After a short night at the Hilton Beijing Capital Airport, it was time to fly back to Hong Kong, before continuing to Boston. I'm going to keep this review relatively brief, because I reviewed Cathay Dragon's A330 first class from Shanghai to Hong Kong in mid-2018. The return portion of this trip was booked using…
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Wow, beef, beef, or beef. I guess one could easily eat around it with the dim sum. As one who doesn't eat red meat but does eat anything else and can *usually* find at least one or two agreeable menu options, I always struggle with whether to pre-order a special meal. My biggest fail was on Avianca/TACA, which had pork, pork, or pork (Ben's nightmare).
Great view of the harbor! Never see that for take-off/landing from US destinations.
Am I the only one who finds the RCA sockets odd? Don't think I've seen those before on any product
@TimR
What about San Francisco? Admittedly, not as spectacular as the view in Hong Kong, but it has nice bay and bridge view.
@TimR huh? Tons of flights in/out of NYC have amazing views of the city, and plenty of other cities get great views of the skylines too. Unless I'm reading your comment wrong...
@Peter@Alinsfca...Sorry, bad grammar on my part. I meant that I have never seen views of HK harbor from the plane despite many flights to and from the US. I wasn't comparing the city views specifically to US take-off/landing
Fall is the season to visit HK (dry, clear/sunny days, and not too hot). Fall is from October to about mid-December. Nowadays, with the number of visitors from Mainland China reduced greatly, I found HK now even more pleasant because of small to no crowds around malls and tourist spots. (Yes, I was just there last month)
A lot of the NA flights arrive in the wee hours of the morning and some arrive late at night, but that doesn't mean you still can't get a good view when HK is gorgeous at night as long as there is minimal to no cloud cover or haze!
You likely landed on one of the 7s which meant no views!
Moving on, I'm sure Ben would be eager to try out their brand new regional business class on their incoming neos next year which is anticipated to be a revolutionary Y+ product
HKG is A330 heavy. I had to take a bus out to my China eastern flight from Hkg to pvg last summer and going by all those huge A330s towering above us was exciting.
"I guess one could easily eat around it with the dim sum"
Um, you could do that with the omelette dish as well...
I think no pork in the menu due to swine flu earlier this year...
I find it almost impossible for non-moslem Chinese in a chinese airlines, they don't offer pork menu..
Apparently Cathay lounge in HKG have clearly labelled that “we don’t serve Chinese pork”, because of swine fever.
I guess PEK catering can’t guarantee that their pork is 100% imported... and CX/KA decided to forgo pork for any flights ex-China.
@lucky, mileage requirement does differ had you redeemed J for PEK-HKG. Under the new Asia Miles programme, it would be prorated.
Just experienced a great KA flight, i've only flown them now twice, but the crew on this last leg were exceptional. Huge recognition for me as OW Emerald - offered me and my family first choice on food and brought ours out early, lots of extra drink refills, and we were all only in economy. As usual, the purser makes a huge difference and she was no exception. Also a fan of KA
Happy New Year - there are not many Cathay Dragon First flights anymore., As you have noticed, there is a significant difference between Dragon Business and Dragon First (I have only flown their First once on a lunch-time flight); always enjoy your reviews and best wishes in 2020;
nice photos of Hongkong upon your descent