Originally Posted by
ant_west
I did it recently on the hop from MEL to AKL. Horrible, never again. Compared to Air New Zealand on a 9 across 777 on the way back there was no contest. I'd always pay extra to not be on EK!
You'll find that NZ is also moving to 10-across in Y. Its new 777-300ERs are being delivered from Boeing in this configuration which is not much fun if you book NZ's flights 1 and 2 between AKL and LHR via LAX.