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Frequent Miler on the Air

Etihad First Class apartments: morning vs evening | Coffee Break Ep58 | 6-3-25

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture, Aviation

4.9640 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Greg and Nick recently both flew the same Etihad First Class route between Paris and Abu Dhabi in the first class apartments. Greg flew the morning flight from Paris to Abu Dhabi and Nick flew the reverse, an evening flight. Which one was a better experience?

(00:51) - Why did Nick pick the evening flight that he picked?

(01:40) - When using American Airline miles, availability is tough.

(03:40) - What makes Etihad first class apartments special?

(06:33) - Greg thinks the route isn't long enough to enjoy all the perks if you're also trying to sleep.

(07:24) - Nick shares his experience with the evening/night flight.

(10:48) - Greg explains what he likes better about the more daytime version of this flight

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0:00.0

This is a Voyescape podcast.

0:03.9

You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com.

0:11.9

Welcome to Coffee Break, where we focus on a single topic related to miles and points.

0:16.8

And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or less for your money back.

0:21.8

On today's coffee break, we're going to talk about Eddie Had first class apartments and whether it's better to take a evening flight or a morning flight.

0:30.1

Yeah, we've both done this before. So actually, just last year, I guess it was, we both flew the same route between Paris and Abu Dhabi, but

0:38.5

Greg flew in one direction on a daytime flight, and I flew in the other direction on an

0:43.4

overnight flight. So we'll share our thoughts about each of those and which one we think you should

0:48.7

want and what other options like that may exist. Yeah. Let's back up and talk about why Eddie had first class apartments are so awesome and how you can

0:58.4

book them with miles.

0:59.4

And then we'll talk about which one is better to book if you have the option.

1:03.4

Nick, why did you pick Eddie Head first to fly?

1:06.6

Well, because you can use American Airlines miles and it's a great deal, frankly.

1:10.0

Between Europe and the Middle East, it's just 62 can use American Airlines miles and it's a great deal, frankly. Between Europe and the

1:11.5

Middle East, it's just 62,500 American Airlines miles in first class. And first class is pretty

1:19.1

incredible when you're talking about international first class on a major carrier like this.

1:24.3

It's a big difference over business class and certainly a huge difference over

1:29.7

economy class. And at that price, 62,500 miles, that's like one credit card welcome bonus that

1:35.9

could get you a flight that might ordinarily cost four or five thousand dollars one way. So it's

1:41.8

it's certainly worth the 62,500 miles. Now, if you want to fly farther and at you had first

1:47.2

class, you'll pay more. But still, it's a relatively good deal when you're using American Airlines

1:51.3

miles, though, of course, the availability is tough when you're using American Airlines miles.

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