CATHAY PACIFIC A321neo ECONOMY (In-town check-in, Qantas Lounge)
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- G’day, my name is Jayden, welcome back to my channel! This was my 61st flight in 2023; in early July, I flew Cathay Pacific Airbus A321neo in economy class from Hong Kong to Hanoi. I used my Qantas Gold (Oneworld Sapphire) status for perks such as priority check-in and lounge access. Enjoy the video & thank you so much for watching!
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What you'll see in this video:
00:00 Intro & in-town check-in
01:19 Hong Kong vlog
02:39 Airport Express
04:04 Hong Kong Airport
04:38 Cathay Pacific The Wing Business Class Lounge
05:55 The Qantas Hong Kong Lounge
08:29 Sky Bridge
09:07 Boarding flight CX743
10:04 Seat 24A & features
11:52 Inflight entertainment
12:20 Passenger announcement (PA)
13:03 Taxi & takeoff
16:36 Meal service
17:23 Lavatory tour
18:15 WiFi & magazine
19:08 PA
19:39 Conclusion
22:08 Landing
24:47 Hanoi & Ha Long Bay vlog
Future flight reviews include:
- Bonza B737 MAX 8 Mackay to Sunshine Coast (economy class)
- Cathay Pacific B777-300ER Melbourne to Hong Kong (economy class)
- China Airlines A350-900 Taipei to Hong Kong (economy class)
- Qantas B737-800 Queenstown to Sydney (economy class)
- Shanghai Airlines B787-9 Shanghai to Melbourne (economy class)
- Vietnam Airlines A350-900 Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney (economy class)
- Virgin Australia B737-800 Sydney to Queenstown (economy class)
… and more!
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As always, see you again on Thursday!
Jayden
#cathaypacific #economyclass #tripreport
🤭Hubby looks like a stretched Tom Holland😍
😂I’ve said this before
he doesn’t think so
Good to see uou traveling with your bf 🙂
That caramel cheesecake looks delicious along with your travel partner😉 So glad to see you traveling together. You make a great couple 😊
haha thanks Brad 😄
@@JaydenWong I’m sure you miss your cat when you’re traveling. Just remembered how cute your cat is. We lost ours last October and still miss her so very much. Enjoy every moment with your partner..continue to make fantastic memories together. Life goes so fast Jayden. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈take care and have fun
But he is supposed to be a vegan but continually doesn’t? It makes it very hard for people with strict dietary requirements when people pick and choose when it suits them, we then don’t get taken seriously when it comes down to life and death due to being poisoned by food contamination. I love your videos but stick with being a vegan or don’t, pick one!
Vegan meal even worse than United! That’s something. Look forward to seeing more videos with your partner along for the ride. 😊
amazing trip report Jayden! Yeah, I did hear "partner" a few times, congratulations to you both, here's to years of happiness! I do agree with you, the QF lounge at Hong Kong is the best, much better than the Sydney lounge. Both my husband and I loved Halong Bay, stunningly beautiful!
Thank you so much for your kind comment James :)
Yep it’s a shame that the Sydney lounge (which is supposed to be flagship) is rather small, crowded and simply not amazing!
@@JaydenWong we stayed in the same hotel you stayed in
So great to see three people in your video.
Always love your reports, Jayden! So happy for you both too, congratulations! :)
OMG GET HIM TO 100K already ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Super entertaining Vlog Jayden. Good to see you enjoying life to the fullest. Cheers
Great trip report Jayden, thanks for sharing.
Thursday 3:30p...Home after Barcelona Turn Around... Enjoyed your Video... Beautiful Pre-Departure shots...Thank You !!!
I'm so glad to hear that in-town check-in is back. It was a unique and helpful feature when I was last in HK (unique by today's standards at least). Also, I'm so happy that you can share your adventures with your partner. When my partner and I started traveling together a few months back it made everything all the more special because I could share it with him. Congrats to you both!
absolutely loved that check-in, I hope more airlines re-introduce that at Hk station soon
Great plane, great video. Your productions keep getting better and better.
hehe merci arigato!!
Thanks for sharing this vlog. Have an amazing day! Cheers.
thanks Lawrence! Have a great week ahead!
Thanks for you very enjoyable video.
Great report. Your humility makes you win!!
thank you :))
i just love your trip reports love walking with you so beautiful greetings from the netherlands
Great to see in-town check in back!
totally!!
Hi Jayden thank you for the video your meal didn't look to good but your friends looked ok. Hope had a good trip.
Good video jayden. Plan to visit Hong Kong soon to practice my canto.
Wow. You can sense the excitement in your entire vlog. You made me hungry for cheesecake!
Wonderful video hope u ha a great flight and enjoy yourself
thanks!
So good to see all CX logos waiting to fly happily towards the clear blue sky ❤❤ Great trip report!
thanks mate!
Great Trip Report Mr Coat Hook
In-town checkin - reminder of the glory days of Hong Kong and Cathay Pacific.
thankypu Jayden superb as always
Nice video Jayden!
Really enjoyed the review, your vlog and your new openness.
You’ve made your personality the attraction and we all love to see it in full x
Agree 100%
Thank you so much for your kind words🥰🥰
Great report, Jayden. I cannot wait to explore Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific in November.
thanks!! I hope you’ll enjoy cx and hk!
I really do miss going on a trip to Vietnam. Lovely report on Cathay Pacific. Have a nice trip in the future with partner!!!!
Thank you so much!! :))
Greattt video Jayden… couldn’t believe that the Qantas loung is back open in HK, ❤
thanks!! Me too🥰🥰
great video! looks like a good product
Thanks Matt!
The city of Hong Kong and its international airport look absolutely lovely in this video. Inspiring, clean and futuristic.
love Hong Kong, can't wait for my next trip there
Cathay pacific a321neo interior looks amazing, amazing footage
thanks for watching!
So glad to see you finally came out Jayden
He hasn't been exactly hiding it for at least 2 years :-)
@@aristhecargayandavgeekwow how can you tell??😮
@@justmeajah It's called gaydar
@@aristhecargayandavgeek lols
Super nice
Great video Jayden!
Incredible review. Great travel partner's
thanks Patrick!!
Love this tripreport. Great that you also included meat dish as well...missed that in your travel reports. And we finally get to see your partner...enjoy!!
thanks haha!! more to come
Fantastic wing and engine view. And that chicken dish for quite a short flight...too good Cathay Pacific. Great tripreport.
Can’t go wrong with Cathay! Thanks for watching! :)
You cheer me up!
Ha Long Bay is really nice and tranquil (went there myself many years ago, not so much the crowds of tourists, but more the location itself). Glad to see that USB-C and BT is being rolled out in planes. It won't necessarily be a deciding factor in choosing a carrier to fly with, but having more of these QoL upgrades are nice - less need to bring a dedicated USB-C to A cable or a headphones adapter.
Yep small things like USB-C and bluetooth connectivity are unlikely to be my deciding factor but they sure do make you happier haha
Wonderful trip review
thank you Hector!!
Just flew out of HKG yesterday! But on a Thai airways a350 instead of a Cathay Pacific plane… HKG airport is certainly a great place to be. Lots of shopping, great plane spotting places and easy access into the city.
Hope you had a great flight & thanks for watching!! :))
This “coat hooks” was the best! And more…
The NEO looks great under Cathay despite the Vegan meal, well thought out. Your Cheesecake moment was brilliantly funny - glad QF is back and clearly exceeding expectations. Thanks so much for sharing this flight experience.....👍
Yep so good to see QF lounge in HK shining again. Missed out on the dinner menu by an hour. will check out next time!
Great video, Jayden! I love that check in feature in HK. That is so convenient and makes going to the airport so much easier. I was surprised they downgraded the Wing business lounge. Fortunately, the F lounge is still awesome. Can't wait to get back there. Also, I didn't realize you were so obsessed with the QANTAS cheesecake. :) Glad you ate a bunch in the lounge since your inflight meal looked so pathetic. Vietnam looks so beautiful. I need to get there some day soon.
yeah I wondered what happened to the downstairs area of The Wing Business lounge, probably the airport got hold of it. Oh Mike you gotta try the Qantas cheesecake!!
that people mountain people sea is soooo spot on!!
haha Thank you :)
Have been to Hanoi years ago & glad to see it's getting more modern now. The spring rolls on the table are the most eye-catching views & must be yummy. Want to see your partner more. He's lovely.😍
the spring rolls were amazing. Can’t eat the ones in Australia anymore😂
Loved Hanoi... well it was good because I was with my best friends. We didn't mind the long layover in SIN. I hope you had a great time.
SIN layover is easy haha. MNL will be a different story😂 Thanks 🥰🥰
3:36 such a very cute friend 😍
Edit. So happy you are partners. Well suited. Wishing you both the best travels. I am the same height as your BF, so Man Spread is always the case in seats, not only in the dunny hehehe 😂
Ahha watching him trying to squeeze in a Vietnam tour bus was the funniest thing ever
Cafe don’t have a very very many flights into Brisbane unfortunately hope to see more soon
Hey Jayden
Cathay Pacific is my favorite airline!
人山人海 indeed! But lovely that CX A321neo has the Bluetooth function! That’s miles ahead of a lot of airlines! Great industry research from you for me 😂
Thanks Jonathan 🤣
Both of you look good as a couple 😍
Vietnam was my last trip to Asia right before the world shut down, Feb 2020. My friends and I got lucky and we felt like we were the only tourists left in Vietnam...dying to get back to Asia soon!
Haha Feb 2020 was interesting for me too. Went from Hong Kong to USA and Europe in late January. No masks or whatsoever. The moment I landed back in HK in Feb, I was the only one without a face mask at the airport (didn’t carry any with me)
You guys make a fine couple! We hope it lasts a LONG time, we are 18 tears together, ZERO arguments.
Great videos, your personality is engaging 🙂
Enjoy life, doing what makes you both happy!
Best regards form (expat Australian) in Phuket.
Thanks Mark!! Very lovely to hear about your relationship 😊😊😊
Good Morning from Germany 🇩🇪 👍👏👏👍
gday!!
That's some good looking cheesecake! 🤤😋
Jayden, good news from Perth. Cathay is increasing its Perth flights to 5 times a week. Could be both a new flight route for you to try and a chance to visit family 😊
Hello! I did PER HKG return last year!! Can’t wait for HKG ADL!!
Do hkg Christchurch in New Zealand pls.
@@JaydenWongadl might be coming in a few months fellow worker of adl airport said its coming in September - December i cant wait
Wow, I used to fly Cathay back in the good days during my studies in China from Malaysia, Häagen-Dazs ice cream to end the meal service. I'm surprised to see that they no longer serve the meal with tray (appetizer, salad, bread rolls etc).
they never served even hot food on Hanoi & Taipei flights til 2018 or 2019! On longer flights to Malaysia, Singapore etc. you can still expect appetiser and ice cream
8:50 The Hong Kong Skybridge is similar to the one at London Gatwick Airport
Long time no see Jayden😙 Nice trip with your partner😇 You can definitely capture more interaction with him🤭
haha thanks Henry, nice to see you back
Nice one as always Jayden! I was thinking Sydney to Johannesberg would be intresting or maybe Air Mauritious would be cool. Great one as always :)
Agree. Jayden should review air mauritius from perth. Also coastal airlines from daresalem airport in africa
@@harshilgupta6652 Yeah! It would be pretty intresting to see something like that. Air Mauritius is an intresting airline.
Nice trip report. I will be reviewing Economy on this aircraft next month. I would prefer less padding and more legroom lol.
I flew to KHH in June and sit on row 22, which is the first and bulk-head row in economy class. It is not sell as extra-legroom seat, but the legroom there is really quite wide.
good to know! I'll try them next time
I was in Halong Bay 10 years ago and did a 2night/3day cruise and had a fantastic time, hope you guys enjoyed it, Jayden🤙
I wish I did the cruise! Last year they cancelled mine. This time, I only had 4 days in Hanoi and wanted to see other things too so I did the day trip instead haha. Thanks Marc!
@JaydenWong the extended cruise was definitely worthwhile, you got to explore more of the region at a leisurely pace but obviously we all have time restraints and you can only do what you can do when you travel, looking forward to your next trip report Mr Wong🤩
14:49 best engine sound 🔥🔥🔥
Great vlog. Jayden. So glad you finally came out 😊 eventually we will know your BF has a name 😊.
Be nice once CX come back to Adelaide. All from Burra . Sth Aust
Burra wow!! I went to Renmark yesterday to drop my housemate off for his uni work placement. I passed out when I got back to my Adelaide home😂😂
have a good fligh u and your sister
thanks!!
interesting video
The Hong Kong 🇭🇰 AirPort Express used to have TV monitors in every seat to update passengers on the latest weather and airline schedules as well as some funny videos. That was before the Covid days, but they cancelled it years ago.
Ahh interesting! That’ll explain the volume button which looks like a coat hook haha
I was leaving Hong Kong airport to go to Melbourne when you came in
In-town check in finally open! Good to bring back a hassle free check in experience
3:02 Fun fact, The Airport Express Train interior underwent refurbishment back in 2020 during Covid :)
16:20 Tai O is a wonderful place to visit, recommend doing a day trip there :)
How long was the bus trip from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay?
about 2 hours :) I will show Ninh Binh next, imo it's prettier and less crowded.
Main meal and water. What happened to the bread roll and dessert?
@@aviationjohnny they don't do it on short flights. It's only an hour. In fact, it used to be a sandwich or wrap only. It's been upgraded
I like the airport view at 16:31👍
Was a perfect day to fly!
hey jayden i really love your video and i was wondering where o you get the theme song of your intro for every video?
God that is a beautiful day. Every time I have stayed or stopped over it been it has been smoggy. 3 not top of everyone's list that remind me of Hong Kong and you showed them all. 1) FDH around the Central & Admiralty areas on Sunday, mid-levels and the MTR. Fascinating that there is Qantas lounge in Hong Kong given their preference for Singapore stopover to London and Emirates codeshare. I'm not a club member, how long have they had a lounge for?
Halong Bay really is that beautiful, so calm, so memorising. Recommend it to all.
Haha avoid HK during the winter; though Christmas & NYE are fun in HK, air pollution is bad.
In winter, wind comes from the north aka mainland China hence the smog. Summer, wind comes from the South China Sea hence the fresh, clean & VERY humid air.
Qantas has had a lounge in Hong Kong for ages!! They even used to have a dedicated First lounge when the QF29/30 service (Melbourne HK ) did fifth freedom to London. Now it’s a massive lounge for club members, gold and platinum as well as business class guests. Platinum and platinum one do get better service and more attention from the staff
Thanks Joseph!
Jayden’s review is top notch, fair and unbiased as always.
One popular vlogger recently reviewed CX and complained about the lack of amenity kit on a 3 hours flight, the dirty fuselage of the plane next to his and announcements in too many languages. I had to unsubscribe him halfway through the video.
To be fair, i feel like cx planes are indeed the dirtiest around these days, but the amenity kit and exaggerated announcement language comments certainly do not make much sense. Few if not no airline provides full amenity kits on 3 hr flights, and that the languages aren't that much, just languages spoken in destinations (cantonese and japanese) + english - even with the occasional mandarin announcements, it's not as if they're also using some other european or african language. Perhaps drinking "rabbit milk" in china increased his expectations much yeah
Thank you for the kind words Sundy!
He should try Emirates BKK-HKG- If you have the right multi lingual crew, you’ll hear Arabic, English, Mandarin, Thai & Cantonese….
what a nice entertaining video -> i would guess that many other people were asking you to become your travel partner 😅
🤣 thanks!
Happy New Year sweet boy and to 6.4❤❤ (maybe) I made a mistake, that’s not 6.4?
Wow Jayden, you really look like your sister both of you look identical haha!
Glad to see in town check in back! Its the only thing thatll make me wanna take the airport express over just catching a cab (tbh i always found the airport express overpriced - not worth it for groups of more than 2)
they do offer discounts for 2+ pax now, the more the cheaper. I saw some strangers (they're strangers to each other too) buying tickets together 🤣 Cab will be feasible if you have not big luggage, if you have four pax and four suitcases then it won't fit in a cab. It's a sticky situation haha. My parents and I are flying to BKK next month, each of us gonna have one suitcase. I don't know whether to get a 5 seater (to save $$) or something bigger 🤣
@@JaydenWong lolz. Now thats a creative money saving strategy right there! Hope mtr also brings back the airport express shuttle service between hotels and hk/kln stations. Big convenience for tourists
Perhaps this is the one and only fleet (I'm talking about their A321neo in general) of CX that has a red-ish and gray-ish vibe since these were supposed to be Dragon's, right?
Anyway, nice vid as always! Hopefully with this plane CX will reach more hidden-gem regional routes!
yep it was for Cathay Dragon :)
Sadly I think they are using HK Express for "hidden-gems"
Cheesecake! 🤣 Thanks for the report!
you gotta try Kevin!
Such a fun video Jayden and really cool shots in the lounges (have you got a new camera / phone?). Nice one! Hoping Cathay returns to Adelaide soon. 🤞🏽
Hi Adam! Yes I got a new iphone 14 haha. Love the cinematic mode😂
@@JaydenWong Oooh - nice! **quickly Googles price 😛**
Bluetooth headphones and USB-C, Cathay are going to be the airline a lot will want to fly with if they roll out those small features across their fleet before anyone else! Loved that hand the flight attendant was using to help close the lockers, don’t think I have seen anyone else use that before??? Also nice to hear you say partner, having a bf to travel with would be amazing, I will find the same one day 🏳️🌈🌈
The stick to close the bin is an A321neo special! The bins are very high, even I need to be on my tippy toe to close it! You will Ben!!! xxx
@@JaydenWong it nice to know (not that it is anyone’s business other than your own) that you have a bf, means my comments about cute guys isn’t done in the wrong forum lol!!
@@benwilson9150 I’m pretty sure he meant travel partner mate which is what he said at the beginning
Ive never used this in town checkin. Auckland also has it and so does singapore amd sydney. A company called OACIS is contracted to do it for virgin australia and air nz
Seoul and Taipei also got proper in town check in :)
Sweet
hehe thanks Ariel!
Loved your comment on your ‘vegan meal’ that you even had better meals on United. Wow that meal must have been horrible because we all know what a travesty United meals( if you even get them… 5 hours to SFO to HNL…..Prezels or a cookie!!!
I love veggies, but the combination of veggies they put together in that meal was repulsive 😂 I had a very good chick pea meal from SFO to SIN. It’s a shame on domestic flights you get nothing even to HNL :/
Recommendations for premium economy between Cathay, Vietnam and Finnair for flight between Paris and Bangkok. What do you think?
Jayden YOU NEED TO FLY FIJI 737 MAX!!! amazing efforts on all your videos.
Jayden you should review Xiamen airline long hall
I hope Cathy increase Aus frequency and bring back Adelaide route soon 🤞
Same and they need to bring back CX890/899 EWR-HKG round-trip connection to MNL on CX907. That actually beats PR127 JFK-MNL. The way to avoid it is using BR031 JFK originally EWR TPE BR271 TPE-MNL or SQ21 EWR-SIN SQ918 SIN-MNL Option 2 SQ23 JFK-SIN and then SQ910 SIN-MNL
I feel so jealous of you... You always fly with sweet handsome man...
Like the video. Just wondering, have you ever flown El Al Israel Airlines? I am in January and was curious about them. Thanks
I have never flown with them sorry!
@@JaydenWong That's ok. Hopefully one day
Skybridge is awsome
Enjoyable as usual, Jayden. On a recent video, Noel Philips was not impressed with Cathay's food either.
Did you have 3 pieces of caramel cheesecake before the flight?!
Happy travelling.
Loved Noel's review. Glad he's so honest 👏
Yep 3 slices indeed. Would’ve been left hungry onboard otherwise with that meal haha!
Well, done job Jayden. Regarding the A321-251N CX fleet are they also equipped with traditional power plugs like the B-LRx A359s B-LXx A35K B777-367/ER A330-343s CX owned B-HLx B-LAx former KA B-HWx and B-HYx fleets all have USB plugs or not? In the Region HKG CX TPE CI&BR MNL (PR&5J) SGN VN Skyteam A321s which one will you choose? For me, I see this as CX versions > PR & 5J
definitely cx over VN, PR and 5J. Bring in SQ and CI we can maybe discuss haha
@JaydenWong SQ doesn't have A321s CI has them, too. If you know any Taiwanese Cathay Pacific staff that does TPE-MNL, they will choose CI A321 over PR & 5J versions.
@@EpicThe112 sq has the max, which ig works the same. Ex-silkair ones
@sean_king Thanks for the information. Then it means B737max SQ = A321-251N CX 🇭🇰= CI A321-271N🇹🇼 = NH 🇯🇵A321-271N = KE A321-271N = OZ A321-251N 🇰🇷> PR & 5J A321-271N🇵🇭. Pretty much sums up why the competition is better than PR. A35K CX B-LXx > PR the upper RP-C35xx fleet. On the B777-300/ER CX B-KPx🇭🇰 = KE B777-3B5/ER🇰🇷 = BR B777-35E/ER🇹🇼> PR B777-3F6/ER🇵🇭. Since my mum and brother did B777-3F6 they couldn't sleep on the fiesta class seats on PR126/127.
The same will be B-LRx A359s > PR RP-C3501-RP-C3508 fleet.
Regarding the Filipino caretakers in Hong Kong they mostly take PR311 301 313 HKG-MNL despite the 5x CX daily runs to MNL. Same rule applies to the above part.
The Qantas Lounge was the best lounge in HK pre pandemic in my opinion, so I am not surprised re your comments. Cathay lounge has been outsourced to Sodexo for years; the food offerings in the lounge are really limited by the budget Sodexo gets. The signature dish at Qantas Lounge in HK is supposedly the cha siu faan and guess what... Cathay lounges tried to re-create one and that version almost looks like they try to put just a little too much rice on the plate to stuff you cos well carb is the cheapest. Cooked salad ? Haha. Sums up the state of Cathay catering both in the air and on ground. Yes catering across many airlines degraded over COVID. That with CX is very noticeable.
Haha I noticed the new HK dishes in the Pier. Qantas hands-down still looks better, shame I missed out on it since it's an evening dish haha
When is this "vegan fashion" over? ;) Impressive entertainment system & seats. The normal food looks good!
Don’t think it’ll be over anytime soon. I am 6 months into it and loving it. Although sometimes when I travel like in Vietnam I had to break my diet because I have no choice. But at home, on planes & whenever possible, I’m sticking with my diet
Was in Hong Kong last month back to Australia. Was not able to checkin in town. 😂😂😂