Originally Posted by
KACommuter
I find CX's business class more claustrophobic, but agree about the footrest - one would've thought BA would have fixed that with the latest generation of their CW seat. Nevertheless, on HKG/LHR routes I prefer BA to CX by a small margin.
CX seats all have direct aisle access and the seat seems a lot longer than BA's. Entertainment options on CX are far superior to BA. Given the choice between CX or BA I'd definitely take CX. I also would take AA over BA but this is because I can sleep quite well in the sloped seat and I find the BA cabin feels positively claustrophobic in comparison to AA or CX.
I'm *G and Emerald on OW and go out of my way to take OW. The first class lounge access/check in lines that Emerald offers is far superior to anything *G offers and OW carriers are more consistent in applying benefits alliance wide as opposed to *G where SQ in particular gives *G flyers the big middle finger salute whenever possible. Not sure how it compares with ST but I don't care to fly on the airlines in that alliance so I can't comment on the benefits.