REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - YVR-HKG with Hong Kong Air, reviews?

EvoFire · 01-25-2018, 03:27 AM

Wait to book your tickets. There's no real reason to book 8 months in advance, I just flew back to HK for a funeral Jan 18 - Jan 23 on CX and it cost me $679 because AC was doing a promo and CX matched the promo price the day after; I also booked my flights a week before I flew. I also got my AsiaMiles with the discount flight.

On my CX flights last week, the food was the same as always, but I've found the service to be not as good as when I flew in the past. Feels like they are cutting corners a little(ie lazier), but they still cater to your needs as much as possible if you ask.
CX flies 2x 777 flights and a A350 flight to Vancouver daily. The best flights imo are the CX888/CX889 flights as they operate out of New York and YVR is just a layover - the timing of the flight and service just flat out seems to be better. CX837 (1pm YVR-HKG) that I was on last week clearly wasn't as good, and the flight took 14:20 which was the longest I've ever been on a plane. On the CX856 flight (11am HKG-YVR) they flew one of their new A350 jets, and I was looking forward to it - I was very disappointed. The interior was wrecked as the washrooms and overhead bins were all damaged. Some panels were being held together with duct tape, and some bins were unusable.

I've flown with AC as well in the last two years and it wasn't that bad. Maybe I got lucky as I booked the aisle seat on the side, the seat was empty beside me, and the window seat was a cute chick.

I would avoid HX until they redo the interiors or replace the YVR-HKG flights with the A350's. My wife flew their A320 from HKG-SHA(Shanghai) and she said it sucked, they had ipads but they ran out(probably cause it was a short flight). I flew a few days after and got on a A350 and the plane was nice. Food definitely sucked though.

I was going to fly with HX and just deal with the shitty food and entertainment stuff because I was flying out on a whim and just wanted the cheapest flight possible. The CX/AC promo made their flights cheaper than HX and it was a no brainer.

For those of you complaining about the 3-4-3 layout on AC's 777's, CX will be redoing their whole 777 fleet to 3-4-3. It's been talked about for a long time, but I heard it's happening starting in March of this year.

01-25-2018, 03:27 AM	#43
EvoFire Los Bastardo owned my ass at least once Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6,188 Thanked 4,908 Times in 2,281 Posts Failed 74 Times in 48 Posts	Wait to book your tickets. There's no real reason to book 8 months in advance, I just flew back to HK for a funeral Jan 18 - Jan 23 on CX and it cost me $679 because AC was doing a promo and CX matched the promo price the day after; I also booked my flights a week before I flew. I also got my AsiaMiles with the discount flight. On my CX flights last week, the food was the same as always, but I've found the service to be not as good as when I flew in the past. Feels like they are cutting corners a little(ie lazier), but they still cater to your needs as much as possible if you ask. CX flies 2x 777 flights and a A350 flight to Vancouver daily. The best flights imo are the CX888/CX889 flights as they operate out of New York and YVR is just a layover - the timing of the flight and service just flat out seems to be better. CX837 (1pm YVR-HKG) that I was on last week clearly wasn't as good, and the flight took 14:20 which was the longest I've ever been on a plane. On the CX856 flight (11am HKG-YVR) they flew one of their new A350 jets, and I was looking forward to it - I was very disappointed. The interior was wrecked as the washrooms and overhead bins were all damaged. Some panels were being held together with duct tape, and some bins were unusable. I've flown with AC as well in the last two years and it wasn't that bad. Maybe I got lucky as I booked the aisle seat on the side, the seat was empty beside me, and the window seat was a cute chick. I would avoid HX until they redo the interiors or replace the YVR-HKG flights with the A350's. My wife flew their A320 from HKG-SHA(Shanghai) and she said it sucked, they had ipads but they ran out(probably cause it was a short flight). I flew a few days after and got on a A350 and the plane was nice. Food definitely sucked though. I was going to fly with HX and just deal with the shitty food and entertainment stuff because I was flying out on a whim and just wanted the cheapest flight possible. The CX/AC promo made their flights cheaper than HX and it was a no brainer. For those of you complaining about the 3-4-3 layout on AC's 777's, CX will be redoing their whole 777 fleet to 3-4-3. It's been talked about for a long time, but I heard it's happening starting in March of this year.