Trying to find a direct flight on points from Lisbon to Athens proved impossible. Trying to find an affordable direct flight that fit my schedule was also impossible. Ultimately, I had to be creative. I used 25k Aeroplan points to fly from Lisbon to Geneva to Athens. The good news was that it cost $88. The bad news is that I left the house at 11:30AM and did not reach the underwhelming Grand Hyatt (see It’s Time to Drop the ‘Grand’) until 3AM.
I hoped that the mystique of anything Swiss, e.g., watches, chocolate, would also be found aboard Swiss Airlines.
I was wrong: this was an old A220 with no WiFi and no IFE.
As a starter, I was offered Rosemary sticks. What’s Swiss German for disgusting? I believe it’s rosemary sticks.
Lunch was not much better.
The chocolate was acceptable.
It had better be. It’s Swiss!
What a useless review. You didn’t even cover the fact that you can preselect your meal from nine options on these flights, which is something that no other european airline offers at the moment on Europe flights!
Didn’t know that. You’re so use full l
OPO to ATH is just as horrible. We had to opt for a overnight layover in VIE. You would think that two hot tourism spots within the EU would have easy connections.
I blame my friend for picking Athens as the meet up spot. I didn’t check flights before confirming I would go. Just figured it would be easy.