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TG can be russian roulette on this one as they frequently change their metal at the last minute. Last January we were booked in F and they switched the plane and we ended up in C with 10,000 baht each (~$300) to make up for it. If the OP was flying in F then I would totally agree as then they'd get to use the BKK Royal Orchid Spa which was one of the highlight's of our last trip.

The descriptions I'm hearing in this thread of the ANA NRT business lounge sounds like what we saw in the ANA NRT FCL: " Showers, sushi, udon noodle bar, sake bar, chocolates are amazing". Good deal for a business lounge!

That's interesting. Which sector did that happen on? I've had eqpt changes on TG but never one which resulted in a downgrade.

BKK to NRT. Have a read of this thread. It's dedicated to this phenomenon on TG.

It's very true of TG swapping equipment, although nothing near anything like TK for example, but TG has been fairly consistent on the NRT route, at least the 5-6 r/t I did in 2010 with them. I always end up taking the red-eye ex-BKK which is a 2 cabin anyway so I don't really need to worry.

The way I figure it, even if I get on the old regional 747 (actual TG internal code for the old regional config 744s for those who might not know) it'd just be very similar to the old NH 763 recliners.

The angle-flat TG C seat is much better compared to the recliners on NH and I've always been allocated a seat with an empty seat next to me.

I miss the NH service but since I take the red-eye I much rather be able to at least catch some shut eye, even if I slide down the seat a few times.

Only on flights to Illinois.

CX is very notorious in this regard as well. Just look through the archives of the CX board and see those frequent complaints when they were in the process of converting their 744s and 343s from the old configuration to the new (present) cabins which as a result had a mixture of old and new (present) cabins and passengers would often be victimised by last minute aircraft swapping where they were looking foward to trying out the new seats only to get the old ones.

Call me a killjoy but I'd recommend to avoid points 1-5 and 8. As somebody wrote here the biggest advantage of J is a good sleep and the alcohol delivers only very superficious kind of sleep.
Moreover, I frequently meet these 1-5 FTs (no offence g46r!) and it is not really a pleasant experience to stay close to them...

Just remember to buckle up when u get on board....and listen to crew instructions..... far too often we see DYKWIA idiots in J

Was it something I said?:confused::confused: