AA competition for CX on the LAX route
Sep 27, 2016, 6:33 pm
#106
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"I expect that AA doesn't serve a mid flight full meal service too!"
I would actually call that a benefit, AA food is probably something Ryanair would pay their passengers to eat to make them suffer more.
Everything on AA is not "beef or chicken?" but how much do you like cheese? Why is AA addicted to cheese?
But then I avoid eating on planes no matter what the class, or length of journey, but that is just me.
Nicc HK
I would actually call that a benefit, AA food is probably something Ryanair would pay their passengers to eat to make them suffer more.
Everything on AA is not "beef or chicken?" but how much do you like cheese? Why is AA addicted to cheese?
But then I avoid eating on planes no matter what the class, or length of journey, but that is just me.
Nicc HK
Sep 27, 2016, 10:07 pm
#107
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: HKG
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Took AA from HKG-DFW for the first time in August in J. For the most part was nice - hard product good but soft not so much. Food way worse than CX and when I asked if they had espresso answer was "sorry first class only"... Seriously? 
CX service can't be beat. The amount of F booze I've consumed whilst sitting in J (after asking politely of course) is unbelievable. And this was just an espresso...
CX service can't be beat. The amount of F booze I've consumed whilst sitting in J (after asking politely of course) is unbelievable. And this was just an espresso...
Sep 30, 2016, 5:52 pm
#109
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Took AA from HKG-DFW for the first time in August in J. For the most part was nice - hard product good but soft not so much. Food way worse than CX and when I asked if they had espresso answer was "sorry first class only"... Seriously?
CX service can't be beat. The amount of F booze I've consumed whilst sitting in J (after asking politely of course) is unbelievable. And this was just an espresso...
CX service can't be beat. The amount of F booze I've consumed whilst sitting in J (after asking politely of course) is unbelievable. And this was just an espresso...
Sep 30, 2016, 5:56 pm
#110
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Sep 30, 2016, 6:14 pm
#111
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Sep 30, 2016, 6:19 pm
#112
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So have I. In fact AA's catering ex-NRT is very good by any standard. But Indian vegetarian ex-NRT on an airline based in meat eating territory requires some courage to order.
Last edited by KACommuter; Sep 30, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Oct 7, 2016, 10:25 am
#113
Join Date: May 2007
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Seems like AA is putting the pressure on CX on other routes: JFK, ORD, SFO...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
Oct 7, 2016, 1:11 pm
#114
Join Date: Oct 2016
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Seems like AA is putting the pressure on CX on other routes: JFK, ORD, SFO...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
Oct 7, 2016, 3:23 pm
#115
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Oct 8, 2016, 5:02 am
#116
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I have been seeing some cheap fares pop up in my browser recently....clearly targeted ads by AA. They always seem to display economy ads to me, so this missed the mark, but the general gist is "cheap cheap cheap!"
Recent ones I recall:
BOS: 7k USD
PHL: 6k USD
Washington DC: 3.8k USD (!!!!!)
There is small text at the bottom of these ads saying "connecting via our LAX gateway" or something to that extent.
DC seemed darn cheap. although BOS seemed way off the mark (can you imagine paying the same fare to connect Y class on AA via LAX to a domestic redeye, vs CX nonstop??? I'm guessing maybe only if you MUST go on a day the CX flight isn't running, before it goes daily).
No matter what, the message I get is AA is competing. They may have just discovered what an insanely high yielding (and good deal starved) market HK is.
Recent ones I recall:
BOS: 7k USD
PHL: 6k USD
Washington DC: 3.8k USD (!!!!!)
There is small text at the bottom of these ads saying "connecting via our LAX gateway" or something to that extent.
DC seemed darn cheap. although BOS seemed way off the mark (can you imagine paying the same fare to connect Y class on AA via LAX to a domestic redeye, vs CX nonstop??? I'm guessing maybe only if you MUST go on a day the CX flight isn't running, before it goes daily).
No matter what, the message I get is AA is competing. They may have just discovered what an insanely high yielding (and good deal starved) market HK is.
Oct 8, 2016, 6:39 am
#117
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,797
Seems like AA is putting the pressure on CX on other routes: JFK, ORD, SFO...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-schedule.html
Oct 8, 2016, 8:17 am
#118
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I have been seeing some cheap fares pop up in my browser recently....clearly targeted ads by AA. They always seem to display economy ads to me, so this missed the mark, but the general gist is "cheap cheap cheap!"
Recent ones I recall:
BOS: 7k USD
PHL: 6k USD
Washington DC: 3.8k USD (!!!!!)
There is small text at the bottom of these ads saying "connecting via our LAX gateway" or something to that extent.
DC seemed darn cheap. although BOS seemed way off the mark (can you imagine paying the same fare to connect Y class on AA via LAX to a domestic redeye, vs CX nonstop??? I'm guessing maybe only if you MUST go on a day the CX flight isn't running, before it goes daily).
No matter what, the message I get is AA is competing. They may have just discovered what an insanely high yielding (and good deal starved) market HK is.
Recent ones I recall:
BOS: 7k USD
PHL: 6k USD
Washington DC: 3.8k USD (!!!!!)
There is small text at the bottom of these ads saying "connecting via our LAX gateway" or something to that extent.
DC seemed darn cheap. although BOS seemed way off the mark (can you imagine paying the same fare to connect Y class on AA via LAX to a domestic redeye, vs CX nonstop??? I'm guessing maybe only if you MUST go on a day the CX flight isn't running, before it goes daily).
No matter what, the message I get is AA is competing. They may have just discovered what an insanely high yielding (and good deal starved) market HK is.