La Première Lounge at Paris CDG

La Première Lounge Paris CDG

There is no better First Class ground experience than the Air France La Première experience at Paris CDG. La Première passengers are met in the jet bridge of their arriving flight by a personal assistant and then driving by private limo to the fabulous La Première Lounge, the best airport lounge in the world. The La Première Lounge features an Alain Ducasse restaurant with great food and wines. After a nap and a leisurely shower, I enjoyed my favorite Alain Ducasse coquillettes jambon/truffe noir and fabulous beef aux poivres, prior to being driven to my plane for the 2 1/2 hour flight to Helsinki.  Why Helsinki you might ask?  Only because adding Helsinki as my finalo destination was the only way to get Air France to release award seats on the new suite JFK-CDG flight. 

Nap time.

After a 3 hour rest and refreshing shower, time for lunch Chez Alain Ducasse.

Major improvement in champagne but the rest of the list is still mediocre, although I understand they will be upgraded shortly.

Very nice.

Newly redesigned menu but with mostly the same classics.

My go to starter... Coquillettes Jambon/Truffe Noir, aka truffle mac n cheese.

And beef fillet aux poivres.

Perfectly medium rare.

At T-30, my personal assistant escorted me to a waiting limo for the drive to my plane to Helsinki.

Lunch time.  No, I did not eat lunch as this was for the photo op.

Very nice and effective thick cabin divider curtain.

Welcome to Helsinki

Very nice modern airport.

Well designed and so easy to find my Uber.