Air France to debut business-class mattress pads through hotel brand partnership

Contemporary off of a glitzy reveal of its new long-haul first-class suites, Air France is saying an improve for its worldwide enterprise class — one that ought to imply a greater evening’s sleep on flights to and from the French capital.

The Paris-based provider is partnering with a luxurious resort model on new mattress pads for its lie-flat business-class seats. They will begin showing on the airline’s long-haul jets this summer time.

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Air France’s new bedding partnership will see the French flag provider be part of forces with Sofitel, the legacy resort model that is a part of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty portfolio (itself contemporary off something of a glow-up).

Sofitel custom-designed a brand new bedding assortment for Air France’s enterprise pods, which the provider stated is supposed to supply a „floating on a cloud“ really feel in its entrance cabin. On the very least, it ought to make for a extra comfy red-eye expertise in your subsequent enterprise class redemption.

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The brand new „Sofitel My Mattress“ covers will slip over the whole thing of every lie-flat seat on Air France’s entire fleet of wide-body plane, from the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner to its Airbus A330s and A350s.

„The introduction of a brand new mattress pad will additional improve the consolation provided on board, guaranteeing much more restful nights earlier than arrival at vacation spot, in addition to better rest throughout daytime flights,“ Fabien Pelous, Air France’s senior vp of buyer expertise, stated in an announcement saying the information.

The mattress covers will sport shades of grey colours that the airline believes match the general aesthetic of its enterprise cabin. Tags on the coverings supply a nod to the partnership between the airline and the resort model.

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Air France notes the coverings will work — and add consolation — in each the lie-flat and upright positions, as proven under.

Vacationers will begin seeing the brand new premium-cabin function seem on jets in July. Each Air France long-haul plane will supply the mattress pads by the tip of this 12 months, they usually’ll be obtainable whether or not you are flying on an in a single day trek to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) or a daylight flight.

For instance, you may switch bank card rewards to the Flying Blue loyalty program it shares with sister airline KLM as one possibility. Factors and miles switch 1:1 from most main bank card issuers, together with American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Capital One, Bilt Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards

Alternatively, you may switch bank card factors from a number of packages to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club to make the most of a number of the lowest transatlantic award pricing on the market (however do be careful for top surcharges on some bookings).

And amongst U.S. frequent flyer packages, Delta SkyMiles is a SkyTeam accomplice of Air France, however its award pricing tends to be pricier than Air France’s personal Flying Blue program — although you may rating an award pricing low cost with a Delta SkyMiles credit card.

Accor, for its half, is a switch accomplice of Capital One.

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