Flying to Paris from New York City

How do you book the right flight to Paris from New York City? Which airlines have the
least delays and which is the best way to go for the money? Flights to Paris all leave at
night, which means any hang-ups the airport suffers throughout the day will affect your
departure. Make sure you give yourself enough time for TSA security since the evening
international flights tend to clog the checkpoints. Try to get through security between
10am and 2pm when the fewest flights depart. An option is to pay $100 per year and
sign up for Clear Registered Travel. With this benefit, you can access a dedicated lane
and you won’t even have to remove your shoes. Clear has lanes at Terminals 1, 4 and 7
at JFK and Terminal B at Newark.

Even the best direct flights from JFK and Newark land on schedule less than 50 percent
of the time. It’s virtually hopeless. The best airline is Delta from JFK to Charles de
Gaulle which leaves at 5pm, early enough to avoid some of the cascading delays of the
evening. On a positive note, Air France’s flight departing at 10:55pm have an average
delay of only 30 minutes.

The diamond of the bunch is new luxury airline, L’Avion. The company owns a single jet
which leaves Newark six days a week at 7:05pm and lands at Orly at 7:45pm, 95 percent
of the time. The luxury comes with a hefty price tag of $1,083.00 which guarantees you a
comfortable business class flight. This is your only option with L’Avion since the aircraft
only caters to the business class flights. In comparison to other business class flights
to Paris, L’Avion is the best bet not only in being punctual but comfort. L’Avion’s return
flight leaves Paris at 2:50pm and arrives in Newark at 5:45pm. The flight to Paris to
avoid at all costs is Air France’s 6pm departure which is delayed over 80 percent of the
time.

You’ve finally to Paris, a little jet-lagged but ready to go. Whatever you do, don’t go to
sleep. This will truly spin the top of your body clock in Paris. My other tip is to avoid hotels
at all costs. If your wallet allows, treat yourself to a first rate Paris luxury apartment with
Paris Luxe Apartments, www.parisluxeapt.com. Paris Luxe has an extensive portfolio of
magazine quality Paris apartments. For those not blessed with extra dollars, opt for the
more reasonably price, Book Your Paris Apartment, www.bookyourapt.com. These are
apartments are clean, centrally located and won’t leave any holes burning in your pants.

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