Kef please let us know, from TPE to get to town is very easy, they even have the subway at the airport. There is even buses directly from TPE airport to Taichung and the like and they depart every 15-30 mins or so !
for my next self funded long haul trip I will seriously give CI a go, not to mention their sub 4k business class to JFK / Gatwick, with 1-2-1 cirrus type seats which is the same as CX / AA ,
even their premium economy get my attention, not to mention the price, but they are shell designed with lots of legroom means no body can recline on you for ALL PEY seats, unlike the CX / QF premium ones, charging a premium, all passengers will recline full all the way and intrude in your personal space 90% of the time.
I flew CX PEY before and the pax in front reclined during the whole flight, except takeoff and landing, because the recline is significant, I cannot even view my screen properly !
surprising all airasia X economy seats have limited recline, therefore your space in front is good for the whole flight ! but their safety and value is another story ...
). Food, service, all good. No lounge access but they did have priority pass, which they said the offering in TPE was disappointing (and the showers didn't 'feel' clean). But otherwise they said they'd fly it again without hesitation for the price (at the time it was $1000 one way and $1600 or something for the return? But I think that may have gone up now and you'd need to check TPE layovers to see if it was still VFM)
