Originally Posted by
hau cheng
Seriously, I'd have more leg room back at the emergency exit in Y
+1. For me it's the hopefully much better recline and padded seat to avoid back pain reducing sleep. If locked into Y on long-haul, then I have to ask for two extra pillows to sit on and as added lumbar support to make it somehow work - and that's still not good with the current shell seats. In inches it's at least for me difficult to tell whether Y+ is better or not, so will have to try.
BUT, if the new Y seats (not Y+) have already a better recline (looks like that from pics), then how much of a difference will be from Y to Y+? I'm not big, so seat width is not very important for me. As indicated earlier, food is usually always better on the ground anyways and GO/DM enjoy better service in Y already anyways which is unlikely to improve much when seated in Y+.
Originally Posted by
pacificboot
HKG-LHR
CX Y+ HKD 18,000
SU J HKD 25,000
Don't think it's a fair comparison with the airlines you've chosen for that. I would rather compare CX Y+ at HKD 18K (according to you) with e.g. QF Y+ with discounted rate at HKD 13K for the same route. Many claim that QF has a better seat (have tried it myself and was very satisfied, but obviously can't compare with CX yet). That appears to be the most critical point where expectations have been disappointed. For such a premium price over competitors, many have expected CX to have a Y+ seat at the very top end. If CX would have released discounted Y+ introductory fares at first before pictures became public, then the story may have been different for at least some heavily criticizing here.
Originally Posted by
newtoairfrance
I would rather travel in CX Cargo than on SU.
Don't know about CX Cargo, but some other cargo planes (especially the chartered ones) are actually not bad at all. OK, no nice FA's to serve you. But at least in the old days you could sit in the cockpit passing by the Twin Towers, have often loads of alcohol in the crew rest area with real beds, etc. - think more of an RV (recreational vehicle) than of a cargo plane. Some in the logistics industry have to accompany e.g. multi-million dollar shipments of servers. Or more entertaining, the Xbox360 worldwide launch on almost 90x 747s:
http://www.shippingline.biz/Logistic...Logistics.html