When 'we aren't business class minus - we are economy plus' is said, that sounds like a bad thing. 

Wouldn't it be better to have business class minus, than Economy Plus?

"Wouldn't it be better to have business class minus, than Economy Plus?'

Not if you want to keep sales of business class nice and healthy, and thats where so much of the money is to be made!

I think CX has done its sums on this right,like Qantas they should see a lot of economy passengers upgrading. I also know some businesses who have cut back to staff (except executives of course!) flying economy instead of business class because of the massive price difference, but when an airline offers premium economy they can fly that, so QF gets a fair bit of business travel in premium and I reckon CX will see the same.

I would certainly be interested in CX premium economy, will be good to see AusBT review of this service.

Premium get u into the cabin or is there no lounge access?

No lounge access unless you've got appropriate frequent flyer status (Marco Polo / Qantas / oneworld Gold or higher).

I wish they would unveil their new seats already... Due to enter service is literally a matter of weeks and we have so few details!!

Yeah i agree. Most airlines put it on show a little while before it happens. I think they need to give a bit of a preview... it would also be good marketing as well.

Agreed. I was expecting pics and final details to drop this week, considering that Cathay's website now lets you book premium economy travel.

However, CX PR has told us that pics won't be released "until the end of February" - which I'll admit seems very odd! At the time of writing Premium Economy doesn't even appear on the CX website under Travel Classes, so potential travellers have no idea of what they're supposed to get for their money. Very strange indeed!

And last year they said 'early-2012'!! Grrr!!

Well it's still 'early 2012'... patience, grasshopper! :P

Update on this: this arvo saw CX list Premium Economy on their website, but no more details than what we've already got and certainly no pics.

Whoever does CX PR these days can't be too on the ball then. I've started losing interest in the seat and am really bored with the slow dribble of information that is coming out. 

Why would you release seats for sale before showing anyone what they look like?!

Watch this space

Yes the sooner the realise the pics the better!

The pricing is definately a plus 50% for PE has always been my benchmark, I would never pay 100-125% for PE.

I would be interested to see the pricing for CX PE to London, where the price hovers between $4900-$5,300 on Qantas (Economy $1,800), BA WTP $4800 (economy $1800), Air NZ $4700-4900 (economy $2,400), Virgin Atlantic $4700-$5200; Virgin Australia PE from Syd-Abu and economy to London ($2800-$3300); Japan Airlines $3000-$3800.

Sometimes when you find Qantas PE fares for $5,300 to London, you are better off spending an extra $500 bucks to book a Business class ticket on Malaysia Airlines.

I mean Release the pics! spelling mistake

I forgot to add that China Southern also does PE, and they are consistently the cheapest at $2000 to London.

But... I haven't heard many positive feedback, so I guess thats why its so cheap.