I´m putting together a trip (a 38-night Regent Seven Seas Cruise from Beijing to Dubai) for my parents on June 2014 and they want to do the full experience adding all J air travel.

My folks recently got back from LHR flying BA J and they were frankly dissapointed with the seats. My dad (who is 6´7" and 265 by the way) particularly complained about the seats being too narrow and hard and the cabin (2-4-2 on the 777) being overcrowded.

As they will be paying for their tickets on their own buck, I´d like to get them the best J experience for their buck.

I´ve been looking at some options (LH,EK, AC) but I´d like to hear recommendations from you seasoned J travelers on what would be the best J product on this route.

Thanks

PD: MOD, as this is not related directly to any airline in particular, I posteded it here in TripReports, altough it may not be correct. Please move if appropiate. Thanks.

As this is not a trip report I shall move it over to TravelBuzz! Hopefully you will get some good advice there.


Moomba
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I can't help with your question but would love to know the secrets of your father's longevity

After looking around and investigating several airlines and their routes (keep in mind this is EZE and options are limited) I´m thinking of booking J with QATAR over Emirates and Swiss. Mainly becasue:
1) 2-2-2 J config
2) Price ("only" 7k vs 10k Emirates and 12K Swiss)
3) Routing ("only" 28 hs to get there...)

I´d like to hear your opinion on Qatar J vs. the other options...
Thanks!

If they found BA J hard to stomach then they will struggle with J on pretty much any other airline.

Well not really. But you'd need to look to mainly Asian carriers to beat it - the new CX J is more like BA F than J, but CX is not particularly helpful on that routing!

Exactly.

However I would probably recommend to the OP that the easiest route for his family to go would probably be EZE-DXB-PEK with EK. Even though I dont think EK J is superior to BA J. However SQ is the best for J but then again not useful for the routing.

QR is probably the best bet. Their B777, which I believe they use both to EZE and PEK (at least today), is 2-2-2 across, fully flat, and pretty comfortable as you say. I don't think that anyone would be better on this route.

Another option is TK. If you can get their 777, it's comparable to QR; 2-3-2 across, though with the same seat width according to seatguru. Worth checking the price.

EDIT:
Nevermind, I thought your folks were going with Regent's air package.

Thanks! I think I´ll go with QR, as TK is more expensive and the route takes longer.