My only recent QF experience has been on the A380, so if it matters, I should qualify my post accordingly.

Interesting to hear what you base that opinion on, since LAN doesn't have an F class and the Qatar A380 isn't flying yet?


My only recent F experience has been on a BA A380. Good, but to be honest the QR 787 in J runs it very close. The seat is not much bigger, the food was worse and the crew were not as good.

Took qantas dfw-syd , was a great flight.

Only flew QR, CX and AA.
But I liked QR more than CX. AA is not even in the same league.
In fact QR J > AA F

1 - QF is N1 in OW : private seat, great service, food and drinks
2 - CX is close second, too much centric on Chinese food for my taste,rest is great
3 - BA strangely comes third, mostly because of abysmal offerings from other OW airlines rather then by own merit. Occasionally great service and decent drinks, all the rest is sub-par. The service can also be terrible.
4 - QR have a very good wine list,all the rest is terrible.No PJ in F on day flights,very dated seats without any privacy and the crews are scared of certain type of passengers bullying them and annoying the rest of travelers.Sure, the jacuzzi in the middle of the toilet in F lounge makes up for this
5 - AA does not have F,period.Take 77W C and sleep trough the flight in a flat and private seat so you don't notice anything else.What they are trying to pass as F is a sad joke
I'm staying clear from the nuclear JL,so can't rate it
Also never been on JJ F but looks like a dying product anyway since it's being removed.
Regards,
El Puerco Volante.

But not in F, unless you first travelled forward in time.

Have flown BA old and new, CX (we got 1A and 1K), AA and JL. Enjoyed JL slightly more than CX -- largely because of the wonderful food, Salon and sake. AA F is what BA F is sometimes accused of being -- J with better seats -- and suffers from cabin crew assuming that everyone there is either a non-rev or has been upgraded.

Have only flown CX, BA (both old and new) and AA (including new 77W version, as well as old version) in F. CX clearly the best. In fact, I'd rank it ahead of any other F I've flown (SQ, TG, LH, UA) except for SQ 380 suites. I agree with others that CX F meals are not superb. But aside from that, I love it.

Between BA and AA new F, it's a toss-up for me. I fully agree that AA F service can really be inconsistent, so a definite edge to BA in the soft product. Plus flying out of LHR you can access the nice Concorde room, which is solely for BA F passengers. OTOH, AA has roomier seats and a less crowded F cabin. Plus if two people are traveling together you can turn the two middle AA F seats so that they face each other, which is nice for dining. (You also can turn the seat to face the window if traveling alone and if you want to easily gaze out while working, FWIW.)

Unlike buddy seats, particularly on BA - they should be abandoned. Annoying for the passenger directly in front - impossible to sleep with a loud business discussion taking place 24 inches from your head.

Top choice from the big four: always CX - on a different level
Then QF (when you can find an F flight - they're disappearing quickly)
Then, a long way down, BA (zero pts for still providing a lottery between old and new F; snooty attitude)
Bottom, by a mile, AA (tatty seats; domestic-level inattentive, noisy attendants; poor food)