Get bidding for AF’s inaugural A380 service

AIR France has officially opened the auction of 380 seats on each of the two inaugural A380 flights (Paris/New York and New York/Paris) at 10h00 today (October 1). The auction ends October 21. The auction of Voyageur (economy) and business class is open to all markets and will take place on the eBay.fr site on a staggered basis, with each auction period lasting three, five, seven or 10 days. The auction includes the return ticket on a scheduled Air France flight. From the first day, 100 seats will be put on sale for a period between seven and 10 days. To take part, the bidder needs to register on the eBay site and go to the Air France boutique specially created for this event. The reserve price will be set in most cases at €380 in Voyageur and €1 380 in business. This reserve price may change during the sales period. Once the first bid has been submitted, an email will be sent to the participants inviting them to follow the auction. At the end of the sale, the highest bidder will receive another email inviting them to settle their bid and will be subsequently contacted by Air France to fix the conditions of their trip (selection of return date, recording of personal data, etc). To follow the auction, Air France has opened the mini-site af380.com containing a breakdown in real-time of the number of remaining seats. Air France has conceived a number of exclusive cultural and shopping events: For the auction winners of the Paris-New York flight: Three artistic experiences have been set up in New York - Sarah, the Colette boutique, Jérôme Sans, the co-founder of Palais de Tokyo, and Narcisco Rodriguez, the fetish designer of the New York fashion scene, will accompany passengers of flight AF380 through their cultural and shopping experience, from Moss to Labo or Gagossian galleries to Deitch Gallery. For the auction winners of the New York-Paris flight: Paris gallery owners will open their doors exclusively for the passengers of this flight: Yvon Lambert, Kamel Menour, Kréo, Emmanuel Perrotin, as well as the Maison Rouge and ‘hors axe’. Luxury labels will also be involved in this exceptional tour: artisan luggage label (Pinel & Pinel), shoemakers (Pierre Corthay), fashion designers (Anne-Valérie Hash), as well as some 38 artists specialized in gourmet food, fashion and design. For the auction winners: • Air France hotel partners will offer the auction winners a preferential rate in their hotels in Paris and New York, for a limited number of places. • Flying Blue programme members can earn miles according to the valid miles scale. • Each winner will be able to take advantage of additional hold baggage of 23kg in Voyageur and 32kg in business on the outbound and return flights • Tickets can be reserved under a different name than that of the auction winner if the winner decides to offer their ticket to a third party. No name changes will be authorised once the ticket has been issued. The profits of the auction will go to the Air France Corporate Foundation