CX vs. BR in J, BKK-SFO
Aug 9, 2018, 10:33 pm
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To me, they are almost the same. They have the same seat basically, both are easy to get a full night's sleep. Food is airplane food, maybe BR has better sounding menus but in the end it's all slop on a plate. Booze is better on BR but you can get a buzz on just fine on CX as well. Lounges in HKG are better than TPE. Amenity kit? Who cares...as long as it has earplugs, eyeshades and a toothbrush I'm fine. I wouldn't spend $5 more either way unless I really needed the qualifying miles for status. Whichever one offered the cheaper ticket I'd take. for me, based in Shanghai, it's usually CX that offers ultra-competitive long haul fares.
Aug 10, 2018, 1:21 am
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Aug 10, 2018, 1:48 am
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Fly br so dont have to deal with the bad cx fa.
noisy cx galley, bad cx food, china transit traffic(for both legs!), and the airframe falling apart.
and dont remember, w br c you get the good tg lounge too.
that is, if you have the $200 to spare.
(Added emphasis)
i would fly br.
noisy cx galley, bad cx food, china transit traffic(for both legs!), and the airframe falling apart.
and dont remember, w br c you get the good tg lounge too.
that is, if you have the $200 to spare.
This would not even be a question for me, I'd pay up to 30% more for BR's J, which is essentially F-lite. While CX's J is more like lie-flat E+
BR's ++
1. Pyjamas
2. On-board Service
3. Rimowa kits
4. Food
5. Lounge in TPE and BKK
All of these BR has CX blown out of the water.
CX's ++
1. Lounge in HKG/BKK
2. OW points if you're OW, but you're UA MM according to your profile? and AS miles, which does hv a point if u can burn them
BR's ++
1. Pyjamas
2. On-board Service
3. Rimowa kits
4. Food
5. Lounge in TPE and BKK
All of these BR has CX blown out of the water.
CX's ++
1. Lounge in HKG/BKK
2. OW points if you're OW, but you're UA MM according to your profile? and AS miles, which does hv a point if u can burn them
i would fly br.
Last edited by kaka; Aug 10, 2018 at 1:54 am
Aug 12, 2018, 2:18 pm
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So I wound up booking BR.
The clincher was that the only CX itinerary which really fit my schedule involved the 350 for HKG-SFO and I just read too many negatives about problems with the lavs, seats, and cabin layout.
Thanks everyone for your comments.
The clincher was that the only CX itinerary which really fit my schedule involved the 350 for HKG-SFO and I just read too many negatives about problems with the lavs, seats, and cabin layout.
Thanks everyone for your comments.