Tuesday, September 09, 2014

I took Cathay Pacific’s premium economy class for my trip to and from United States using mileage redemptions. I was upgraded to business class for the Taipei to Hong Kong leg due to the plane for that flight didn’t provide premium economy class.

Seats in premium economy class cabin on Cathay Pacific’s Airbus A330-300 are in 2-3-2 arrangement.

Seats in premium economy class cabin on Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-300ER are in 2-4-2 arrangement.

In comparison, s eats in economy class cabin on Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-300ER are in 3-3-3 arrangement.

The last row of premium economy class seats on Cathay Pacific’s Airbus A330-300.

The last row of premium economy class seats on Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-300ER.

Regional business class seats on Cathay Pacific’s Airbus A330-300.

Premium economy class seats on Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-300ER.

Economy class seats on Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-300ER.

The hard products for the premium class were better that economy class but were not quite comparable with business class.

Welcome drink for regional business class passenger.

Welcome drink for premium economy class passenger in a plastic glass.

Welcome drink for premium economy class passenger .

The noise cancelling headsets for premium economy class passenger.

The noise cancelling headsets for premium economy class passenger.

The amenity kit for premium economy class passenger.

On the long haul routes, Cathay Pacific provides better foods for one of the two meals in premium economy class while the other has identical selections as economy class. As for the Taiwan - Hong Kong route, the premium economy class offers exact the single selection as economy class.

Menu for regional business class.

Menu for premium economy class.

Chinese style breakfast for regional business class.

The Chinese style lunch was the better one of the two premium economy class meals on the flight to Chicago.

The Chinese style dinner was the one identical to economy class meals on the flight to Chicago.

The Chinese style dinner was the better one of the two premium economy class meals on the flight from Chicago.

The Chinese style breakfast was the one identical to economy class meals on the flight from Chicago.

The meal for the Hong Kong to Taiwan route with complementary moon cake for mid-autumn festival.

Cathay Pacific does still provide cup noodles on their long haul flights.