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China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:04 am
by MooMooMoo
Ok so Im traveling to Vietnam in 2 weeks to use my paid 4 weeks vaccation time. I want to know what airline I should use.
I've been using China airline ever since I was a little kid, I really dislike the service and the food, but its always/most of the time on schedule - no delays. Price is 1,300.oo bucks, and its almost a never wait wait situation for the flight, as soon as you get to the gate the flight is ready to go, so you don't have to wait for hours.
(Stops by Taipei, Taiwan)
Or
I can try to use Cathy Pacific for the first time, because I want to stop by Hong Kong to see how it's over there. Can anyone give me how the service is and what's the % of delay flights or waiting time? Is the food good? The price is 1,400.oo bucks.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:06 am
by Xyzzzy
If you have the extra $100 dollars to spare go for something new. Why not?
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:08 am
by dom
My dad went with Cathay a couple years ago when he visited Hong Kong, didn't hear any complaints. In March he visited Vietnam (stopping in Tokyo) with Quantas and really liked it.
Every time I go visit family in Australia I fly Quantas as well, and it's great. The only thing is that you have to plan your flights well when not flying on domestic airlines.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:12 am
by MooMooMoo
Money isn't an issue for me, but what's important to me is how the service and food is.
@Dom, Quanta-wut? My choice were either China Airline, Cathy Pacific, or Eva airline. Eh, you should ask your dad how the female flight attendence look =) thats one of the reason I wanna go on cathy pacific haha.
I remember back in January I went to vietnam Via china airline, I ask for a cup of noodle, I had to wait like 30mins for it lol.
Btw, my planning schedule was
Phx - LAX - (Hong Kong, Taipei-Taiwan, or where the hell Eva stops in Asia) - Vietnam HoChiMinh City duma
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:16 am
by Inuyasha584
i used go to with eva air, they gave me puzzles and stuffed animals

Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:17 am
by Inuyasha584
MooMooMoo wrote:Money isn't an issue for me, but what's important to me is how the service and food is.
@Dom, Quanta-wut? My choice were either China Airline, Cathy Pacific, or Eva airline. Eh, you should ask your dad how the female flight attendence look =) thats one of the reason I wanna go on cathy pacific haha.
I remember back in January I went to vietnam Via china airline, I ask for a cup of noodle, I had to wait like 30mins for it lol.
Btw, my planning schedule was
Phx - LAX - (Hong Kong, Taipei-Taiwan, or where the hell Eva stops in Asia) - Vietnam HoChiMinh City duma
and eva stops at taipei
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:33 am
by MooMooMoo
Inuyasha584 wrote:i used go to with eva air, they gave me puzzles and stuffed animals

Lmao, I remember they gave me a super hero that looked like a grasshopper or something like that, good ol days.
Well it's either going to Taipei knowing where to go like a pro, or go to Hong Kong and be a complete noob not knowing where to go xD
Dangit hows the food and service on cathy pacifc xD grrrr! and how cute are the Flight Attendent's

Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:34 am
by Inuyasha584
MooMooMoo wrote:Inuyasha584 wrote:i used go to with eva air, they gave me puzzles and stuffed animals

Lmao, I remember they gave me a super hero that looked like a grasshopper or something like that, good ol days.
Well it's either going to Taipei knowing where to go like a pro, or go to Hong Kong and be a complete noob not knowing where to go xD
Dangit hows the food and service on cathy pacifc xD grrrr! and how cute are the Flight Attendent's

its called youtube and google

oh and if you make me mad i put road flares in your luggage
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:36 am
by Key-J
I'm flying From Here to Canada In Cathay on Thursday. ( O yeah btw, guys. Ill be gone for a bit if you didnt know

)
I'll gladly tell you how it is
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:38 am
by MooMooMoo
Inuyasha584 wrote:MooMooMoo wrote:Inuyasha584 wrote:i used go to with eva air, they gave me puzzles and stuffed animals

Lmao, I remember they gave me a super hero that looked like a grasshopper or something like that, good ol days.
Well it's either going to Taipei knowing where to go like a pro, or go to Hong Kong and be a complete noob not knowing where to go xD
Dangit hows the food and service on cathy pacifc xD grrrr! and how cute are the Flight Attendent's

its called youtube and google

oh and if you make me mad i put road flares in your luggage
Even though google is one of my friends, I need personal experience ^_<
Road flares? Ill give you my flight number and we can meet and you hand it over oki? I can see a smuggling agency coming into place.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:44 am
by Inuyasha584
OK YOU GIVE ME YOUR TICKET TOO FOR INSPECTION, NO SKEM
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:45 am
by Manhor
Cathy of course. great airline.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:59 am
by MooMooMoo
Key-J wrote:I'm flying From Here to Canada In Cathay on Thursday. ( O yeah btw, guys. Ill be gone for a bit if you didnt know

)
I'll gladly tell you how it is
Great I'll be waiting for a response from you Key-J, have fun and have a safe trip.
Any specific reason why you say Cathy Pacific is great manhor?
Inu, did you need my passport as well?

Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:00 am
by Inuyasha584
MooMooMoo wrote:Key-J wrote:I'm flying From Here to Canada In Cathay on Thursday. ( O yeah btw, guys. Ill be gone for a bit if you didnt know

)
I'll gladly tell you how it is
Great I'll be waiting for a response from you Key-J, have fun and have a safe trip.
Any specific reason why you say Cathy Pacific is great manhor?
Inu, did you need my passport as well?

and every other document you have
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:11 am
by Manhor
hmm.. service is great, all of them could speak good english if i remember correctly. food's pretty good. tv's on every seat. i was in economy class btw.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:15 am
by Snoopy
I flew Cathay from Hong Kong to Rome. Didn't like it too much. No way you could possibly fly Singapore Airlines, they're good. You may have to stop-over at Singapore though. I preferably usually fly Qantas because it's Australian, however recently they've been having dramas, the only drama I had with them was we had no personal TV's on our 10 hour flight from Hawaii.
I'd pick Cathay over China. Hardest thing though, if you don't know Chinese/Vietnamese or something they're extremely hard to understand in English.
Reasonable service, reasonable food.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:35 am
by MooMooMoo
Thanks for the reply snoopy and manhor

very much appriciated.
Kepp em coming guys
Inu, your going to have to ask the owner of the papers I'm using - Im illegal

Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:36 am
by Key-J
O, now that i read better here let me give u my Opinion:
Eva Air. Its a great airline, its not expensive, the food and service is good, i wouldn't call it amazing, but its what you need. Nothing to bad, nothing over the top You would enjoy your flight.
China Air. Well, i only flew it when i was really young and i went to Beijing. So i cant tell you much cuz TBH i dont remember.
Cathay. I use it when i hit up Hong Kong some times, and ive always liked it. It can be an "Elite" carrier. However, it's still quite caring for those who dont want to get all the specialties that it offers. I would say however, that a part of your experience lies in the Flight Attendants that you get, i've had amazing ones, which were 24/7 (well 14 hours) caring, always truly looking after passengers. The others, well those were just a nightmare, they took nearly the enitre course of the flight from here to Singapore (A good hour and something) to fetch me a glass of water that i asked for SINCE i got ON the plane. And shit, when the guy brought it to me he pretty much was pissed at me, cuz i had reminded him a couple times.
If you wana have just a good flight and the difference isnt that bad, plus you get to experience something new first hand. Then go ahead and Fly Cathay. I mean, now they have a lot of these Self Service stations where they just leave the drinks out for you to get urself, and it's nice cuz you walk around, and it doesn't feel soooo long the flight. (I spend more time out of my seat than in it). O also, i don't know about you, but i know that a lot of Foreigners dont like Asian carriers because of their Seats, they design them for the Asians, and as a Westerner i find them small and annoying sometimes..
At least you get to Stop in Hong Kong, and trust me (dude/dudette?) if you have a nice stopover in HK airport, at least 3 hours or something. You will love it, the HK airport is amazing, it really does rival the one in Singapore, there is so much to do and So Much to buy. So its really a cool experience.
But yeah, in the end it comes down to you
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:45 am
by Snoopy
Key-J wrote:O, now that i read better here let me give u my Opinion:
Eva Air. Its a great airline, its not expensive, the food and service is good, i wouldn't call it amazing, but its what you need. Nothing to bad, nothing over the top You would enjoy your flight.
China Air. Well, i only flew it when i was really young and i went to Beijing. So i cant tell you much cuz TBH i dont remember.
Cathay. I use it when i hit up Hong Kong some times, and ive always liked it. It can be an "Elite" carrier. However, it's still quite caring for those who dont want to get all the specialties that it offers. I would say however, that a part of your experience lies in the Flight Attendants that you get, i've had amazing ones, which were 24/7 (well 14 hours) caring, always truly looking after passengers. The others, well those were just a nightmare, they took nearly the enitre course of the flight from here to Singapore (A good hour and something) to fetch me a glass of water that i asked for SINCE i got ON the plane. And shit, when the guy brought it to me he pretty much was pissed at me, cuz i had reminded him a couple times.
If you wana have just a good flight and the difference isnt that bad, plus you get to experience something new first hand. Then go ahead and Fly Cathay. I mean, now they have a lot of these Self Service stations where they just leave the drinks out for you to get urself, and it's nice cuz you walk around, and it doesn't feel soooo long the flight. (I spend more time out of my seat than in it). O also, i don't know about you, but i know that a lot of Foreigners dont like Asian carriers because of their Seats, they design them for the Asians, and as a Westerner i find them small and annoying sometimes..
At least you get to Stop in Hong Kong, and trust me (dude/dudette?) if you have a nice stopover in HK airport, at least 3 hours or something. You will love it, the HK airport is amazing, it really does rival the one in Singapore, there is so much to do and So Much to buy. So its really a cool experience.
But yeah, in the end it comes down to you
You crazy? I so much rather just sit in my seat and chill. Walking around is so annoying, especially because the aisles are so small and hard to walk down, and people have their pillows hanging off the side and crap.I found that too that the seats were small and extremely cramped. When I spilt orange juice on myself, I pretty much had to lapp it up.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:52 am
by Manhor
Snoopy wrote:Key-J wrote:O, now that i read better here let me give u my Opinion:
Eva Air. Its a great airline, its not expensive, the food and service is good, i wouldn't call it amazing, but its what you need. Nothing to bad, nothing over the top You would enjoy your flight.
China Air. Well, i only flew it when i was really young and i went to Beijing. So i cant tell you much cuz TBH i dont remember.
Cathay. I use it when i hit up Hong Kong some times, and ive always liked it. It can be an "Elite" carrier. However, it's still quite caring for those who dont want to get all the specialties that it offers. I would say however, that a part of your experience lies in the Flight Attendants that you get, i've had amazing ones, which were 24/7 (well 14 hours) caring, always truly looking after passengers. The others, well those were just a nightmare, they took nearly the enitre course of the flight from here to Singapore (A good hour and something) to fetch me a glass of water that i asked for SINCE i got ON the plane. And shit, when the guy brought it to me he pretty much was pissed at me, cuz i had reminded him a couple times.
If you wana have just a good flight and the difference isnt that bad, plus you get to experience something new first hand. Then go ahead and Fly Cathay. I mean, now they have a lot of these Self Service stations where they just leave the drinks out for you to get urself, and it's nice cuz you walk around, and it doesn't feel soooo long the flight. (I spend more time out of my seat than in it). O also, i don't know about you, but i know that a lot of Foreigners dont like Asian carriers because of their Seats, they design them for the Asians, and as a Westerner i find them small and annoying sometimes..
At least you get to Stop in Hong Kong, and trust me (dude/dudette?) if you have a nice stopover in HK airport, at least 3 hours or something. You will love it, the HK airport is amazing, it really does rival the one in Singapore, there is so much to do and So Much to buy. So its really a cool experience.
But yeah, in the end it comes down to you
You crazy? I so much rather just sit in my seat and chill. Walking around is so annoying, especially because the aisles are so small and hard to walk down, and people have their pillows hanging off the side and crap.I found that too that the seats were small and extremely cramped. When I spilt orange juice on myself, I pretty much had to lapp it up.
sitting for 12+ hour ride = massive cramps
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:55 am
by Snoopy
I sometimes take a small stroll to the back of the plane and back every few hours, but no way do I spend more time out of my seat than in it.
Off topic: Hong Kong <3. I loved it there.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:06 am
by MooMooMoo
Hmm Cathay Pacific sounds pretty good, my aunt said the air port in HK is amazing so thats one of the many reason why I wanted to try it. Again Eva sounds good, coming from Key-J's point of view.
On the airplane, iono I just try to sleep my way through. The smell of the food on China Airline isn't pleasing. But yeah ever since I was a kid, I can remember all the seats and row are so close together, takes alot of skills to maneuver down the row to the rest room.
Guess I'll ask my travel agent to see the price of Cathay Pacific then. Thanks guys, anymore personal experience would be helpful.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:11 am
by Snoopy
MooMooMoo wrote:Hmm Cathay Pacific sounds pretty good, my aunt said the air port in HK is amazing so thats one of the many reason why I wanted to try it. Again Eva sounds good, coming from Key-J's point of view.
On the airplane, iono I just try to sleep my way through. The smell of the food on China Airline isn't pleasing. But yeah ever since I was a kid, I can remember all the seats and row are so close together, takes alot of skills to maneuver down the row to the rest room.
Guess I'll ask my travel agent to see the price of Cathay Pacific then. Thanks guys, anymore personal experience would be helpful.
oh, the smell on US Airlines is disgusting.
Hong Kong airport is, omg, so big. Trains to get from terminal to terminal. Loved the seedy smoking rooms though, and the FREE Wifi (Others claim to be free, but never are). Hard to find a nice Cafe to eat at though. Probably because we had to walk so far to get anywhere, so we pretty much got to our gate and slept.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:22 am
by MooMooMoo
Snoopy wrote:MooMooMoo wrote:Hmm Cathay Pacific sounds pretty good, my aunt said the air port in HK is amazing so thats one of the many reason why I wanted to try it. Again Eva sounds good, coming from Key-J's point of view.
On the airplane, iono I just try to sleep my way through. The smell of the food on China Airline isn't pleasing. But yeah ever since I was a kid, I can remember all the seats and row are so close together, takes alot of skills to maneuver down the row to the rest room.
Guess I'll ask my travel agent to see the price of Cathay Pacific then. Thanks guys, anymore personal experience would be helpful.
oh, the smell on US Airlines is disgusting.
Hong Kong airport is, omg, so big. Trains to get from terminal to terminal. Loved the seedy smoking rooms though, and the FREE Wifi (Others claim to be free, but never are). Hard to find a nice Cafe to eat at though. Probably because we had to walk so far to get anywhere, so we pretty much got to our gate and slept.
Eugh, you had to remind me all the BS fee we have now -_- luggage, handheld, soda, peanute, snacks lmao. US airline x_x
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:30 am
by Inuyasha584
anyway atleast you get from point a to b
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:39 pm
by MooMooMoo
Inuyasha584 wrote:anyway atleast you get from point a to b
Hell I know I can get to point a to b easily, but again, whats important for me is what is between the two =) (Sounds perverted)

Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:42 pm
by Squirt
Ever since I was a kid I've used American Airlines, The service is good food is ok. What I like is that there is a TV infront of you in the head rest.

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Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:43 pm
by Snoopy
MooMooMoo wrote:Inuyasha584 wrote:anyway atleast you get from point a to b
Hell I know I can get to point a to b easily, but again, whats important for me is what is between the two =) (Sounds perverted)

lol. Best service is Cathay, China is generally cheaper but not as good.
Re: China Airline Vs. Cathy Pacific? (Airline)
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:08 pm
by MooMooMoo
Snoopy wrote:MooMooMoo wrote:Inuyasha584 wrote:anyway atleast you get from point a to b
Hell I know I can get to point a to b easily, but again, whats important for me is what is between the two =) (Sounds perverted)

lol. Best service is Cathay, China is generally cheaper but not as good.
Well I guess I will go with Cathy Pacific unless someone say something else about it