This is a bit of a last minute deal and not for everyone, but thought it was worth the plug...
The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...
In-order for the airline to fill their seats on the route for the last 2-3 weeks of operation, they have reduced ticket prices to £349 each way, including all taxes. These are non-flexible and non-refundable tickets.
Usually tickets on the route have sold for around £1200 return, but can now be obtained for under £700.
To give you an idea, I have looked on travel price comparison site Kayak and business class tickets from Heathrow to New York in September are around £1500-1800 return, so quite a big saving.
Also economy tickets seem to be ranging from £450-600 in September, so for a small extra amount, you can upgrade!
The ticket price includes priority access through security and access to the business lounge before the flight at both airports. On the flight itself, you get a large business class seat, which nearly lies flat (175 degrees), chef-inspired food served on china plates, champagne and in-flight entertainment on a 12 inch tablet.
(The new Aspire business class lounge at Luton is definitely worth a visit and
avoids the chaos of all the expansion work taking place.)
The Boeing 757 which operates the flight only holds 74 seats, where usually they seat 200+ passengers.
There will be some snobs, expressing how Luton is not a London airport and how the airline is not proper business class.
Some people would argue the seats are not as good as other airlines and the food is not quite so good. Also the airline does not offer the frequency of flights or frequent flier miles of other airlines, but when you are paying half the price of another airlines business class ticket, I think you can forgive some of the differences.
whats the point of business class without hundreds behind in cattle class making you feel ever so superior
vron51
8 Sep 168#3
We flew with them last year to New York.we were very impressed ,got delayed on the way back.they gave us hotel accommodation for 24 hrs all our food,plus £400 each compensation.They allso gave us 2 free flights to New York.so went back in May,but this time went to Toronto.and did Niagra Falls as well.
Can't fault them .
gilesrdavies
8 Sep 166#2
Hence why I put in the second paragraph of this post: The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...
Latest comments (41)
ronmanager
13 Sep 16#41
Weren't these Silverjet back in the day? Looks like the same business only plane that also flew from Luton. They also sadly went the same way. Most real Business Class passengers aren't going to travel up to Luton to fly so they are reliant on regular punters treating themselves and £700 return is about the most they can fill the plane at.
We flew Silverjet for £799 return to NYC and it was pretty good value and a bit of a novelty all round but the journey to Luton was a bit too far.
mrjackster
13 Sep 16#40
I've flown with them a couple of times. If you search on travel forums you'll find literally hundreds of disgruntled customers. However - i gave them benefit of the doubt and then was delayed BOTH WAYS - the outward flight was cancelled 4 hours before it took off, moved to heathrow, where slowly the entire flight of passengers turned up and were left in the day for more hours. Finally some of us got an economy seat on delta. Customer services were a joke - the heathrow (delta) staff were amazing but said they frequently had to deal with this.
This is a bargain at your own risk.
sew109
13 Sep 16#39
This looks to me like the old Maxjet planes max jet were excellent and out of all my flights across the Atlantic with over half being in business this was my favourite,
skizz_b
10 Sep 16#38
My seat didn't even work on my flight back with them so it was 90!
It (feels to me) a lot more angled than the quoted 175, some may not notice, just presented my opinion. :innocent:
skizz_b
8 Sep 16#34
Worth noting the seats are more akin to Premium Economy than traditional business as they are angled lie flat, fantastic price for this though and well worth it (given PE return flights on OneWorld usually cost around £1100). Hot!
maclennanneil to skizz_b
10 Sep 16#37
175 degrees La Compagnie seat angle v 180 degrees lie flat?
5 degrees? Are you kidding me man?
turbo_c
9 Sep 16#36
lol
Banterlicious
9 Sep 16#35
That's news to me!
STEFANOS4784
8 Sep 16#33
not a deal that should be rated this hot in my opinion so.....Cold from me
piphurst
8 Sep 16#32
Free bus to NYC from Newark :wink:
Banterlicious
8 Sep 161#11
Luton to Newark, very glamorous!
androoski to Banterlicious
8 Sep 16#14
Newark may be in New Jersey, but it is closer and quicker into Manhattan through the Holland Tunnel from there than from JFK, or you can take the spectacular Verrazano Bridge.
The view from the terminal across the bay and Hudson of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline is also pretty good. I'd take Newark over JFK, and Newark also gives better access to the 95 and can be used for Philly.
seaniboy to Banterlicious
8 Sep 16#27
Try business class on the big ones, more for less than at La Comp full price!
Red Devil to Banterlicious
8 Sep 16#31
Says someone who went on a Sun £1 deal last summer.....oh dear!
edinburgher
8 Sep 16#18
Great deal but I do think calling Luton 'London', and Newark NJ 'New York' is pushing it!
seaniboy to edinburgher
8 Sep 16#26
Have you flown easyjet/ryanair ? I used both once or twice many years ago...Ryanair did not even have a bus service available for its last incoming flight at a 'Paris' arrival, but the website said it did. Would have been cheaper after taxis to book BA to CDG :/
androoski to edinburgher
8 Sep 16#30
Newark Liberty Airport is in NJ but serves New York, and is closer to Manhattan than JFK.
seaniboy
8 Sep 16#29
I hope you are better at catching flights than pov ! Lets leave it a that, not mess up the board on a great deal :smiley:
dogsballs
8 Sep 161#28
you obviously don't understand irony, try looking in a dictionary
maclennanneil
8 Sep 161#23
I flew with these earlier this year and it was fantastic.
Free lounge access at Luton where you can eat and drink as much as you want (they do a cracking single malt whisky, free of course) whilst the zoo goes on outside.
Free Priority security so you can look down your nose at all the plebs queuing to go through the normal security queue.
Guy waiting with an umbrella so you didn't get wet walking to the plane.
Free drinks on board, champagne etc...food was excellent on board, foie gras etc... and the best looking stewardesses I have ever seen wearing shorts and speaking English with that sexy French accent.
Virtually flat bed with a 2x2 seat configuration, so you can walk freely around the aircraft.
Fantastic experience.
The missus and I will be flying to Charles de Gaulle to pick this up when we go to New York next as it's that good.
seaniboy to maclennanneil
8 Sep 161#25
I've heard the same, nothing but goodness.
seaniboy
8 Sep 162#24
Derogatory comments en masse are not ironic, they are downright vulgar, judge others by behaviour not their class or flight class, or your assumed class of them or clothing. I've seen 'popstars' in their boxers in the upper class cabins and heads of major company divisions think they were royalty. How you behave towards others and vocal comments really is what determine class, classy or full of it/yourself :smiley:
Its nice to be nice :wink:
mickgoodie
8 Sep 16#22
hot for the price (£700 p/p for a rtn trip) but def cold if you need to get out there when you book ,and it all goes a bit pete tong......
dogsballs
8 Sep 16#21
wake me up when you discover irony
sjaddy
8 Sep 16#20
Someone at work flew with them this year and got similar compensation. They (La Compagnie) phoned him up the day before the flight was due to leave to say they didn't have enough staff so would have to bump his flight out to the next day (and bumped him to a day later for the return flight also). This obviously had a knock on effect to hotels he had booked etc.
he flew on a deal that was about £1750 for 2 people and with all the compensation (paid back to his CC) it only cost him about £800 for the two in the end.
vron51
8 Sep 168#3
We flew with them last year to New York.we were very impressed ,got delayed on the way back.they gave us hotel accommodation for 24 hrs all our food,plus £400 each compensation.They allso gave us 2 free flights to New York.so went back in May,but this time went to Toronto.and did Niagra Falls as well.
Can't fault them .
cheaperbythe12 to vron51
8 Sep 16#9
Now that's what I call good customer service!
hard123 to vron51
8 Sep 16#19
You're the reason they are suspending the Luton service!!! ;D
That is quite simply the best /OTT customer service example(from their side) I've ever heard, ha, you did good.
dogsballs
8 Sep 1628#7
whats the point of business class without hundreds behind in cattle class making you feel ever so superior
Magurdrac to dogsballs
8 Sep 16#12
I know... when I saw this deal though, I just had this horrible vision of poor people buying tickets and taking selfies all through the flight... and wearing trainers instead of brogues.
seaniboy to dogsballs
8 Sep 16#17
It's about experience not artificially making yourself feel superior to the next human, some peoples behaviour does that for themselves.
seaniboy
8 Sep 161#16
It's the attitude you wear in life not the clothing that counts, tight fitting footwear on a flight, crazy!
seaniboy
8 Sep 16#15
I flew from Luton years ago, a very poor airport but lounge access then business, this is a bargain, heat!
flamethrower
8 Sep 16#13
from Luton, that explains why its cheaper.
USA may have a special immigration control unit for people flying from Luton
rogercat
8 Sep 16#4
Shame - flew with them on the £250 a leg opening offer and were great just worring lact of resilience, I had to cancel another booking and took me 9 month to get airport taxes back only after heading to small claims court as insurance said not covered by policy !
onlineo to rogercat
8 Sep 16#10
you need to buy better travel insurance
Ross81
8 Sep 16#8
Great value for what's going to be a relatively quiet and relaxed flight, business at economy prices and not having 300+ folk all piling in at the gate.
ukdoctor
8 Sep 16#5
What is 'chef inspired food' ??
xeroc to ukdoctor
8 Sep 161#6
It generally means that they have hired a chef (possibly Michelin starred, possibly celebrity, possibly from their local Chinese restaurant...) on a consultancy basis to design and structure their menu.
gilesrdavies
8 Sep 166#2
Hence why I put in the second paragraph of this post: The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...
custommade07
8 Sep 16#1
Great price! Good find, I'm sure some will complain but for anyone who wants a bump up from economy, this is a great chance!
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The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...
In-order for the airline to fill their seats on the route for the last 2-3 weeks of operation, they have reduced ticket prices to £349 each way, including all taxes. These are non-flexible and non-refundable tickets.
Usually tickets on the route have sold for around £1200 return, but can now be obtained for under £700.
To give you an idea, I have looked on travel price comparison site Kayak and business class tickets from Heathrow to New York in September are around £1500-1800 return, so quite a big saving.
Also economy tickets seem to be ranging from £450-600 in September, so for a small extra amount, you can upgrade!
The ticket price includes priority access through security and access to the business lounge before the flight at both airports. On the flight itself, you get a large business class seat, which nearly lies flat (175 degrees), chef-inspired food served on china plates, champagne and in-flight entertainment on a 12 inch tablet.
(The new Aspire business class lounge at Luton is definitely worth a visit and
avoids the chaos of all the expansion work taking place.)
The Boeing 757 which operates the flight only holds 74 seats, where usually they seat 200+ passengers.
Here is a link to their service you can expect:
https://www.lacompagnie.com/uk/the-company/our-offer
There will be some snobs, expressing how Luton is not a London airport and how the airline is not proper business class.
Some people would argue the seats are not as good as other airlines and the food is not quite so good. Also the airline does not offer the frequency of flights or frequent flier miles of other airlines, but when you are paying half the price of another airlines business class ticket, I think you can forgive some of the differences.
Here is a YouTube Video giving you an idea of what to expect with the airline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tLBFS_YePs
Top comments
Can't fault them .
The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...
Latest comments (41)
We flew Silverjet for £799 return to NYC and it was pretty good value and a bit of a novelty all round but the journey to Luton was a bit too far.
This is a bargain at your own risk.
It (feels to me) a lot more angled than the quoted 175, some may not notice, just presented my opinion. :innocent:
5 degrees? Are you kidding me man?
Newark may be in New Jersey, but it is closer and quicker into Manhattan through the Holland Tunnel from there than from JFK, or you can take the spectacular Verrazano Bridge.
The view from the terminal across the bay and Hudson of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline is also pretty good. I'd take Newark over JFK, and Newark also gives better access to the 95 and can be used for Philly.
Free lounge access at Luton where you can eat and drink as much as you want (they do a cracking single malt whisky, free of course) whilst the zoo goes on outside.
Free Priority security so you can look down your nose at all the plebs queuing to go through the normal security queue.
Guy waiting with an umbrella so you didn't get wet walking to the plane.
Free drinks on board, champagne etc...food was excellent on board, foie gras etc... and the best looking stewardesses I have ever seen wearing shorts and speaking English with that sexy French accent.
Virtually flat bed with a 2x2 seat configuration, so you can walk freely around the aircraft.
Fantastic experience.
The missus and I will be flying to Charles de Gaulle to pick this up when we go to New York next as it's that good.
Its nice to be nice :wink:
he flew on a deal that was about £1750 for 2 people and with all the compensation (paid back to his CC) it only cost him about £800 for the two in the end.
Can't fault them .
That is quite simply the best /OTT customer service example(from their side) I've ever heard, ha, you did good.
USA may have a special immigration control unit for people flying from Luton
The business class airline - La Compagnie, that flies from London-Luton to New York (Newark), the other day announced it was suspending the service from the 24th September and has decided to focus on operations from Paris instead...