CATHAY PACIFIC TO BALI
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| Cathay Pacific |
I'm crazy about Cathay Pacific! In fact, I'll say that it is the best airline
that I have ever experienced and here is why ... THEY CARE!!!
From the moment you arrive into the craziness that is Los
Angeles's International Airport (LAX) to Cathay Pacific's Business Class line you are
treated like a valued customer. The
woman that checked us in came around her counter to personally greet us and
thank us for choosing Cathay Pacific. She then escorted us to her counter. The process was easy and efficient.
Both of our flights from Los Angeles to Hong Kong (14.5
hours) and from Hong Kong to Bali (4.75 hours) were on time. The flight attendants were just so nice and
helpful. They even assisted people by
lifter their luggage into the overhead compartment ... talk about old school,
right?!!
For the Los Angeles to Hong Kong flight, the aircraft was
divided into 4 compartments. First, Business, Economy Plus and Economy. Economy
was just economy with the seats configured at 3-3-3. Economy Plus had more
legroom and took out 1 seat. The seats configured at 2-4-2. I didn't try the
food but was told that the food was more similar to Business Class.
We enjoyed Business Class seats. The seats were 1-2-1. Each seat was in it's own compartment. I was noticing that once you were seated
or reclined (the seats totally recline), you couldn't make eye contact with
anyone else. There was plenty of storage for your personal items. Cathay
Pacific's entertainment was quite diverse and included 2 current Oscar
nominated films that I hadn't seen. I loved the food on the plane ... yes,
LOVED. It was tasty, with options and plentiful. When I asked for a breakfast
dish that did not have pork on it they created a freshly made cheese omelet for
me to enjoy. Talk about service!
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| "I loved the food on the plane" an example of food in business class |
First class seats were 1-1-1. They were wider than
Business Class. Because we are using frequent flyer miles to fly, our return
flight to LAX from Hong Kong will be in First Class and I will write about the
experience later.
Upon our arrival into Bali, we were greeted as we arrived
into the arrival hall before passport control by a representative of AmanHotels. He asked for our passports and the $25 per person Visa fee and jumped
the line that had probably 300-400 people in it! Within 5 minutes, we were
finished and our luggage came off soon after because of the priority status of
our tickets. (FYI, in Bali, there are porters galore to assist you and
complementary trolleys.)
We were escorted to the car pick up area outside of the
newly created (October, 2013) Denpasar Airport (DPS) to our Aman driver and
drove 1.75 hours to Amankila which is where we are now. Bottom line, get ready
to spend an entire day getting to Bali.
Tomorrow, I will begin writing about Bali. Weren't you surprised
that this entire blog was about a happy story about an airline? I wonder how
many of those exist?
The World is Our Playground!
Mari
Mari
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