Questions and Answers

Hi there,

I’ve been holding two seats of reservations and now it’s time to make a final decision. So I’d really value everyone’s advice.

We need to fly from HKG to SEA, and have narrowed it down to 2 options (please don’t suggest others, just comment on these):

1. HKG-AUH-JFK-SEA (with HKG-AUH in EY J on A330, AUH-JFK in EY F on A380, and JFK-SEA in AA F on B737)

2. HKG-ICN-SEA (with HKG-ICN in KE F on A330 and ICN-SEA in KE F on 777-300ER Kosmo Suites 2.0)

I’m not worried about the mileage amounts required, just the differences in the hard and soft products — primarily EY A380 F vs KE 777-300ER F (Kosmo Suites 2.0).

It’s worth noting, though, that option 1 with EY/AA requires a lot more flying time and we’d have to leave HKG at 6pm in the evening, but option 2 allows us to leave HKG at 12:35pm **the next day**, buying us an extra afternoon and evening in HKG while still getting home to SEA at the same time.

I don’t know when we’ll get a chance to fly EY A380 F again (and we never have before), so I don’t know if it’s worth it for the extra flying time and loss of time in HKG vs. the much more straightforward KE flights.

Thanks so much for your advice!

Best,
Todd

[USER=128]@SeattleTodd[/USER], EY F is wonderful but I’d rather have the time at the destination I’m traveling so far to see. Plus you have a big chunk in domestic AA. Unless I was hugely motivated by avgeek interests I would go with KE for this itinerary.

I’d go with KE for the simplicity and find a way to work EY F into another trip.

While EY F A380 and the AUH F lounge is fantastic, your other legs aren’t nearly as much fun, especially the domestic F on AA.

For once I disagree with [USER=79]@Gaurav[/USER] and [USER=29]@David W[/USER] because for me the more time in the air the better! I love going the opposite way. Their points are completely valid, but the Apartment vs Kosmo???? But then you are getting the opinion of someone who flew to Singapore for a 32 minute ride on SQ’s first A350 so questions of saneness are understandable.

[USER=2121]@MarkS[/USER] Personally, I’d also go with the longer EY F routing in the apartment. I’ve flown it twice and it was fantastic each time. I also loved their 787 F cabin. However, I elected to fly HKG-SIN on CX before connecting to EY SIN-AUH-LHR (and another time, SIN-AUH-JFK) simply because I’d prefer the 787 and 380 over the 330 that they use on their HKG route.

However, SeattleTodd has posted a few times about the domestic connection at JFK, accessing the lounges, and separate tickets. I recommended the KE option since it’d be easier over all, avoiding the second connection and potential separate tickets and/or missing the connection on that separate ticket.