date and route I'm looking at, LH F is coming in at the same price as EY C, hence I have approval for LH F if so desired. I haven't priced EY F, but I imagine it will be more and thus not something I can justify. I'll check, though.

 

I doubt EY F is more than LH F.

 

Unless the company of the OP has a very strong corporate contract with LH, I agree.

 

Interesting travel policy anyway !

 

I'm really struggling to find attractive BA fares to Asia.

 

Hmm.. I have not checked- wrong direction for me (backtracking to London to fly East). N. America + Latin America are good bets in C.

CX has had some excellent fares recently in C also (although I have to admit I haven't taken them up on it except once to HKG).

 

EY F is coming in at nearly double the price of LH F. I guess we must have some kind of contract with them. Interesting to note that the LH C fare was only a few hundred $ less than LH F. In any case, they're both cheaper than either EY C or F.

 

In this case- LH F is the answer.

 

Agreed... unless my client decides to travel with me, in which case I'm in coach - even if he's in C/F. Ugh...

 

On corporate contracts I've noticed LH F and UA F aren't priced that much more than the respective carrier's C. Same thing with AA; on some corporate Int'l C fares they are automatically upgraded to F.

What I find amazing is how heavily discounted C fares can be on LH for corporate contracts.

 

i wish we had this travel policy.

 

Our travel policy is "strictly NO Business Class".
That's why I make sure to book FIRST !

 

Always a rule abider.

 

LOVE it

 

I knew US carriers did this. I have a friend who works for a major consulting firm, and he gets auto-upgrade to AA F from a J fare, which it turn is already highly discounted. Surprised to hear LH does this, since they're a quality carrier.

 

Might be part of the UA/LH JV deal...

 

Those corporate discounts usually exclude codeshares, for obvious reasons.

 

Sure, but not in the JV where they split revenue.

 

Have you checked ex-IST? They seem very competitive to PEK/PVG and good to HKG.