Return of Cathay First Class
Jun 28, 2020, 9:27 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 15
Return of Cathay First Class
Is Cathay running first class again, and if not, any confidence on when it’s coming back?
I have a first class ticket booked from lax - hkg and hkg - hnd in early September. So far neither ticket has been downgraded and Cathay is still selling first class on both routes starting in August. Have they updated their fall schedule yet since Covid, or is this schedule likely to get changed all around when they update their fall schedule accounting for Covid?
I have a first class ticket booked from lax - hkg and hkg - hnd in early September. So far neither ticket has been downgraded and Cathay is still selling first class on both routes starting in August. Have they updated their fall schedule yet since Covid, or is this schedule likely to get changed all around when they update their fall schedule accounting for Covid?
Jun 28, 2020, 10:06 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
Is Cathay running first class again, and if not, any confidence on when it’s coming back?
I have a first class ticket booked from lax - hkg and hkg - hnd in early September. So far neither ticket has been downgraded and Cathay is still selling first class on both routes starting in August. Have they updated their fall schedule yet since Covid, or is this schedule likely to get changed all around when they update their fall schedule accounting for Covid?
I have a first class ticket booked from lax - hkg and hkg - hnd in early September. So far neither ticket has been downgraded and Cathay is still selling first class on both routes starting in August. Have they updated their fall schedule yet since Covid, or is this schedule likely to get changed all around when they update their fall schedule accounting for Covid?
Jun 28, 2020, 6:53 pm
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Programs: CX Green, QF Platinum, BAEC Silver, Hyatt Glob
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Speculation: given that the A350 is more fuel efficient than the 777, if CX is going to be running a reduced schedule for the next year, there’s going to be very little F class available in the CX network. I believe they will use the 777 as little as possible.
Jun 28, 2020, 7:45 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Jun 28, 2020, 9:42 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 16
I’ve got a late January F booking out of LAX and I am fully expecting it to downgrade to J. But truthfully being a US citizen, I’m highly doubting that we will even be allowed into S.Africa which is the final destination of my booking. So I guess all we can do is wait and see and hope for the best.
Jun 29, 2020, 3:24 am
#9
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Jun 30, 2020, 4:18 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: HKG
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Jul 2, 2020, 9:28 am
#13
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
I've rode/ridden that route SFO or LAX-HGK and on to PI ~25 times and think I've *maybe* seen someone in F once or twice?
They bumped me up there once, and I was alone. It's a waste of real estate. More than 4 times the price to get a wider seat? (Listed price used to be $17,500) double miles from Biz class IIRC
They bumped me up there once, and I was alone. It's a waste of real estate. More than 4 times the price to get a wider seat? (Listed price used to be $17,500) double miles from Biz class IIRC
Last edited by bloomz; Jul 2, 2020 at 9:42 am
Jul 2, 2020, 10:26 am
#14
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
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I've rode/ridden that route SFO or LAX-HGK and on to PI ~25 times and think I've *maybe* seen someone in F once or twice?
They bumped me up there once, and I was alone. It's a waste of real estate. More than 4 times the price to get a wider seat? (Listed price used to be $17,500) double miles from Biz class IIRC
They bumped me up there once, and I was alone. It's a waste of real estate. More than 4 times the price to get a wider seat? (Listed price used to be $17,500) double miles from Biz class IIRC
Jul 3, 2020, 11:14 pm
#15
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Yes I looked thru the curtain always. There are usually only 4 seats up there, where my last business class in March had 40 Biz seats, (with 4 of us in them)