Originally Posted by
HaikalS
Hi All,
I'm wondering if you have any experiences/thoughts on the flights to and from BOS and ORD. For me the timing of the different flights works out similarly enough and both NRT and HKG are easy enough connections to make.
Based on some searching the forums and reviews, what I gather is:
- JL I'll probably get long-haul aircraft/equipment of on all legs, while with CX the connections to HKG will probably be on the regional J
- HKG lounges IMO are much better than the Sakura NRT lounge (not that it's bad either)
- 'hard' product seems to be different but equally good. And in my (limited) experience service/food on both are good, tho I prefer Japanese a bit
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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I have done J in both. It's a wash for me:
- JL's catering is easily superior to CX
- Seats different but both are good
- JL cabin temp (as in Japan) tends to be too warm
- CX HK lounge better (in F)
- CX IFE wayyyy better than JL for non-Japanese
- Service is a wash - more polished in a formulaic way in JL
The main reason I fly JL is it's significantly cheaper than CX in J to the USA. If they were like-for-like, both non-stop and priced similarly I would fly CX.