Just a few weeks ago, Cathay Pacific unveiled some positive changes to their first and business class soft product, including new bedding and dining. Well, the airline has now made yet another positive change to their first class service. Effective immediately, Cathay Pacific is offering free Wi-Fi to first class passengers. First class passengers will…
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I flew SFO to AKL recently (mid November) in Economy Premier and Wifi was free for everyone and quite reasonable speed too. I haven't flown with them for a while, and was super impressed overall.
Had two flight in first with British Airways last week, both had free wifi for first class passengers and speeds were surprisingly good.
Was just on CX's 77W monday and saw this. Unfortunately, I was unable to use one of my Gogo passes from my Altitude Reserve card.
Mis-read the article. You did mention aircraft *with* First. Therefore my previous comment is irrelevant.
Not a good idea to make "free" anything with capacity constraints, though I guess six pax is okay.
Flew the new ANA (thanks Virgin miles!) first JFK-HND and return NRT-JFK. There was free WIFI. Nice touch
viewing this from BA F right now thanks to the free wifi, it is very fast and that is not good for my Youtube addiction 😛
also someone has to mention that Norwegian, a LCC, provides free wifi to all intro EU passengers. Free wifi, on LCC! (not very usable but still!)
Flew Cathay ORD-HKG in F last week and WiFi was free. No code needed. Just enter your last name and seat number.
F should get it free.
J should pay.
Totally agree with the logic for business travelers... that should be expected, to a degree. Business is about work and sleep.
But when you're in First, the experience is different. You shouldn't have the hassle of typing codes, credit cards, etc. Everything should work smoothly. First is about luxury and fun.
Flew Cathay first JFK-HKG over Thanksgiving week. I was pleasantly surprised about the free Wi-Fi in first. The speed was pretty good. Service went out after Greenland heading towards the Arctic. I went to sleep. Woke up, we were over Russia, and Wi-Fi was working again all the way to HKG.
You posted before about Cathay's new first & business class soft product. I didn't really see any difference although the lavender sprayed on my pillow was a nice touch, which may have contributed to my 5-6 hours of sleep...or maybe, it was too much champagne. 🙂
I felt the title has a better ring of "...Introduces Free Wi-Fi in First Class."