Delta vs. Continental for transatlantic travel..
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Delta vs. Continental for transatlantic travel..
Hi, any thoughts on which might be better for transatlantic flights between East coast USA and Europe? Will a meal be served onboard? Thanks, Greg
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Reviews if you are going coach service food
sucks pretty much equally equally on both.
Recently 2 Onepass CCs on www.continental.com 60000 FF miles
paid with that also got the miles.
Got enough for several free flight tickets that way.
Pretty cool way to do it
Find that the continental fares seem to be most competitive
this year...
Reviews if you are going coach service food
sucks pretty much equally equally on both.
Recently 2 Onepass CCs on www.continental.com 60000 FF miles
paid with that also got the miles.
Got enough for several free flight tickets that way.
Pretty cool way to do it
Find that the continental fares seem to be most competitive
this year...
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Assuming you are in coach, there is not a huge difference between the two. Food stinks on both, and will be limited - eat before getting on the plane, or bring snacks. Delta gives you free (cheap) wine and beer, if that matters.
The biggest difference will be between planes, rather than between carriers. The Delta A330s are probably the best of either carrier, with reasonable pitch, a decent 2-4-2 layout, and AVOD. The Delta 767-400s are similar in comfort to the A330s. The Continental 777s offer better AVOD, but lesser pitch, and a generally less comfortable 3-3-3 layout. So, the top choices, for me, would be Delta 767-400, Delta A330, Continental 777, in that order. The Delta 767-300 is fine, if you don't care about AVOD, as the videos are overhead on most planes of this type. The Continental 767s are also comfortable, but have only the loop videos in the seatbacks. The 757s are generally uncomfortable, IMO, on either carrier.
The biggest difference will be between planes, rather than between carriers. The Delta A330s are probably the best of either carrier, with reasonable pitch, a decent 2-4-2 layout, and AVOD. The Delta 767-400s are similar in comfort to the A330s. The Continental 777s offer better AVOD, but lesser pitch, and a generally less comfortable 3-3-3 layout. So, the top choices, for me, would be Delta 767-400, Delta A330, Continental 777, in that order. The Delta 767-300 is fine, if you don't care about AVOD, as the videos are overhead on most planes of this type. The Continental 767s are also comfortable, but have only the loop videos in the seatbacks. The 757s are generally uncomfortable, IMO, on either carrier.
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According to www.airlinequality.com, Delta gets a 3.9 and Continental gets a 4.9. But that is on a scale of 0-10.
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Thanks for the replies. The Delta flight between Newark, NJ and Amsterdam, would be on Boeing 767's. I couldn't find any indication of 767-400 or 300.
The Continental flights use Boeing 767 also, but again no indication of 300, 400 etc.
When referring to pitch, is that indicative of the seat's size, width, legroom or what specifically? Greg
The Continental flights use Boeing 767 also, but again no indication of 300, 400 etc.
When referring to pitch, is that indicative of the seat's size, width, legroom or what specifically? Greg