Originally Posted by
mmxbreaks
Good day. Frequent traveller here, BA Gold thus OWE, but I've never flown Cathay business trans-Pacific, thus seeking sone assistance.
LHR-HKG (and back) is on a 77W. My seat is 22A, over the wing, so I'm concerned about engine noise. There is a row 17 open but near bassinet and, as it's a night flight, I'm a little worried about possible human noise. Any best seat tips for solo traveller - or a thread?
Secondly I have a 75min connection at HKG.
Realise these sound like newbie questions, they kind of are as I'm unfortunately not that familiar with CX.
Thanks
I was in 23K (a mirror of the A seats) both ways transpac in the last month. It was fine. I had no idea (until now) it was over the engines. I could not see them out the windows, not that I tried.
Tip for a single seat pick an A seat, as you have, because the lav is on that side and K seats have this U-turn through the galley which is a pain.
Honestly other than lav alignment all these (A/K solo) seats are the same. If you were sat in one blindfolded and could just see the pod, you'd have no idea where you were.
My last flight arrived early at HKG like 4:45 a.m. vs. 5 am scheduled, and allowing for the walk to transit security, that process, and the walk to the Wing showers, I still got there 5 minutes before they opened the door. 75 minutes is a long time for a connection depending on the time of day. Later there are also more transfer points.