Well that was fancy

DD is still recovering from me making him fly home from Taipei in the cheap seats. Actually, they weren’t cheap at all, even in Economy Class.

And Economy Class on Cathay Pacific turns out to be pretty squeezy in both seat width and leg depth. DD is very much average height and even his knees didn’t fit, he had to spread them on the flight between Taipei and Hong Kong.

Despite the discomfort involved, I just can’t get my head around how much Business Class costs – you could have a whole extra holiday instead with that sort of money! As it was it cost us $1200 each for our one-way trips home – ouch!

Ironically, while we flew Economy Class, our luggage went First Class – DD has so much status from all his business travel we got to use the First Class check-in queue.

And we got to hang out in the Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge – The Wing, First – in Hong King, which is next level amazing!

It looks like a swanky private club, complete with a ritzy restaurant, two bars and fancy bathrooms with showers that wouldn’t be out of place in a five-star hotel … and we took it all for a test drive!

I kicked off with a shower …

Then we got the Champagne Bar all to ourselves and a fabulous time sipping pink bubbles …

Then we ordered beef noodles for dinner in the restaurant with a glass of Aussie chardy …

Then we grabbed an Old Fashioned for the road in the cocktail bar …

I wish I’d taken more photos so you could get the full effect of the place.

All too soon it was time to shoehorn ourselves into Economy seats back home. DD had booked an exit row so we could stretch our legs, which was great, but the downside was that it was right beside the loo, so we had people opening and shutting the door and blasting us with light every five seconds as we tried to sleep.

We finally arrived home on Saturday afternoon and then poor DD had to turn around on Monday morning and head to San Diego for a conference.

Though he’s been torturing me with pics of the amazing view from his hotel, sunsets and tales of crab cakes for dinner, my favourite American food.

On the other hand, the thought of getting on a plane again so soon made me shudder.

I hate flying more than I love travelling. Even when there’s a fancy lounge involved.

Song of the day: Iggy Azalea “Fancy”