5K?

Many people spend more than $5K for the opportunity to spend $5K or more to sit in FC everyday. I do it myself quite often.

I still don't understand why CX deploys 74Js on the LAX route given the light loads from previous trip reports. LHR would be a much better destination as F/J are always full on the night flights. Does it have anything to do with payload restriction?

Are we talking about $5K for incremental Y->J or J/C/D/I? Are we talking about one-way or round-trip?

I think the $1700 mentioned earlier was incremental for LAX-HKG one way.

I don't know what flights you and Kchika are taking that are so 'empty' but I've done the LAX-HKG return CX flights in J over a dozen times in the last few years and have only had two sectors that were not full in J. Many, many people pay well over 5k for a J transpac flight.

I also have done a few LAX flights each year and have never seen J loads less than 80%

Not to pile on here, but I too have rarely seen a J cabin less than 75% full from LAX or 90% full from SFO over the past 8 years.

All of my LAX-HKG flights were at least 80% full in J as well.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their help on this matter about upgrading from Y-J. I managed to snag a bulk head seat in Y from SIN-HKG and HKG-LAX.

Hopefully they will not bump me out of the seat!

I think for LAX, there must be a lot more last minute business travellers (also interline codeshares with AA).

I do think CX made the correct decision in launching 3XLAX and won't be surprise it can churn upto 4 later.

When inquiring about an upgrade on the last leg of my trip, HKG-LAX, the gate agent said it would run about $24,300 HKD (~$3,100 USD) for the upgrade. Luckily I got a bulk head and was ok with that vs. spending the $$.

I have always thought the above and to be honest I'm completely fed up with BA gold card holders being treated like kings on CX whilst Diamond card holders receive nothing form BA, AA in my experience. No greeting or acknowledgement of ones status, bad service, no priority luggage and way down the list on op ups (below BA silver). I have been refused entry to a BA first class lounge and asked to pay for an orange juice in the AA lounge.

I blame Cathay for this as it is only they who can put the pressure on BA etc to sort this out, unfortunately at the end of the day this just leads to a stalemate but as it is CX Diamonds have very little anyway and at least CX are making the gold members happy who could easily choose BA or other Airlines if they don't see the odd upgrade.

Ask for a drink coupon (you can ask for more) when you enter AC/FL.

You still have to tip! Or expected to.

CX would argue that they treat everyone like kings and BA gold is not necessarily being treated better than their own ff members.... haha

I guess they do this to attract customers from other airlines... whereas BA and AA thinks that they don't need customers from CX...