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Cathay Pacific slump seats - worth $350?
Hi everyone!
I'm flying from San Francisco to China over the summer (San Francisco to Chengdu July 2 or 3, Beijing to San Francisco August 10 or 11), and the two major options are:
Cathay Pacific for $1534 RT
Asiana Airlines for $1900 RT
I would book Cathay in a heartbeat, except that I've heard horror stories about their reclining shell seats. If I'm on a 14-hour flight from San Francisco, I'm not too keen on the back pain, numb butt, etc. Is it really that bad? Is it worth the extra $350 to fly Asiana and their real reclining seats?
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- Gerald JLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Cathay has begun changing the seats in economy class on many of their planes beginning with their Boeing 777's, but I didn't mind the shell design seats. At least you didn't have a seat back in your face for 14 hours or so. Some people didn't like the shell design seats though.
You might consider Cathay Pacific's premium economy seats, at least for the SFO-HKG, HKG-SFO legs of your flights. Not only do you get extra recline, you get 6" more legroom, probably for not much more than regular economy with Asiana.
I've never flown Asiana, but have heard very good things about them. I did fly Cathay just last week, had two of the best airline meals I've ever had and their service is always amongst the best.
Source(s): Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club member and frequent flyer.
