Originally Posted by
theleslies
Hi
First of all apologies for my ignorance regarding all things airbourne, I am hoping the experts will take pity on me!
My family and I are emigrating to Brisbane,Australia from the UK in June of this year, we were intending to fly premium economy but this is not an option into Brisbane(we would have had to fly into Sydney then connect into Brisbane) so I decided to price up business. I have found what seems a reasonable fare although after reading up I am unsure as to what the business class cabin would be like so if anyone could offer me some advice I would be very grateful the flights I am looking at are cathay pacific CX 254 London - Hong Kong and CX 103 Hong Kong - Brisbane.
Any advice would be great
LHR would have a new cabin (ie. new business class with herringbone) if you flew on wed-sun, and old cabin (ie. old long haul business) on mondays and tuesday. however, cx does substitute aircraft at times, so there is no 100% guarantee you'll fly the aircraft that is designated for that day.
hkg to bne is on a 330. has the old business (regional or long haul, don't remember?)
but for me, i'd go for the biz class for your LHR route, upper deck, only because it feels better with a 747. if you're travelling with family, i would suggest you fly old biz because there's no way you can talk to your family unless you shout in new biz, but of course that's up to you. you can check out cx's products on their website.