SWISS new F class on the A330

[AsiaCommuter]

Have a meeting in Bangkok in a couple of weeks.

Was thinking of routing Barcelona > Zurich > Bangkok with SWISS, rather than with SQ. I believe this routing operates their new A330 with the new F(did not like the old one). Considered Thai via Milan but not so keen.

Anyone experience the new F offering with SWISS, any opinions? From the info, pictures and demos online looks a lot better than the LH equivalent??

Cheers

[SQflyergirl]

Have a meeting in Bangkok in a couple of weeks.

Was thinking of routing Barcelona > Zurich > Bangkok with SWISS, rather than with SQ. I believe this routing operates their new A330 with the new F(did not like the old one). Considered Thai via Milan but not so keen.

Anyone experience the new F offering with SWISS, any opinions? From the info, pictures and demos online looks a lot better than the LH equivalent??

Cheers

This flight LX180/181 runs on the 343, not the 333. - no new F there.

[Kyo]

What SQfg said. You need to instead do BCN-ZRH-BOM on LX (probably the easiest connection), then SQ for BOM-SIN.

I'd have done ZRH-BKK in a heartbeat last week if the 343 was on that route. But pity it wasn't, and pity BOM-SIN on SQ wasn't available for *A redemption (but ZRH-BOM was!!!) on my trip last week... grrr...

That said, LX F wins the Kyo+ award for airline PJs...

[AsiaCommuter]

Ah, in that case I will not take the routing with SWISS, the old F is a little dated and nothing impressive.

Thanks for the heads up, could have been a painful mistake....

[MAN Flyer]

I'd have done ZRH-BKK in a heartbeat last week if the 343 was on that route. But pity it wasn't,

Err, every ZRH-BKK vv flight is done with a 343 fella....

Ah, in that case I will not take the routing with SWISS, the old F is a little dated and nothing impressive.

Thanks for the heads up, could have been a painful mistake....

I'd love to hear what you've got against LX F, especially if you thought it would be a 'painful mistake'!.

I rate LX F very highly, above TG F (not that hard I know), LH F (especially on the 744, not so much if it's an Airbus) and definitely SQ F on 77W. I flew BKK-ZRH in F with them last week and had another fabulous flight, just like all my previous flights with them.

[Kyo]

Err, every ZRH-BKK vv flight is done with a 343 fella....

I meant new F

Actually I slept better on the TG 744 All Series Passenger F than LX F...

[MAN Flyer]

I meant new F

Then you should say so.

TG 744 All Series Passenger F

I am not quite sure what one of those is. Do you mean the later config 10 seat F cabin or the antique 2+2 vevlet seats cabin ?. Either way, I sleep better in the LX seat than any of the TG seats, and with 50+ F flights on TG in the last few years I've worked that seat out.

[Kyo]

Haiyo MAN Flyer... that's what the thread is about... LX new F!

[spw21]

Ah, in that case I will not take the routing with SWISS, the old F is a little dated and nothing impressive.

Thanks for the heads up, could have been a painful mistake....

Well IMO, the LX old F is not bad at all. It certainly beats TG on their 747s. So if you are flying to BKK from BCN, I would say choose LX for the easiest connection in ZRH.

[AsiaCommuter]

No issue with SWISS service, for sure in this respect always very good, very efficient... and good ground services.

But - I just do not like their old F seat/bed, for me just not comfortable, last experience to Sao Paulo on the 343 was a restless flight I was uncomfortable and did not sleep well (inbound and outbound). I have the same issue with LH F.

I prefer wider bed offerings, that's why I choose SQ F and Suites (although expensive), for the width and length (maybe not the longest) it's a good combination with lots of space to sleep and relax. The same for lounging like a sofa style when seated.

Personally I do not like sleeping straight coffin style with little space either side, I need a long bed with width to move around, think of it this way, I would never stay in a hotel with a single bed.

I cannot comment about TG as I have never experienced the product, but have seen lots of negative feedback.

Seat/bed preference is very subjective, there is a lot of opinion. With that in mind I hoped to try out the new SWISS F product (it looked interesting although again not so wide), but as others pointed out it's unfortunately not available on the 343 on the routing I planned to take.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Cheers