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TRAVELMOS: My review of Cathay Pacific FIRST Class HKG-JFK
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:20 PM Author: Hairless poppy property Since my review of EVA's Business class was triggering for SO many of jjc's pumos, I felt that a review of the flight back from Asia would be a good idea.
While EVA Biz was CRRRR as fuck, Cathay Pacific F absolutely PWNS it.
Normally, when you get to Hong Kong station to cop DAT airport express, you can do in town check-in, get your boarding pass and check bags if you have any (LJL). Sadly, this is no longer an option if you're flying to the US, so I took off for HKG with <><><>NOBOARDINGPASS<><><>,
CX has a fairly TTT dedicated F check-in: https://imgur.com/a/zUd1m . When I got there, I was told this wasn't available for flights to the US either. I had to go answer security questions and get a sticker on my passport before they could give me a boarding pass.
Cathay has a few F lounges at HKG, but the FlyerTalk aspies seem to think The Pier is the best, and since I was at the airport 4+ hours before my flight, I figured I would post up there. (Entrance: https://imgur.com/a/7PUFy , Main Hallway: https://imgur.com/a/2EKFF ).
There's a restaurant with an a la carte menu: https://imgur.com/a/2PuAQ . Other facilities include rooms you can reserve, a bar, a lounge, showers and all the other stuff you'd expect. It's a very nice, pleasant lounge, but not amazing.
Usually CX 840 departs from gate 3 or 4 which is far from The Pier, but it was swapped to a nearby gate in the 40's.
Our plane today was a Boeing 777-300ER, registration B-KPG: https://imgur.com/a/TclRX . CX only has 6 seats of F, laid out 1-1-1 in two rows. I think 1A is the most private, so I selected it for this flight: https://imgur.com/a/mRlhK
Before takeoff they brought me some nuts and a Hong Kong style milk tea: https://imgur.com/a/j67v6
After departure the NOWAG stews set the table and left me a handwritten note saying they hoped I would enjoy the flight. Then came the meal service with DAT caviar, DAT soup, DAT salad, a bone in steak that was actually rare, cheese and dessert: https://imgur.com/a/RjGKp . NOTE: CX eliminated DAT amuse bouche a few months ago.
They were pouring good champagne that I didn't partake in, and in addition to the dinner menu there were snacks and BRIKFUSS pre-arrival: https://imgur.com/a/MkFBc . It was a bit odd that BRIKFUSS was on offer, since the flight was set to land around 8pm MFH time.
I watched Birdman, which was good, Churchill which was a complete pile of shit and Hell or High Water which I also enjoyed, then passed the FUCK out until we were ~30 minutes from JFK: https://imgur.com/a/A1iXX .
After DAT CX seat is put in bed mode and they do DAT turndown service it's at least close to if not as comfortable as most hotel beds. It really helps when you can get good sleep, which there's plenty of time for on a 15+ hour flight like this.
Bottom line, CX fucking PWNS. I hate cashing in extra AA miles (110k one way) for the splurge to F, but if you're going to be on a plane for 15+ hours and you have the miles to burn it's worth it. |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:57 PM Author: alcoholic useless brakes dilemma Didn't realize it was 1-1-1.
Looking to do HKG in next year.
Probably best to fly out on JAL or ANA F, then come back via CX to hit up the lounge. |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:00 PM Author: Hairless poppy property haven't flown JL F, but NH F is CR. I prefer CX to NH though. If you're W.Coast based you could cop SQ F, one of the SQ flights from LAX or SFO (maybe both) connects in HKG on the way to SIN, so you could just book the W.Coast-HKG leg. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725284) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:06 PM Author: alcoholic useless brakes dilemma yeah, I've done NH F twice.
I'd like to try SQ, but based in ARE country. Don't want to mess with separate tix. U can't book via United?
Always need to connect in ORD or IAH/DFW.
Probably will try out CX F, but want to originate in HKG for that.
Do you use that expertflyer to track down availability? |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:08 PM Author: Hairless poppy property SQ blocks longhaul premium availability to all partners except (I think) Lufthansa. You can move AMEX or Chase points to SQ though. Normally I would say just transfer and book a *A award, but generally SQ awards are much more reasonable than *A awards through SQ, so fuck that.
If you're going through ORD, NH seems to be decently easy to snag.
For avail I use the BA award search engine to find CX and for NH I use the UA search tool. |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:11 PM Author: alcoholic useless brakes dilemma Yeah, BA search kind of sucks. I had success with experflyer. they give you 5 day trial. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725370) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:14 PM Author: Hairless poppy property BA fixed their website so it stops erroring out when you do more than one search now. Don't want to pay for EF post-trial. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725395) |
Date: November 19th, 2017 5:46 PM Author: Hairless poppy property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725177) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:46 PM Author: Contagious house Embarrassing bump. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725184) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:48 PM Author: Hairless poppy property lol you've had a pretty mentally ill hardon for me the past few days. What's your normal moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725193) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:48 PM Author: Contagious house "gay nigger" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725197) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:49 PM Author: Hairless poppy property You've been switching monikers back and forth or did you login to that one earlier to binge post about me for a few hours before swapping back to this one? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725200) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:50 PM Author: Contagious house lmfao take a break from the computer brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725208) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:50 PM Author: Hairless poppy property (guy who has been binge posting about me for 56 hours without sleep) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725210) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:51 PM Author: Contagious house do u ever get MAF about how brutally dennis SONNED you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725219) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:52 PM Author: Hairless poppy property You mean the complete loser that had several legit crying mental breakdowns over a message board and quit because someone was mean to him. LOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725225) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:48 PM Author: Curious Stead Mood 180 I did Cathay F a few years ago and it was amazing. I had a bad cold but still got drunk as fuck on blue label etc, maxed it out. Would highly recommend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725194) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:49 PM Author: Chocolate Stage landing at hong kong airport is a peak experience (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725199) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 5:49 PM Author: Hairless poppy property (guy posting from before Kai Tak closed) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725201) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:00 PM Author: ungodly brunch turdskin thanks for the pics. really reminded me of my time on Cathay (although I spent most of the flight popping bars bc of severe turbulence so pix were last thing on my mind). I shared about it in this thread http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802720&mc=1&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725283) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:07 PM Author: umber alpha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725339) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:09 PM Author: umber alpha cool write up and pics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725358) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:14 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike 180 love this writing style and would love to see NOWAG on FT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725397) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:19 PM Author: Hairless poppy property they don't have much of a sense of humor over there, would probably get me banned. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725426) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:23 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike true, but would anyone know what a nowag is? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725454) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:24 PM Author: Hairless poppy property I'm sure someone would google it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725456) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:26 PM Author: Mildly autistic alcoholic market Reminder: OP has three degrees and airline reviews is the best he can do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725468) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:31 PM Author: Hairless poppy property (3 degrees and works in a dry cleaner) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725511) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:27 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike do you know what lounges I have as a OW sapphire at HKG (flying prole Y)? is there just one choice of J lounges, or multiple ones? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725479) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:30 PM Author: Hairless poppy property There are 3-4 CX lounges you should be able to access. Might be other OW options as well, but the CX ones are probably best. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725505) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:31 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth if flying CX, all of them ( The Wing is tcr)
if flying something else you will probably get bumped into the QF lounge |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:33 PM Author: Hairless poppy property His OW status allows him to access the CX business class lounges. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725525) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:35 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth does it even when flying non-CX on non-CX status? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725540) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:37 PM Author: Hairless poppy property If you have OW status and are flying any OW airline you can enter any of the lounges you want. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725546) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:38 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike yes, OW sapphire allows me any OW J-level lounge.
at lhr, i've used the jl and cx lounges when flying aa-ba. |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:38 PM Author: Hairless poppy property CR, I use the CX lounge at CDG when flying home on AA. LJL at how much better it is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725563) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:42 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike 180. do they serve a dumpring? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725583) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:44 PM Author: Hairless poppy property They have a noodle bar, I usually cop DAT soup and put a ton of sliced chilis in it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725600) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:42 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth I think I need to be more assertive about using the lounge I can use, rather than the lounge they point me towards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725589) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:44 PM Author: Hairless poppy property FlyerTalk is your friend, friend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725602) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:44 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike cr,lol at this beta schtick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725604) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:46 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth I arpha now! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725620) |
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Date: November 28th, 2018 4:16 PM Author: Hairless poppy property LOUNGEBULL bellowing at the lounge dragon and barging in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#37315945) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:35 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike is THE WING accessible for all int'l gates? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725538) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:36 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth yes it’s just in one corner of the airport near Gate 2 so it can be a long way from the gate, Pier is more central that way |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:37 PM Author: Hairless poppy property The Bridge is central also. DBG do you know what gate your flight is usually out of? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725551) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:40 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike looks like it could be terminal 1 anywhere from gate 21 to 71. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725566) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:43 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth the bridge or the pier
if lower numbers, the wing |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:45 PM Author: Gaped supple preventive strike are they all the same quality?> (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725606) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:47 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth wing and pier >> bridge >>> the one near ~ gate 25 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725630) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:48 PM Author: Hairless poppy property DAT Cabin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725632) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:40 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth I meant the Bridge, my bad, the one near Gate 40 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725572) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 8:59 PM Author: Hairless poppy property OFSSS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34735559) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 6:37 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth Good review (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725555) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 7:08 PM Author: Mildly autistic alcoholic market (cock sucker) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34725765) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:34 AM Author: Hairless poppy property (jjc) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730280) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:13 AM Author: Hairless poppy property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730119) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:38 AM Author: Flickering opaque point Looks nice man - what were you up to in HK? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730297) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:44 AM Author: Hairless poppy property visiting some friends. I really like it there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730327) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:46 AM Author: Flickering opaque point I used to live in HK when it was still a British Colony as a kid what seems like a lifetime ago- really good times dude. The Mandarin Oriental does a great eggs Benedict. Your a New Yorker right? If your a member of a club like the NYAC you can get a recip for the American Club in HK next time you hit it - great place in HK for expats to get together. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730337) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:53 AM Author: Hairless poppy property DESCRIBE the final approach into Kai Tak, looks like it was 180000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730381) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:56 AM Author: Flickering opaque point You mean going over the fucking buildings and freeways and shit when the plane would bank that turn? That was lulzy because for a second it looked like it would be scraping the tops of these apartment complexes.
If I remember right the pilots had to have special training to do that approach. Never really felt super sketchy to me (but then again what did I know - I was a kid) but it was fun to see |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 11:01 AM Author: Hairless poppy property Yup, that's the one, looks 18000. VFR only, make a big turn coming onto final and basically level the wings as the wheels touch the ground. I don't think there was ever a major crash on that approach which is shocking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34730433) |
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Date: December 10th, 2017 5:42 PM Author: Hairless poppy property still a 180000 airline (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#34884544) |
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Date: November 28th, 2018 12:51 PM Author: Violet University cashing in Alaska miles is the cr for CX F. 70k instead of 110k on AA miles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#37314681) |
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Date: November 28th, 2018 2:07 PM Author: Hairless poppy property UNGHHHHHH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3802711&forum_id=2#37315155) |