Originally Posted by
percysmith
I actually been on Jet once in 2011, when the missus got a free HKG-LHR ticket from Citi welcome offer
http://www.hongkongcard.com/forum/fo...hp?id=6146&p=1 and I paid to tag along. Very easy on the wallet $4,1xx++ indirect tix. It was our first long haul since dating.
I ended up being a fan but the missus swore never to travel via (much less to) BOM or India again. So I never got to fly Jet again.
I'm probably less enthusiatic about doing the route in the back now, I got the last of the 3-3-3 77Ws and now I think they're 3-4-3...
wow, I just did a spot check for Jet Airways biz class ("Premiere") pricing to/from Mumbai. It's a steal, $13k HKD round trip (granted, this is discount biz class...full fare compares to CX, 25K HKD). I guess that's my answer if I have to fly to India and CX cans Cirrus J. I'd definitely try Jet's flat beds for 13k HKD.
Absolutely worth a try instead of suffering through CX's regional J seats overnight, which are simply just not meant for sleeping...the old lazy boy regional J was better for precisely one thing: sleeping. I like having AVOD regionally, but unless you're working upright in the seat I find it a pretty-looking but crap executed product...like crawling over your neighbor if you have a window seat and he's trying to rest.
Trying to tie this thread back together...any chance CX would use the A350 to India? Or are they really out there to replace the longhaul A330s (and remaining few A340 route like AKL)?