Regent Flights - with and without deviation

[rallydave]

United Business Class is Polaris and delta is delta one. Fir overseas flights  no other business seats exist for I’ll or delta 

[frankpc123]

Regent will book Business Class. You are responsible for what that means in terms of seating and amenities (i.e. priority handling, lounge access, etc.) as this varies by airline. As mentioned, you’ll get seat assignments, lie flat business class seats internationally and typically first class seats (if available) on domestic connections for airlines like AA, Delta (Delta One) and United. If Regent books you on a different airline then the seating / amenities can vary as “Business Class” is not a universally defined product among all the airlines. And within an airline equipment issues can also provide inconsistencies in the product. 
Paying for an Air Dev provides a bit more  flexibility and control at your end at a very modest cost. The individual airline  websites generally do a good job of providing information to you on what is provided (lie flat seats, lounge access, etc) for the flights you are looking at. 
It can be a bit of a contact sport with Regent but the itinerary we chose with an Air Dev would have been almost 40% more than the travel credit to book ourselves. So Regent has some great fares in their control. 

Edited Friday at 03:03 AM by frankpc123

[papaflamingo]

10 hours ago, EMS8 said:

I need a little help with what kind of seats Regent books for you in business class.  I suspect they don’t book you in Polaris business class on United, and sure don’t book you in Delta One on Delta.  So what seating will you get on a Europe cruise in business class air?  Thanks for the help. Next June will be our first time cruising with Regent.  

Just to add, Regent books "Restricted Business Class."  This means different things at different airlines.  At all airlines you'll get whatever their "business class" seat is, but there is a possibility of less amenities.  Most obvious is Qatar where they have a "Business Lite" option for sale.  That is what you'll get with Restricted Business from Regent, so you can go on the Qatar website and see what "Business Lite" is.   

But regardless, when you consider an airlines you're unfamiliar with, simply go on Youtube and put in the airline business class and you will very likely find a tour of their business class. That's what the seat will be no matter what it's called. On Delta it's Delta One, United it's Polaris.  Also keep in mind that Business Class in intra-Europe flights is often just a coach seat with the middle seat blocked out.  So it's important to do your research. 

[EMS8]

Thanks everyone for your helpful information.  I think I’ll give our TA several options and let her deal with Regent.  Thanks again.