This is how the other half fly. When I travel abroad it's usually in the cargo hold. They poke a few holes in the crate I'm stuffed in and that's it. 2 Caviar services. The life.
Even though I barely slept, I still arrived relatively refreshed and ready to start my European journey. Yeah, two servings of caviar is exactly what the Dr ordered. HAHAHA
The landing footage is magnificent! It is so dramatic and really beautiful. Most flight bloggers leave out overcast landings but I really feel that they have a beauty all their own. Worth publishing, definitely! The food looked sumptuous! Thank you for the video!
I am absolutely with you. Sometimes I find content creators only want the visual best footage (which I totally understand) but there's something about the moodiness of a darkened overcast landing. The sound of rushing wind and clouds as it buffers the aircraft and just the play on shadow and light. Plus, for me, a large part of takeoff and landing videos I love most is the audio. The food was beyond scrummy!
An Air France pilot confirmed to me that indeed if you board with a camera, they will notice it and the service will be more than exceptional because it gives them free publicity, so your appreciation is not surprising, Cathay has well asked their flight attendant to be very attentive especially as you are traveling in first class.
That's what I would have thought. It's free advertising for the airline. However, I have received a very mixed bag of service levels on different airlines from the around the world. You would assume flying First Class the service offering would be top notch. I can assure you, I've received some truly diabolical F&B, and service from certain airlines...with or without a camera. I don't film every single flight. I never contact the airline in advance of my trips so they can't prepare but I assumed the same about what the Air France pilot's comment.
There’s no need to contact the airline to get benefits. Your GoPro cam showed you are a RU-vidur and they will of course offer you the best. Sometimes, depending the crews, they will ask you to turn off your camera because the other passengers can find it annoying, the captain reserves the right to disembark the RU-vidur if he doesn’t accept to stop to film. It already happened with Air France and Singapore airlines.
@@Peter-jk4dsI'm not a RU-vidr and had exactly the same experience in CX first 3 weeks ago so I don't think they did anything they don't not normally do
I am a foodie and CX definitely ticked all my culinary boxes. A near perfect flight. That's Stan the Sloth! It was actually a gift I bought for mu mum and took photos of Stan in every city I visited and sent the photos to mum. haha
As much as I feel the same towards CX First, I would still say this, when you pay this amount (or equivalent amount of miles), a high service level should be expected and that's what CX used to excel in First Class (with their business class products & services largely on the down side). However you do hear about the consistency across different reviewers on their soft products and that's very lucky of you that you had a great time.
This flight to CDG and the earlier MEL to HKG sector were my very initial introduction to CX. I don't have any status with the airline and they were not advised on my filming nor was this a sponsored flight. So I couldn't have been happier to have received such excellent service in both my business and first flights, by my personal standards anyway. I have been told by friends not to expect too much in their business cabin so maybe my expectations were already lowered. I've been asked by a few subscribers to fly their economy product and then compare. I just might do that!
@@TimEatsandTravelsI'm glad you had such a great time. As a person who's called HK home for over 30 years I think it's fair to say there's a fair amount of nostalgia for want of a better word for us locals when it comes to CX so it's always great to hear someone having such a positive experience. Cathay as I'm sure you've been aware have faced seemingly endless headwinds in recent years with a heavily political element in a HK gov that's actively hostile towards the airline, not supportive. I'm frankly amazed they are still going to be quite honest let alone producing to this level. And they are still top notch. Yes Qatar and SA definitely have a superior business product overall so there's catching up to do but they still have great lounges, great staff, a first economy and premium economy product as well as first and biz would still be in my top 5 even with the dated hard product and limited menu
I am immensely jelly that you will have that incredible experience soon. Despite the F seat being a little dated, it is still a VERY comfortable experience. If you can secure yourself an A seat, then it will be fare more private than D or K seats. Please do share your experience!
G'day Steph, I'm so glad you found my lil channel. Seriously I am so thankful for your support. I create videos as a digital keepsake/diary so I can look back at my travel experiences and times with family and loved ones.
This was my first time flying CX first and business (previous flight to this) and was absolutely impressed by the service and F&B. I hope that you have the opportunity to try their First product in the future. Thank you SO much for stopping by and watching.
Hey Tim new subscriber here the music was a bit off it wasn't in constant touch with what your showing, but overall good, and I appreciate if you could sneak in few glances at the screen and let's see what's on, I like making comparisons to Emirates ICE playlist which is awesome and they use Linux as a baseline OS which is cool in my book, and what I love about flying in some cases you get to see a another airplane jetting through the skies at a higher altitude or even low in some cases, it's just unique enjoyment and and experience. Anyway Safe Journeys.
Thank you so much for dropping by and watching my video. Especially a huge thanks for providing constructive criticisms. I will endeavour to apply them when I record and edit my future videos. EK Ice is one of the best AVOD you'll find in any airline. Apart from the age of hardware, the IFE isn't the most user friendly. Might have to volunteer my UI and UX experience to CX. haha Thanks so much for your support again.
A great review, and I really enjoyed your meal choices. Why does EVERY first class reviewer always have to sit in seat 1A? I don't know why, but I find that annoying.
Thank you so much. I am all about the food and travel exclusively for foodie experiences. The reason I prefer 1A in CX's 777 First Class cabin is because it does not share the aisle with another seat. Seats 1 D and 1K (middle and right hand side) share an aisle. Hence 1A is almost like a pseudo-private cabin as there is a wall which blocks the right hand side seats. Seat 2A is actually the one I wanted but it has already been taken.
Hey Tim, the food looked so delicious 😊, it was like watching you have a personal buffet. Yum!! I can't wait for your next video. Regards Erika from sunny Perth 😎
It really was like a buffet. I definitely finished my meal as full as if I had a buffet dinner. It was truly a foodie feast. Hope you're well in Perth.
@TimEatsandTravels Hey Tim, it's a bit wet and cold in Perth, great weather for a chicken curry and rice with pappadums. 😊 You truly are a super hero growing your hair to make a wig for cancer patients. As they say, not all heroes wear capes.
XOXOXOXO Thank YOU so much for always posting the first comment, always the first to watch my videos and always the first with your likes. We both truly appreciate your kindness and generosity. Incidentally, GB will be back in a matter of weeks.
Like you say Tim, nice catering, the crew was spot on, and the lavatory looked quite nice as well But the seat/bed was a tired design and didn't seem to offer any privacy. As you noted, the cabin was definitely showing it's age. While, the 777 is a noisy plane at the best of times. Crucially, the 17 hour layover at HK airport looked painful? Can't see this as an efficient schedule compared to Emirates of Singapore. Sure, time for a shower and a munch is great. But 17 hours hanging around borders on Soviet era Aeroflot style service.
100% the hardware is not comparable to the first class cabins of other 4-5 star airlines. I am particularly excited to see what seats CX selects for their new cabins. When seated or in sleep mode the first class seat definitely gave me a sense of privacy from the other passengers. I couldn't actually see any of them throughout the flight (albeit most were asleep). There is a wall that runs the legnth of the cabin between the A seats and the middle row. If I was in the right hand window seats, it's possibly more exposed. I loved the PJs (very comfy)! Catering and crew really made up for the gap the seat left. If I had a do-over, I would absolutely NOT do another 17hr transit in HKG...heck, in any airport. Even though I was the luxury of lounge hopping, it still took a toll. I guess I'm not as big an aviation traveler as I thought I was. haha Watch this space, I recently did a 19 hour transit in Colombo airport. That was brutal.
Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. As a general rule, if I can get away with it, I try not to record/show non-consenting people on my clips. I do have quite a bit of recordings of my cabin crew kneeling down and chatting with me and explaining the menus, talking about travels, etc. I don't post those out of respect for the cabin crew members.
Yes, their first and business class products are dated. CX has just announced that they are rolling out a new business class product for the second quarter of 2024. Meaning first class is not far behind. Fingers crossed!
Turn on seat belt sign far too often so you can't even get hot coffee. At least they have stopped after 4 decades the tri lingual fasten seat belts please announcements.
I also noted that SQ and MH on my last flights had the seat belt light on for a large portion of the flight. I wonder sometimes if it's more precautionary.
Seriously, there's nothing better than turbulence. I get so bored on smooth flights. HAHA I once flew through clear air turbulence and the plane dropped. It was like a roller coaster ride. Loved it. Thankfully no one was hurt as it wasn't during meal service time and everyone was buckled in.
Hopefully he'll give you your money back. Seriously what's wrong with you? Absolutely no need for that, I thought it was excellent but if you didn't there are literally millions of other RU-vid videos to watch. Maybe try making one yourself 🙄
