Experience of Sunshine First with EAL (Travelcity Direct)?

[rob@rar.org.uk]

Thinking about our Orlando flights for next summer and was wondering if Travelcity Direct's Sunshine First service on their EAL 747s was a good way to fly? Has anybody paid the upgrade fee and flown in their Sunshine First service? Was it worth the money?

Regards

Rob

 

[ChrissyDerekOKW]

Hi Rob. We went Sunshine First last August and it was worth every penny. We paid though a special introductory offer price of £149 per person, since then I believe the price is now £250 per person. We had a 90 minute check-in, special desk at the airport, and double baggage allowance. There are 22 seats in the cabin with 51" seat pitch, huge seats, t.v. and trays come out from your seat. The food was excellent, the dedicated cabin crew the best we have ever had. We were served champagne, you get prioity boarding and some real good wine with the meal. We are going again with EAL this August, but unless you book their accommodation you cannot upgrade to Sunshine First. We have settled to sit in the bubble at a cost of £100 per adult, we are DVC members and have our accomodation. I think last year we slipped through the net, a few people seemed to do.
It was a wonderful experience and if you can give them a try, a great way to travel. Good luck, they get booked up fast.
Chrissy.

 

[rob@rar.org.uk]

Chrissy, many thanks for this. It's helpful to know that some people have managed to book the upgrade without Travelcity's accommodation.

Regards

Rob

 

[kipper]

We are traveling on the sunshine first class in August this year for the first time and are so excited about it as we have not told the kids. We are looking to book our 2004 holiday with them but are having a slioght problem? If you book 2 weeks with them you can book now or even two months ago and fly on thier (EAL_ jumbo's) but if you want 3 weeks as we normally do you cannot book just yet as they have not released any dates yet and even worse it might be with another carrier so no sunshine first class at £250. I might have to go Virgin again.

 

[rob@rar.org.uk]

Kipper, did you also book accommodation with Travelcity?

Regards

Rob

 

[kipper]

yes we booked a villa for 2 weeks but for our three week 2004 holiday we were going to book one week with travel city direct (to get sunshine first class) and use our time share for the other two weeks.

 

[HeidSFost]

Hiyas

Just to add to a recent poster's experience. We are booked to travel in June with TCD, we are going for 9 days, and because they are so busy, they have booked us to travel out with BA, and into Orlando MCO, and out on their own carrier of Sanford. I booked Sunshine 1st for the return, but it ook a lot of ringing and hassling them, and I have had to pay the full price for the upgrade even though I am only using it one way. It still works out cheaper than one way on Virgin, and having travelled PE, from the sounds of it, it will be better.

I don't mind having to go cattle class to get out there, but we wanted to be as comfy as possible coming home<g> I shall let you all know what it's like on the way back.

I have travelled Business with United from LA once (retun leg only and that was because we had to br rerouted due to bad weather), and the seat had the same pitch as these seats and it was very very comfy, but I will let you guys know what I think.

Hope this helps in some strange way

Heid
xx