Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
Unfortunately, CX has bought into the "cheapness trickle-down theory". They needed to cut J offering so PEY can't be too good, otherwise if PEY is almost as good as J people will fly PEY and not J! So instead of making J really spectacular (fine dining food and beverages selections, excellent all-around services, lounge-bar relax area), they've decided to make PEY really weak to justify high J prices. Horrible.
I'm afraid you need to remember that PE is an economy plus product and not a business minus product. The fact is that CX PE is on par or better than most of its PE competitors and shouldn't be compared or even associated with business class. It is certainly better than BR's PE product which is very much simply a better economy seat with very few other bells and whistles. What's more if CX were to do as you suggested with their J product they would cannibalise F revenue dramatically which would be financially foolish.
The moral of this story? If you want a J product pay for and fly J.