Thunderroad

I'm based near SFO and thinking of a possible trip for my wife and myself to Vietnam (likely SGN) next March in KE F. I'm looking at flying from/to SFO on a 777-200ER versus via LAX on the A380. From previous threads, I assume that the A380 is nicer in terms of the more pleasant cabin, better cabin pressure and air circulation, the in-flight lounge (in business class), and the F cabin being more insulated from the cabin behind it. On the other hand, as I understand it the A380 F seats are basically the same as the 777 F seats; plus the 777 has the advantage of being a smaller cabin (eight F seats versus 12 on the A380).

Do I have those comparisons basically right? I guess my basic calculation is that if the seats are the same, it's not worth routing via LAX. But I'd welcome any thoughts on this choice. Thanks!

mainbill

Your assumptions are about right.
Personally I don't like connections so I would take the direct flight, unless you want to try A380 for the novelty experience.
Also, there's a better chance of having empty F cabin on SFO flight.
LAX can have a pretty full F cabin sometimes.

Thunderroad

Very useful reply. Thanks!

TennisNoob

+1

Personally I've never sat on F or anything on an a380 but i have on other carriers. Since I have never done so, if I had the chance based on the route, I definitely would make the go around once. It's more of an experience thing.

Than if you don't feel like the extras were worth your time, change it to the 777 on the way back.

Or spend at a day around LAX? Best way to utilize your stop overs.

Matthew330Ci

So I found this slightly older thread via search and wanted to see if there have been any updates to the cabins of either aircraft (between ICN - SFO or LAX) or if these assumptions are still valid for travel in November 2016?

sol95

LOL

you can't even purchase tickets for november 2016 as yet, if i'm not mistaken, so you're probably better off asking in a few months once you can actually purchase flights.

who knows, things may have changed between now and then, since the start date of this "slightly older" thread is closer than your planned travel dates!

Matthew330Ci

Oops, I meant Nov 2015, mistyped.

Thunderroad

Well, my wife and I are finally getting around to actually making the 380 vs 777 F choice, albeit to Myanmar rather than Vietnam (which we did visit, though on other airlines). So I'm bumping this thread just in case anything has changed in terms of recommendations.

Again, we'd originate in SFO, so the question is whether it's worth routing via LAX just to fly the 380 versus the 777 out of SFO. Thanks.

Kacee

Why would you possibly want to do that??? With 77W from SFO, good chance you'll get the Kosmo Suite 2.0.

s0ssos

I wasn't impressed with the 777. I would choose the A380 cause at least you are guaranteed a bigger bathroom.
(but then I wasn't impressed with KE first anyway, so you may want to take what I say with a grain of salt)

sol95

no grain of salt needed. F on KE is thoroughly underwhelming.

Kacee

The hard product is excellent (better than OZ's IMO) but the "experience" is minimal.

t_cliff

On KE 777-300ER with Prestige Suite (2-2-2), there is a bigger bathroom up front on the left hand side. It is still smaller than the A380 one though. Those are wheelchair accessible bathrooms.