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POP Etihad First Class Apartment Abu Dhabi to London

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POP Etihad First Class Apartment Abu Dhabi to London

Let’s be honest. Sometimes you don’t want to read a whole review. So we’ve created a series called POP post: Pictures Only Post. Posts in this series will feature the product, minimal description, and focus on 5-10 Pics.  A more detailed review will come in the following week or two, but here’s a quick look at the Etihad First Class Apartment from Abu Dhabi to London.

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the birthday girl’s apartment

We used just 62,500 AA Miles + $93 to nab the apartment. On top of that my folks got 10% of those points back because they carry a Barclay Aviator Red.

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my dad’s pad

My parents loved the ample comforts of the Etihad First Class Apartment from Abu Dhabi to London.

Halfway during the flight my mom summoned me from Business Class to join her for a drink. “Techincally it’s against regulation…but I asked my supervisor and it’s ok.” Nothing great in life is achieved without asking 😉

I headed on up from the Business Studio to check out the First Class apartment. It’s amazing more bloggers haven’t reviewed this product and I’m so happy to be the very first to show you guys the Etihad First Class Apartment 😉

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Miles stayed and had a nap

And of course you can shower at nearly 40k feet…

After you’re done come back, sit in a separate seat from your bed, and enjoy a movie on your massive tv.

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And drink beverages out of your own private cooler.

My folks thought it was the best “hard product of what they’ve flown.” They’re getting pretty good with the terms 😉 My dad especially liked the separate seat from bed feature.

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7 Comments

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  • John the Wanderer April 27, 2017

    This looks great. I am excited to read the complete review.

  • Ken April 27, 2017

    Let me start by saying I enjoy reading your posts and I don’t typically comment on blogs. That said, I like many readers use readers and the gauntlet of clicks it takes to get to your posts is becoming a nuisance. I don’t mind the first click through to get to the actual post on your site. I realize you need to get eye balls. But to be routed to the “table of content” section and have to then click the actual post I wanted to read is just silly. In today’s world where frictionless access is the norm, you’re going backwards.

    • Miles April 27, 2017

      Ken – Thanks for reading! I’m not sure what the table of content section is that you’re being routed through? I don’t keep a table of content and want readers to have direct access. How were you referred to the site? Appreciate the feedback.

      • Ken April 28, 2017

        Appreciate the reply and sorry for my slow response. I was on a flight…you know how that goes. Maybe a glitch in my Feedly app yesterday. Seems fine now. In any case I was routed to a page that has snippets of your last few posts (Apartment, Straight-edge shave, etc) and had to click the one I wanted. All is good. Keep up the good work.

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