My first choice FOR SIN-LAX-SIN: SQ direct flight, but too expensive... sob sob... OUT!

Summer vacation time... peak rates...

Between Northwest and Cathay Pacific, I chose to pay $92 more for the latter because of the following reasons:

(i) From past experiences, the long flight would be miserable without a personal TV. I hated those shared overhead TV. Yucks! According to SeatGuru, Cathay Pacific has wonderfully provided personal TV and laptop power (EmPower) for all their International Economy seats. Northwest only have the personal TV onboard their A330 (used bet SIN & Tokyo) with AC power on some seats only.

(ii) Food... heard there's nicer Chinese food on board Cathay Pacific...

(iii) I took Cathay Pacific before and it has been okay,

(iv) Skytrax aviation audit experts ranked Cathay Pacific as a five star airline, alongside SQ... but Northwest is only ranked three star...

Have made reservation for a tic...


Lack of sleep + plentiful work + smaller portion of food intake = slightly smaller me