Despite strong preferences for particular seats, the seats are all just fine. Couples usually take one of the center pairs unless they're not getting along. My spouse likes 1A/1K, because they're together but "quiet" of FA traffic. Not that it really matters...

I prefer 3DG. 4DG is too close to the galley.

I get along with my wife so I don't need row 1's separation

That's funny. In another thread an FT'er points out that a female relative of his won't take row one because a strange man might be assigned opposite her, personal-space-violatingly close.

Any tips for flying CX First Class on Thursdays, when Saturn and Venus are in alignment?

Wife and girlfriend.
You are a lucky man!

Not if it's all the same person-- mother/wife/girlfriend.

Just fantastic!! This is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time.

Thank you!

Regards

WG

But mother too?

I have my first CX flight in a few weeks (F LAX-HKG, then on to AKL). I've reserved 1A on the 747, and a friend who has changed plans had 1K. Are 1 A/K quite close together? I like the idea of a pilot's kind of view(though small)from the 1A window - any thoughts on that?
Thanks for the input; like Psychiatrist, I want to maximize the experience, which I've been told will spoil me forever.

according to what i've gathered on this forum, 1A and 1K are pretty close together -some people even feel it's TOO close together for strangers !!

but if you're travelling with a friend, should be ok.

the view is supposed to be better there too .... let's see what our seasoned F flyers have to say about this !!

It is further apart than the aisle width in coach; maybe that gives you some perspective about how spoiled some F flyers are. Those seats are several feet apart. It is possible to hold hands between those seats, but only barely. Similarly barely possible to carry on a conversation. While 2A/K are about 5 feet apart. The whole discussion about F seats and difference between 744 and 777, etc. is absurd, when compared to J or Y it ranges from "better than you believed possible" to "far better than you believed possible" and is that any better, really? I say that, having come off a far, far, far better than I believed possible flight.

Thanks everybody

This has been very informative!

I love CX F - it is the best! Beats BA hands down...
What do people love most about CX F?
It's the caviar for me!

For me, its the ability for the armrest to be pushed down so that it dosen't get in the way when sleeping.

I just did 3 long haul segments in CX F (LAX-HKG, HKG-JNB, JNB-HKG) with one more to go (HKG-LAX). I also did 2 regional CX J (HKG-SIN-HKG). Two of the flights were all that and more JNB-HKG(F) and SIN-HKG(J) on a 2 class plane), it was everything I ever heard about CX and the service. One of the flights was above average, but there were some issues, it was the HKG-JNB(F). The other, LAX-HKG(F) and HKG-SIN(J) had different but MANY issues. The HKG-SIN(J) was by far the worst, and on any given day AA service beat it by miles. The LAX-HKG(F) was nothing what I've read here. I was very disappointed, especially since it was my first CX F flight during this nice vacation. I'm in the process of writing a trip report which I should post on or around March 8/9 when I get home.

Not all CX flights are created equal.. This is just my opinion and nobody has to agree, but that is the truth.

[This message has been edited by andrzej (edited Feb 29, 2004).]