splain this one to me....

That shot with Quest in the BA First Class shirt confused me at first. It didn't even look like a plane! That must have been the exit to the jetway, and he had a bulkhead seat.

I suspect Cathay also flies London - Hong Kong.

Looks like a door to a jetway.

Could be 27C on an ANZ B744 or 28C/75C on a VIR B744, although the pitch looks like a bit much for Premium Economy..

Despite wearing a BA First Class short, this was taken onboard a LH plan in Business Class.

At 7:24 this can be recognised by the seat colours and materials used (grey, blue and silver/aluminium) as well as the pillows provided. The seats shown are 9 A/C onboard a B747, just before door 1L. Furthermore, fast forward to 7:37 and look at the picture in the top left corner. You can see the headrest cover of LH.

Do I get a prize now? ;-)))

So it's certainly true that he was flying from LON to HKG, but not on a nonstop flight but via FRA.

sorry for the spelling mistakes in my previous post. I urgently need a coffee... 😉

It defiantly looks like the Lufthansa business class seat. You can see the grey headrest and the white and dark blue pillows. Its a bulkhead seat by the door most likely, and you can see the dark blue/purple of the seat as well by where the PTV would pop out

I did not watch the entire episode and am not sure if it was a non-stop flight but it looks like a LH C seat to me. Look at the blanket, the lamp and the blue seat itself. Should be 9A on a LH 747.
Another giveaway is the Lufthansa magazine stashed in the pocket close to the door.
Compare to this:
That's the August issue.

The shot looks like a LH C to me as well. Possibly 2 separate shots spliced together. Just like the Amazing Race, where a United boarding pass spits out from the printer regardless of whatever airline they are flying at the time.

I agree, clearly lufty.

Ah, interesting. I was thinking it was Lufty too, but that seemed too obvious. When he flew from Hong Kong to New York later in the episode, he clearly stated he went via Seoul, while here he said he flew London to Hong Kong, without mentioning a connection.

The economy must be hitting CNN hard. First slanted flat seats via Frankfurt on Lufthansa, and then flying Continental BusinessFirst on a 757 from New York to London.... ouch! 😀

OK - here is how I did it.

LHR-FRA-HKG on, yup, LH

HKG-ICN-JFk of OZ

EWR-LHR on CO

I was going to do it all on a RTW ticket but because there were only 2 stops it was not cost effective (the cheapest was around £4k.) Instead, wait for it, I bought three ONE way J tickets. Believe me it was much cheaper. Less than £3.5k

Hope that helps.

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