MilesBuzz! - Who has the better business class: Swissair or Cathay Pacific?

I'll be taking a flight from Hong Kong to Zurich this summer in business class. I have a choice of a Swissair flight or a Swissair code-share flight operated by Cathay Pacific. Does anyone have any opinions on who's is better? Thanks for your help as always.

If pitch is a concern--

I believe that Cathay has a 50" biz class pitch vs. 42" or 44" for Swissair. Correct me if I'm wrong.

This is a difficult one for me as both Swissair and Cathay are in my 'top 10' airlines.

But I would plump for Cathay. Pitch, food, service, smiles - I think Cathay is up there with the very elite!
MF

I agree with merry (for the comfort).

One more question, the answer might influence your choice: which ff-program(s) do you have?

My ff programs are DL and UA. DL is the one I work on the most. If I flew on Cathay, I would get DL status miles because it would be ticketed as an SR code-share. Therefore, I will get the same FF miles whichever option I take. Thank you all for your input - I think it's definitely going to be Cathay!

I doubt it, but I am not familiar with DL's ff program. I know I wouldn't get miles (with my SR-Qualiflyer-program) on flights booked with a DL number BUT ACTUAL CARRIER BEING SOMEONE ELSE!

Thanks for your advice, Rudi. I just presumed I would get credit. I'll go ahead and check with Delta and post the results here!

I've just called Delta and they said that as long as the flight is ticketed with SR code, I'll get the miles. They double-checked with the Sky Miles service center and they said that this info was correct and that SR code-shares on Cathay and South African would get credit. I've been given misleading info from DL in the past. But, I think I'm going to take the risk and take the Cathay code-share! Thanks for your help.

thank you leroy11 - I am learning.

L11,

If you don;t get you DL miles in 30 days ,.. I presume the 'left-exit' option would be to enrol in one of the Oneworld carriers that accept 30 day lag !

MMM