<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lisamcgu:
I honestly thought they should have been paying me to be there, it was that horrible.
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My family of four also redeemed one of these reduced CX coach awards, LAX-HKG-JNB. I am no stranger to cramped steerage class, but these flights were particularly dismal. I had so looked forward to the idyllic conditions often mentioned on this board re: CX, only to be quite disappointed.
The reduced mileage for the awards was appealing. The experience itself would have tested the endurance of Ernest Shackleton, however.