BA Vs CX - £350 Difference
Jun 7, 2018, 5:59 am
#1
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BA Vs CX - £350 Difference
Quick question here, wondered what everyone's thoughts were on long haul J BA vs CX.
Comparing purely the flight part only - seat, service, food etc. would you pay £350 more to fly CX? I am struggling to make the call - I do prefer CX seat and service, but food isn't great. Be good to hear your thoughts on what I should take.
Thanks!
Comparing purely the flight part only - seat, service, food etc. would you pay £350 more to fly CX? I am struggling to make the call - I do prefer CX seat and service, but food isn't great. Be good to hear your thoughts on what I should take.
Thanks!
Jun 7, 2018, 6:04 am
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Personally I wouldn't pay that much extra but I'm one of the coffin dodgers and prefer the BA seat over CX. But these things are rarely as tightly scripted as posed by the question. For example if it's a CX 777 up against a BA UD, 787 or 380 then I would probably pay £350 to avoid CX. Then there is the timing, routing, potential sleep pattern, onward connections etc.
Jun 7, 2018, 6:07 am
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Jun 7, 2018, 6:09 am
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CX if going to BKK. They run the A350 on some HKG-BKK flights too but I've often been subbed for a A330 (Not the end of the world). Most people will gladly pay to avoid the 777 that BA use on the LHR-BKK route.
Jun 7, 2018, 6:11 am
#7
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Well the 350 cabin atmosphere, noise etc will beat the 777 any day of the week, and Cathay's regional biz class is way better than club Europe.
Maybe reframe the question: You can have the BA flight and buy your own Bose QC35s or have the Cathay flight...
Maybe reframe the question: You can have the BA flight and buy your own Bose QC35s or have the Cathay flight...
Jun 7, 2018, 6:16 am
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Thanks for the replies so far. I do think the CX experience will overall be better (perhaps not the food) but is it actually worth £350 more to avoid BA's old 772 down to BKK?
Jun 7, 2018, 6:20 am
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Jun 7, 2018, 6:22 am
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Better still you can do what I and quite a few other FTers do and fly AMS-LHR-HKG-BKK. Comes in at the same price as AMS-LHR-BKK but you get a nice A380 instead of the horrific 777.
Jun 7, 2018, 6:22 am
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Jun 7, 2018, 6:24 am
#13
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CX J is the reverse herringbone one with excellent privacy and quite a lot of storage space. Perhaps I’m not a tall guy so the “foot coffin” has never been a issue for me. And the new J seats of A350 should be a (slight) step up to the current ones on 77W.
However for CX, there is no White Company bedding and a la carte meal.