There's now one less airline competing between the US and Hong Kong. Hong Kong Airlines has announced that they're cutting their route to Los Angeles as of February 8, 2020. For a long time Hong Kong Airlines was expanding significantly and was poised to become a truly global airline, giving Cathay Pacific a run for…
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Arrgggggg!
Just booked two months ago. Flying out of LAX in January 2020 and returning in mid Feb. 2020.
What to do?
With their financial problems, I didn’t understand why they honored their mistake fare in business class last year. I was able to take advantage of the fare and likely flew my one time LAX to BKK in business class. It was an experience that I won’t forget. Now, I just need to figure out how to use the FF mileage that I gained on that flight.
Glad I got to take advantage of their mistake business class fare last year (LAX/BKK). Dont know what I can do with the earned miles. Cant even log in. Should have traded them out on points.com but even that is no longer an option.
I've been flying them LA BKK a little over a year. Just landed in LA 2 days back from BKK on their flight. First of, they offered incredible low rates such as $420 round trip LAX BKK. Cathay charged twice that. Granted Cathay makes you feel special, and HK merely tolerates you, but paying half to get from A to B and back is a trade off the packed occupants are willing to make. I'll be sad to see them go, and concerned about my own booking end of Nov.
Shame.
It was great to have a nonstop option besides the oneworld AA/CX duopoly to chose from.
HK airlines was pretty meh. The only real benefit was the cheap one way fares, but the product was very unspectacular and was constantly delayed. At least you can still fly it from YVR.
I keep wondering if I am getting jaded with Business class travel as the last three airlines I flew on (QA, CX, Hainan) were sorta meh. So I guess losing Hong Kong Airlines might not be a great loss.
The last flight that amazed was on Condor (767) from FRA to YYC probably because it was so much better than expected that it shone in comparison. Great food (Salmon yum) and decent beverages.
Food on Qantas was rubbish and limited. Food on CX was below par - not like the 'good old days' and Hainan was meh even though reputed to be one of the best 5* Chinese airlines.
Will be flying JAL, QR and TAP in the spring. High expectations for JAL. Hoping that the QR experience is better than last time (relatively meh with cheap pedestrian wines such as 'Jump the Stump' Aussie Shiraz (<$10)). Haven't heard much about TAP lately but these flights will be on their new A321neo and A330neo so at least the hard product will be comfortable (?).
Now their LAX HKK BKK is routed through Vancouver with a 23 hour layover there. And listed for $1081. Wonder what happens to all the booked passengers who had bought their tickets LAX HKK BKK. Mine is end of the month so I'm questioning what's going on behind the scenes. I bought mine last night on Kayak and as of this morning nothing is listed on kayak for HK AIRLINES.
They have a nice new Super Diamond reverse herring bone on the A350 I flew from LAX-HKG on the error fare last year.
Why do you always show a photo of the inferior staggered setup when you post about HX?
Had a perfectly pleasant flight with them back in Feb from HKG-LAX. Shame to see them go!
HKG-US pricing will go up even more.. even with the 'recession' of business travel and tourism there due to ongoing protests, the prices and award availability to/from HKG have been uncompetitive.
I was tempted by the fares but never booked because their lax/sfo departures were toward the middle of the day. I figure if I'm going to get a lie-flat seat (I'm 6'2"), I want it to depart at night so I can get some sleep and my money's worth. If I'm going to be awake the whole time, I'd just book premium economy.