I was in the Wing, but never did go into the dinning room - perhaps I should have! And as you say, everything is a matter of opinion, and sometimes it relates to how your day is going. I wanted to check my e-mail, but after struggling to connect to the Wireless LAN for 5 or 10 minutes, one of the staff come up and say it wasn't turned on yet, but would be 90 mins before the departure of CX 111 (this was about 2 hours before the flight).

Hong Kong was a business stop and not so good at that, so maybe that colored my impression. Plus I froze in HK, since in my ignorance I thought HK was always hot or at least warm and travelled with just summer clothes.

Now my day in Sydney was a blast. Beautiful weather, did a Manly ferry crossing then sat on the beach watching the sights (and I saw some wonderful sights...) and caught up with some family and friends over great food and wine.

I'm looking forward to QF in F. The trans-Tasman flight to Wellington in J was fine. Nice food, good service, but a very old plane with no inflight power, a malfunctioning IFE at my seat, and a disturbingly thick layer of dust and dirt on the plane's ceiling above my head!

Off thread slightly, but a source in QF pricing was telling me that AA want to REQUIRE e-ticketing of xONEx tickets, and limit them further to 16 segements to facilitate this. Luckily, so far, other OW members are resisting...