And on to the last post of this report, with pictures from the CX Economy flights and the lounges in HKG.
Both flights are on Boeing 777-300ER and I am booked in seat 40C, which has infinite legroom. It's also in the smallest of the Economy cabins.

I was greeted by multiple members of the crew and got drink and food service first for being Emerald. Not really necessary but won't complain.

I skipped the main and only had the Ice Cream and the fruit.

Transfer security at HKG was quick and I was off to The Pier. I am not the first to say this, but the design is really nice.

Off to the Dining Room, where there's a special menu in collaboration with the Mott 32 restaurant chain and some more items on the regular menu. All was of good quality, the service was very attentive. Really impressed by this lounge, especially, considering it's accessible on status.
Sorry for the bad quality of the menus.





And when a boarding delay of half an hour was announced I decided to try another bite and had the burger.

The bar space has a lot of comfortable seating and the staff was again attentive and nice.



In-between two visits to the Pier I made the 10-15 minutes hike over to The Wing.
The Wing First is on a balcony in the terminal. Also a fairly nice space with a Dining Room and bar. However, not as stylish as The Pier and the menu is also more limited.





I found the black toilets in The Wing a little bit strange...

On the way back to The Pier I quickly went in the Priority Pass lounge Kyra, which opened fairly recently. Again, a nice lounge considering it's Priority Pass. But much more crowded and the special cocktails on the menu where just very sweet juices.



Over to the AMEX Centurion lounge. It's a relatively small space on a balcony, but this evening was only around half full. On my previous visits it was always very crowded.
There's a view on the construction for the re-opening of The Bridge which will be in use during the renovation of The Wing.

AMEX Centurion lounge bar.


And off to the gate for boarding with 30 minutes delay. There was a menu in Economy, but again I only had ice cream, which was Vanilla (boring). Before take-off the crew welcomed me again and offered amenities from the Premium Economy basket, which I found a nice gesture. The seat next to me stayed free so this flight was as good as it can be for 12 hours economy.

The breakfast was okey.

Now back in Frankfurt. After nearly a week in Japan, the shock is already big how unorganized and dirty everything is "home". At least my ICE home is on time.

With that, thank you for reading this report. I hope the mix of first class flights and lounges with economy class flights and budget-travel impressions from Japan was of interest to some.