Originally Posted by
bpk6h
it was an overnighter on the old 777-300, so I at least escaped the old angled wedgie seat! Good point re PPS...I understand SQ's motivations. But boy was it nice on CX...used to do HKG-JFK 3-4 times a year and to Europe maybe twice and I must have been op-uped J to F around close to 70% of the time (edit to add maybe the percentage was less...but it certainly a regular occurrence!)...I got very used to that familiar beep and red light upon boarding!
Those were the days when CX had the best intra-North America premium offering of any airline, for its YVR -JFK 5th Freedom flight.
I used to be a regular on BA85/4 to YVR and, like you, got spoilt with the magical beep op up to F and J most times.