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Patrick_y recounts his favorable experience aboard EVA Air's Royal Laurel Business Class from San Francisco to Taipei. He concludes it's a great marriage of equipment, service, and price performance. Please also see other articles in the Taipei, Taiwan se...  

And apparently, did you read in the news a few months ago, Hello Kitty isn't even a cat. I didn't know that... But the plane I was in did not have Hello Kitty livery on the outside. At least from what I could see from the windows at the terminal.

Is that a murse? ...  

Maybe Patrick had a visitor during the flight ;-)

That's actually a female amenity kit bag from a Lufthansa flight.

Never mind...TMI. -MW

A lady whom I was traveling with forgot it and temporarily left it at my seat because it contained hygenic covers for my earphones.

Hygenic covers? You wear this on the plane? ...  

Stop the presses! Yes! Patrick wears tiny socks over his earphones on the plane! Although the ones that I have seen have always been black. Sometimes dark blue ones on some airlines, but usually black. Never seen a white one. Hey, if you don't use yours a... 

Souvenir from joining the mile high club LOL :) Regards, ED-209

I try to stick to 4 airlines for now: Singapore Airlines if there is no budget limit, Garuda or China Airlines for Asia trips, and Emirates to Europe (reasonably priced biz class with a lot of connection and destinations). But for my last 2 trips to USA, ... 

I've had family members who have flown Emirates and have expressed their lack of pleasure when flying with this airline. Unfortunately, being based out of San Francisco, one is really stuck being a United Airlines flyer because United has most of the majo... 

Asian airlines are much better than their Western based alternative's, Singapore has long been a favourite of mine, I flew ANA Tokyo-SFO business class 2 years ago and it was very good with generous seating and a long lay fat bed, the food offerings were ... 

New management. It got the best economy cabin last year or this year. And I think it got the most improved airline in the world a couple years back (well if you got zero point it's easy to get the 'most improved' award, I guess). The service is top notch,... 

Just wish I could read the menu. JerryW

I remember when I was traveling as a child, I was always given a Japanese menu when traveling abroad. I'm not Japanese. My father lived in Japan, was educated there, and speaks fluent Japanese... But I don't speak nor read it with any measure of fluency. ...