man, what you recommend would be brutal....canning Cirrus J on the India flights. I really hope CX doesn't take you up on this idea. The ex-India flights (DEL, BOM, HYD, MAA) all have red-eyes back to HKG, and are significantly longer than any other red-eye without Cirrus J guaranteed (SIN, KIX, NRT, ICN). Particularly BOM. That's like a 5-6 hour flight.

I absolutely hate red-eyes without a bed, and pretty much avoid them at all costs. I don't fly to India that often, but if this transpired I'd just fly Jet Airways back on my next India trip (Air India...terrifies me).

Haven't used Jet before, but colleagues tell me the product in Premiere Class is nice, and Jet has it on the A330-200 they serve to HKG. Plus it's reverse herringbone but only has 3 across in the A330 (vs 4 for CX)...so it sounds like they're flying CX's 77W Cirrus equivalent on the A330. Sweet. Flying back, I really could care less if the food sucks or service is horrible or whatever else. I can just put on the eye shades, pop an Ambien if absolutely necessary and get 3-4 hours of sleep in a flat bed. As long as there aren't shrieking children or a party going on in the cabin, it should do the trick.