Korean Air Skypass - KE vs Qantas vs Cathay?




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JHIN
Oct 21, 11, 11:51 pm
Does anyone have experience or info to compare these carriers against each other in terms of seats,food,service?

I'm considering both A380's for Korean and Qantas but luv Cathays F class on the 747. Thx


Santander
Oct 23, 11, 12:08 am
I've never flown a KE or QF 380 before so I can't say about that.
Being a long-time CX flyer (but having lived in both Korea and Australia so flown both their flag carriers) I'm a little biased towards CX but imo they are the best of the 3 in most departments: IFE, service (both ground and air), food and seats. With that being said, food on KE is comparable to CX (service lags) and I always found QF to be quite efficient and have great lounges.

SFO_FT
Oct 23, 11, 4:15 am
I'd say CX or QF, then KE. KE's inflight entertainment selection (movies, TV) is pretty poor, even on the A-380s.


Rampo
Oct 23, 11, 8:53 am
I'd say CX or QF, then KE. KE's inflight entertainment selection (movies, TV) is pretty poor, even on the A-380s.
I will readily concede that CX first class is wonderful but am puzzled has to how KE's IFE selection (http://beyond.koreanair.com/) could be regarded as "pretty poor." I've found that my KE transpacific flights are a convenient way to catch up on recent films.

thekidisback
Oct 23, 11, 9:29 am
I'd say CX or QF, then KE. KE's inflight entertainment selection (movies, TV) is pretty poor, even on the A-380s.

I've taken CX and KE. I found that KE's IFE had more recent movies than CX (even movies that came out months ago in theaters). CX had more TV shows.

SFO_FT
Oct 24, 11, 12:13 am
I know that IFE preferences can vary from person to person, month to month, etc. SQ and EK, with the multitude of choices, are in a separate league, so I won't compare to them. But amongst CX, QF, NZ, KE, OZ, NH, TG, I find that the Western carriers of this group (+ CX) carry some reasonable shows (HBO or BBC quality), while the Asian carriers go for really mass market/broadcast TV shows (or worse, shows that maybe didn't ever make it broadcast!). Heck, even UA has a better selection than some of these. I love flying NH, except that the IFE doesn't appeal to me, so I use them eastbound, but not westbound.

SFO_FT
Oct 29, 11, 1:13 pm
Surprisingly, the quality of the KE headphones in C class is low -- not noise cancelling and the same cheap headphones UA and some other carriers use in Y. Would have thought some Korean electronics company would supply a good quality product.

mainbill
Oct 29, 11, 1:22 pm
I guess Qantas is not an option anymore, at least until the strike is over.

moebod
Oct 29, 11, 6:59 pm
I've never flown a KE or QF 380 before so I can't say about that.
Being a long-time CX flyer (but having lived in both Korea and Australia so flown both their flag carriers) I'm a little biased towards CX but imo they are the best of the 3 in most departments: IFE, service (both ground and air), food and seats. With that being said, food on KE is comparable to CX (service lags) and I always found QF to be quite efficient and have great lounges.

I had the same question about possibly fliying KE instead of CX in F. Only flew cx and never flew KE. It has seemed from ke website that their F product on the a380 looked prety amazing and much newer and private than cx F seat. Is this not the case?

Santander
Oct 30, 11, 5:13 pm
I had the same question about possibly fliying KE instead of CX in F. Only flew cx and never flew KE. It has seemed from ke website that their F product on the a380 looked prety amazing and much newer and private than cx F seat. Is this not the case?

Trying new KE F is on my to-do list for sure despite having developed an allegiance to OZ from my time living in Seoul. I actually like the more open design of CX F seats over the closed suite style on KE. I rarely fly F other than occasionally on UA so it actually doesn't really matter to me which is better. I'd assume that even if KE has poor IFE selection as a previous poster said, at least the screen quality would be good. (They are Korean Air, after all)



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