Whisper sailed at 9am this morning with a revised revised Itinerary that is all negative for us.
Newfoundland scrubbed and some new Canadian ports as "compensation".
Nothing to be done but make the best of it.
It's been a long day and a bit getting to Paris. My morning walk along the Hudson and lunch at the Conrad seem an eternity ago.
Getting to Kennedy and through Terminal 8 to the lounge was a breeze. It was much better than I had expected. The AA lounge was big and crowded but the wine was good as was the food. Our Finnair flight to Helsinki suffered the usual delays at JFK including 50 minutes from the gate to wheels up. However we got in to HEL only 25 minutes late. I haven't been on Finnair for a while but I'd have to say it ranks fairly well down the scale for J cabins. Food was only average. I had a wagyu beef thingy that was edible but only just. It was wagyu in name only. The suite was comfortable accept for the area you put your feet when sleeping which I found very cramped. Not that there was a lot of sleeping time. The flight was only 7.5 hours and after the meal was delayed buy turbulence there was less than 3 hours between lights out and when they started serving breakfast. Service was however good and there seemed to be a crew member wandering the cabin all night offering water etc to those who were awake.
The flight down to Paris was okay in the bulkhead seats but the meal was pretty much tasteless.
In the gap we had couple of hours in the Finnair Helsinki Schengen lounge which was uncrowded, comfortable and with good food. There was enough time for a shower.
All up, it was good to get to the Hilton La Defense.
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That’s a shame. Make the most of it though as there’s not much you can do about.Whisper sailed at 9am this morning with a revised revised Itinerary that is all negative for us.
Newfoundland scrubbed and some new Canadian ports as "compensation".
Nothing to be done but make the best of it.
Was that on the A340 turtlemichael it does look a little dated? The A350 much nicer but still cramped in the feet area and layout is a much better 1-2-1. The lounge photos bringing back very recent fond memories. Cheers
Gosh that lounge is empty - we were there in the morning "rush hour" and it was really crowded.
OZDUCK, we were there from 9.30am until noon and there was no peak hour that day.