Originally Posted by
jimbo99
I get the feeling that after the switch from the large Deluxe cabins to the small Elite cabins they realised they could charge a lot more because of availability issues. Perhaps they pushed it a bit far. Anyway they do seem to be "upgrading" the Elite experience. There's now a dedicated Elite check-in at TPE and certainly the food has been improved. I fly all classes with EVA and 2 or 3 years ago Elite food seemed to be little different from Economy albeit with an extra dish. Even the wine went to tetrapaks and was the same as in Economy. Now the food is head and shoulders above Economy (I accept it may depend on station). Also the wine is coming out of proper glass bottles again and with "real" brands (think it was Jacob's Creek last time) and is usually better from the Economy booze. No more "the tasty wine that's fun to share". Priority baggage handling fits in with this. Strange they haven't announced it.
I also noticed there seems to be new round bread plates for Elite that are made from china and not plastic on a few flight reports.
I haven't flown EVA in a long long time since they stopped flying to SYD (and I really want to now that I've read about the new changes), but I was wondering:
- Is there priority boarding with Elite? I remember there being priority boarding in Taipei but not London (this was when AC was still doing ground handling).
- Are there still different movies for different classes?