Are you getting ready to book business class airfare on Sky Team? Give serious consideration to Air France if it doesn't have adverse consequences for your itinerary. Delta is in the process of upgrading its business class, and on those planes where the upgrade is complete their cabin is very competitive. I flown the Atlanta to London-Heathrow route on an upgraded Delta B767-400 and was very impressed with the experience.
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Delta's old fleet, however, is woefully behind Air France's flat-bed seats. I personally find Air France's food and wine service marginally better. There is a definite trade-off in that you're almost certainly doomed to transfer through Paris-Charles de Gaulle, without question the most confounding of man's creations. Otherwise, you will accrue SkyMiles on the exact same schedule as if you'd flown Delta (usually a little slower to credit). I also find the Air France lounges (salons in AF parlance) to outpace the Delta's Sky Clubs. Though a small thing, it annoys me that Delta did away with mainstream magazines in its Sky Clubs.
If you're connecting anyway, I think you'll appreciate the difference in equipment between Delta's old cabin layout and the Air France configuration. Note that Delta has currently upgraded its B767-400 fleet and its B777-200LR fleet. You can view the type of aircraft when booking, or if you view the seats when booking you'll notice the cabins equiped with flat-bed seats only have four seats per row of seating.
Of course none of this helps, if you book a ticket on Air France only to have the flight cancelled and your travel moved over to Delta equipment...can't complain too much, going to make my connection.
Safe travels.
Delta's old fleet, however, is woefully behind Air France's flat-bed seats. I personally find Air France's food and wine service marginally better. There is a definite trade-off in that you're almost certainly doomed to transfer through Paris-Charles de Gaulle, without question the most confounding of man's creations. Otherwise, you will accrue SkyMiles on the exact same schedule as if you'd flown Delta (usually a little slower to credit). I also find the Air France lounges (salons in AF parlance) to outpace the Delta's Sky Clubs. Though a small thing, it annoys me that Delta did away with mainstream magazines in its Sky Clubs.
If you're connecting anyway, I think you'll appreciate the difference in equipment between Delta's old cabin layout and the Air France configuration. Note that Delta has currently upgraded its B767-400 fleet and its B777-200LR fleet. You can view the type of aircraft when booking, or if you view the seats when booking you'll notice the cabins equiped with flat-bed seats only have four seats per row of seating.
Of course none of this helps, if you book a ticket on Air France only to have the flight cancelled and your travel moved over to Delta equipment...can't complain too much, going to make my connection.
Safe travels.
