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Much worse food than pre-covid. Perhaps I am spoiled as my recent TPAC trips have been JL and SQ where food was excellent. This (CX) was not bad, but was a lot closer to UA/AA than their regional peers, selection was very very limited
Crew were great as was The Pier, but it does seem as they (management) are still really focused on cost reduction despite charging crazy high fares. I guess they intend to milk it while they can until China re-opens fully