First Choice Premium Upgrade

[Vee]

Has anyone flown FC premium ?
Obviously won't be in the BA/Virgin class but is is much better than the standard offering ?
Big familiy holiday to Dominican Rep next summer and they seem to be the only direct flights.

[Arklight]

Not worth the money apparentley, Brother in law used it and he said its the same seats and just a few freebies on the flight such as drinks etc.

[davidjpowell]

softer lighting bigger screens, a bit more leg room, but economy is unusualy not that bad.

[Tyre Smoke]

Would agree with the above. Get a better meal (!!) bigger screen tv's with individual channel choice. Wider seats with lumbar adjustment and slightly more leg room. Free drinks on demand too - but for the extra you pay it's not really worth it.

First Choice cattle class isn't that bad.

[alxce]

We went to Cuba earlier in the year and for the extra money I thought the premium seats were well worth it. I am over 6' so the economy seat is a painful experience for anything more than a few hours and the food was good.
For Dominican journey length I wouldn't hesitate while you can still get them at a reasonable price. In the future we can expect APD tax increases to make premium seats unaffordable.

[eldar]

alxce said:

We went to Cuba earlier in the year and for the extra money I thought the premium seats were well worth it. I am over 6' so the economy seat is a painful experience for anything more than a few hours and the food was good.
For Dominican journey length I wouldn't hesitate while you can still get them at a reasonable price. In the future we can expect APD tax increases to make premium seats unaffordable.

I did similar. Enough legroom to be comfortable, and no howling children crawling everywhere.

The price seems to vary a lot, so you need to shop around.

[JeepJunkie]

Flew FC premium to the Maldives in May, worth the extra especially for my screaming child

Dunno what economy is like and don't want to find out either...

[Jer_1974]

I have done both and it's quite good, worth an extra £100 or so.

[scirocco265]

We upgraded for £200, 2 long 11 hour flights. You get drinks included and a bit more legroom, nicer 'flightpack' with socks, toothbrush, moisturiser etc, choice of menu (even managed a bit of smoked salmon which IMHO wasn't bad). Long flight definitely worth it.

[uuf361]

Definitely worth it IMO - did this to Orlando in July. Bigger seats, better TV and movie on demand selection, free drinks etc......

[bazking69]

Worth no more than £25 each tops, and that is on a long trip.