Originally Posted by DFB_london

Flew HEL-BKK last Thursday. While the MD11 is an old lady now, its a nice plane to be on. The pros for J class are:

I found the seats more comfortable that those on the AY A340s (but sleep well on both). Row 1 on the sides has acres of space.
The AY crew on my trip were excellent - v hard to fault, and the J catering and wine is much better than the rest of oneworld in J, except perhaps CX on a good day. Certainly its a league well above BA, and many ahead of the oneworld weaklings like LA, AA and IB!
The cabin seems to be better ventillated and airier than Airbuses, and the MD11 has those big picture windows - that said, with an almost midnight take-off, you'll nonetheless need it shut to keep the sun out.
The cons is that there is no in seat IFE (there is power - so load up films etc., on your laptop first). Prepared with the latter, I'd fly AY over most of the rest of oneworld carriers.