China Air New Class

[moby69 6]

New class from april 03   :-/

 

I've just recieved the following letter

 

Dear Dynasty Flyer member,

 

As from the 1st April 2003 we are introducing our new configuration on our routes to/from Amsterdam/Bangkok/Taipei on flight no. CI66/CI65. The new configuration will be Dynasty Class, Upperclass and Economy Class.

 

DYNASTY CLASS Business Class:

Business Class service and Seat with a pitch of 134,2cm / width 48,4cm / recline 60' degree

 

Baggage allowance 30 kg

 

Business Class check-in service

 

Entrance to VIP lounge at the airports

 

Pre-Seat selection available

 

 

UPPERCLASS Upperclass:

Upperclass service and Seat with a Pitch of 83,6/88cm / width 43,12cm / recline 41' degree

 

Service between Dynasty- and Economy Class

 

Upperclass seats are available in the maindeck and upperdeck

 

Upperclass is only available on flight no. CI066/CI065 until Taipei, beyond Taipei service will be Economy Class (seat and service)

 

Baggage allowance 20 kg

 

Economy check-in service

 

No entrance to VIP lounge on all Upperclass destinations

 

Pre-Seat selection available

 

 

ECONOMY CLASS  Economy Class:

Economy seat and service

 

Economy check-in service

 

Baggage allowance 20 kg

 

No Pre-Seat selection

 

 

 

Due to the new configuration on CI66/CI65, there also will be a change in the Dynasty Flyer Mileage Program to/from Amsterdam/Taipei/Bangkok. This change will be effective from 01 April 2003.

 

Be nice

 

Moby69

[Guest]

Moby,

 

I checked this out with China Airlines today as the seat sizes (32"-34" pitch) didn't seem to make a lot of sense.

 

What is happening is that full fare business pax will be seated in what is currently first class and upperclass will be seated in what is Dynasty Class (first class will be discontinued) - the seat configuration is not changing i.e. upstairs will still only be 32 seats with the best seats in Row 10.  

 

In Upper Class the meal service will be economy standard food, there will only be 20 kgs baggage allowance, check-in will be with economy class pax and there will be no access to the lounges in AMS or BKK.

 

They reckon prices for this service will be with the agents by the beginning or middle of next week.  It will be interesting to see if they pitch them at the same level as EVA's Evergreen Deluxe service which now seems to get in LHR 30 minutes later than previously; meaning an overnight in London on the return for most, if not all, guys flying from the regions.

 

Regards,

 

Tom

[upena 2]

Flew China Air once...never again....departed HNL late, departed TPE late, departed Japan late and therefore, arrived in BKK LATE (about 2 1/2 hours late).  Plus being in the TPE airport for 5 or 6 hours listening to the LOUD overhead speakers making constant announcements in Chinese.

Only good thing was they had about twice the number of flight attendants as JAL/United/N'West.

My airline of choice is JAL...Only one stop at Narita or Kansai and they have recently established a flight that arrives at 2015 BKK time (instead of the normal 2345).  This is from HNL.  The other good thing with this new flight is the layover is about 1 1/2 hours insted of 4-5 hours.

Wish that Thai Air flew to Hawaii...but alas...they don't.  It gets kinda frustrating to see airline prices from west coast to BKK cheaper than from Hawaii.

[valentinoxxx 4]

I flew with China Airlines some years ago. First aeroplane that I saw with the SkyMap. Good service, though a little cramped.

I would consider flying on their Upper Class from London, if the price was right.

[moby69 6]

Hi Tom,

 

As you know I've just returned  :'( and I was very happy with the flights and the seats/service.

 

if it now means that they pitch the price at around £650 I will be a very happy bunny ;D

 

It would not kill me to lose the lounge Ams/Bkk tho' the baggage drop to 20 kg might hurt as I take the golf clubs !

 

Thanks again for the advice on the seat #'s

 

If you do find out the price range it might prove helpful to some of us who hate cattle class

 

Be nice

 

Moby69