{"id":13249,"date":"2024-01-25T23:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T03:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:14:28","slug":"lot-polish-business-class-new-york-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/airlines\/lot-polish-business-class-new-york-warsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: LOT Polish Business Class from New York to Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve heard mixed reviews about LOT Polish Airlines but I was actually excited to try them out on this non top from New York to Warsaw. I booked this trip with an onward flight from Warsaw to Istanbul, also on LOT airlines but this was the large leg of the two.<\/p>

When booking many people told me about LOTs inconsistencies. Mainly the departure time, service, food, can all be hit or miss.<\/p>

For me – most of that didn’t matter.<\/p>

I found a business class flight, booked on points, that will get me from New York to Turkey in comfort. I have been to Turkey many times before using Turkish Airline from Newark to Istanbul<\/a> and for a very special occasion, my wedding where I used over 1 million points<\/a> throughout the course of 3 trips.<\/p>

I was excited to go back to Turkey and equally as excited to try out a new airline.<\/p>

Note:<\/strong> I reviewed this flight from JFK to WAW on our review platform<\/a> and you can review it there as well.<\/p>

Booking Process<\/h2>

As mentioned, I found this flight booking on points<\/a> via Air Canada Aeroplan. I’ve been using Air Canada a lot recently for their great amount of credit card transfer partners<\/a> making it easy to earn a lot of points.<\/p>

At the time of booking, there was a not a lot of flight availability. I decided to use Seats.Aero<\/a> to can multiple dates and its still one of my favorite points tools on the market<\/a>.<\/p>

While I did book this a little last minute, about 2 weeks before departure, I was able to find availability for 70,000 Aeroplan points including the stopover in Warsaw.<\/p>

I was all set booking and was able to select my seats with a LOT Polish reference number.<\/p>

Flight Experience<\/h2>

LOT Polish Airlines operates out of JFK terminal 7, which certainly has seen better days. The terminal is very bare bones and not many airlines continue to operate from there.<\/p>

I arrived with plenty of time prior to my departure and while the line was long for Economy, the business check in was mostly empty.<\/p>