Avianca has an interesting approach to long haul “Business Class”. If you’re travelling within the Americas, there is no Business Class fares for sale. Only differing levels of Economy Class fares wit privilages. The strange thing is that they still use the same aircraft as their trans-oceanic service, so they do have “Business Class Seats”. Instead, you can buy any level of Economy fare and then pay for the upgraded seat.
On Avianca, you pay to reserve a seat ahead of time. Seats start around $10 and increase depending on what location they are at in the aircraft. To book the lie-flat seats, you’ll end up paying around $200-300 to reserve that seat on top of whichever Economy fare you selected. Any un-selected seats can be chosen for free at check-in as well. A VERY good deal for a long haul, lie-flat seat.
The interesting thing, is that you still are only given the “Economy Class Experience” since everyone on the airplane is travelling with an Economy fare (you just paid for a bigger seat). This means no free lounge access (paid access okay, free for Star Alliance Priority) or extra food/beverage.
0:00 Arriving EZE
1:30 Avianca Check In
2:52 EZE Term C
4:39 Star Alliance Lounge
7:13 Boarding
9:00 A330 Seat
15:00 Takeoff EZE
19:01 In Flight Entertainment
21:37 Snack Service
23:51 Arrival BOG
28:47 Beginning 787
29:11 Check In BOG
31:19 BOG Int’l Term
33:12 Avianca Lounge
37:05 Boarding
39:07 787 Seat
41:23 Pushback/Taxi BOG
43:00 Takeoff BOG
46:11 IFE
47:54 Seat Modes
49:00 Meal Service
50:18 Snack Service
51:49 Arrival LAX
54:40 LAX Int’l Arrivals
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I Have not flew whit Avianka jet.Great Work
The volume of the narration was a bit too low.