About Flat Flights
We track business class and first class flights so you don't have to. Our job is simple: find lie-flat seats at the lowest price, rank them honestly, and link you straight to the booking page.
How we rate airlines
Every airline on Flat Flights gets a rating from 1 to 10. This isn't a popularity contest — it's a weighted assessment of what actually matters when you're flying business class:
- 1 Seat hardware (40%) — Is it fully lie-flat? Direct aisle access? Suite doors? We check seat width, pitch, bed length, and privacy. An angled-flat seat caps at 6/10 regardless of everything else.
- 2 Soft product (25%) — Food quality, wine list, bedding, amenity kits, crew attentiveness. The things that turn a seat into an experience.
- 3 Ground experience (15%) — Lounge quality, priority boarding, chauffeur services, fast-track immigration where available.
- 4 Value (10%) — Price relative to product quality. A 9/10 airline that consistently costs €8,000 scores lower here than a 7/10 airline at €1,200.
- 5 Consistency (10%) — Same product across the fleet, or a lottery depending on aircraft? Airlines with mixed cabins (old and new seats on the same route) get penalised.
Ratings are reviewed when an airline launches a new product, changes catering, or retrofits its fleet. We don't update ratings on a schedule — we update them when something changes.
How prices work
The prices you see on Flat Flights are real fares sourced from airline booking systems. "Best price" is the lowest one-way business class fare we've found on that route in the past 90 days. "Average price" is the median fare over the same window.
All prices are in EUR. They include taxes and surcharges. They don't include baggage fees (business class almost always includes bags) or seat selection (included in business class).
Fares fluctuate. What we show is a reliable benchmark, not a guaranteed live price. When you click through to book, the actual fare may be higher or lower depending on dates and availability.
Editorial standards
We don't accept payment for reviews or ratings. Airline ratings are based on product quality alone. No airline can pay to improve their score.
Affiliate links are clearly marked. When you click a link labelled "Compare Prices" or "Get a quote", it goes to an affiliate partner. If you book through that link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This is how we keep the site free.
Affiliate relationships don't affect our content. An airline with a great product and no affiliate deal still gets a high rating. An airline with an affiliate deal and a mediocre product still gets a mediocre rating.
We correct mistakes. If we get something wrong — a seat type, a price, a hub — let us know at [email protected]. We'll fix it.
Data freshness
Route prices are refreshed multiple times per week. Airline data (seat specs, fleet, alliances) is updated whenever an airline announces changes. Guide content is reviewed and updated regularly — each guide shows its last update date.
Get in touch
Found an error? Have a suggestion? Want to work with us?
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