![]() ![]() Specifically flights QF127/QF1287 until the end of December. Starting from Sunday, October 29, the Qantas A380 will resume operations on most days of the week. Qantas prepares for the high-demand travel season, spanning from the Australian summer to Chinese New Year and beyond. Notably, the Qantas Hong Kong Lounge, which has recently reopened, will extend its operating hours to accommodate the departure of QF30, the flight to Melbourne scheduled for 10 pm.įollowing a pattern reminiscent of pre-pandemic times, Qantas is set to reintroduce the Sydney-Hong Kong superjumbo. This change is in preparation for the resumption of Melbourne-Hong Kong flights on June 20. However, it will be temporarily withdrawn and substituted with an Airbus A330 starting in early June. This flight was well worth the 61,600 Qantas Frequent Flyer points to upgrade from business to first class.Qantas will Deploy A380 on Sydney HongKong | Photo: Wallpaper Flare Qantas Brings back A380 on Sydney HongKongĬurrently, the presence of the superjumbo aircraft on the 9+ hour route between Sydney and Hong Kong is intermittent. Hope to be back at the very point end of a Qantas A380 soon - or potentially cash in some Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles for some first redemptions! Definitely something Qantas needs to address when we are all back in the air. Without the internet, a flight is a lot less productive, especially the day time ones. My US flights are usually with Virgin Australia (and a couple of times with AirNZ), who both offer decently priced and generally fast in-flight internet. No in-flight internet on Qantas international flights is my only major gripe with the flight. ![]() The size of the seat was fantastic, with the bed (the linen and pillows) being huge and the easiest I've ever gotten to sleep on a plane (and a day time flight to boot). The quality of the food and drink was amazing. The personal level of service was hard to beat with fantastic staff, albeit there were only 5 out of 15 in the first cabin. Had some trouble getting through security as the date on the boarding passes was wrong (still had yesterdays date, but the correct boarding time), and after some fluffing around, the Qantas check-in staff sorted the security out and we got through.īy far the best flight I've had with any airline. ![]() The next morning, first stop was a quick checkout and shuttle ride to airport. Hotel was quite nice - although being an airport hotel, lots of noises overnight from people moving about. A quick shuttle out to the hotel to check-in, and provided with a USD 60 meal allowance (supposedly USD 30 per meal) - excluding alcohol and tips. Regardless, landing in Melbourne in the evening rather than the morning wasn't a huge deal.Īll of us delayed overnight were put up in the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles International Airport. Maybe next time as a gold member (gold being courtesy of this one trip!) I'll get accommodated on another flight. I assume as a lowly Bronze at the time of the 12 hour delay, that other more important customers were taken care of first (fair enough - I always get looked after as platinum with Virgin Australia). Battling for a refund and landing in Brisbane not as refreshed as a lie flat wasn’t that appealing. Stay overnight and fly out 9.30am the next morning on QF94 (they needed to wait for another A380 to land from Australia to fly this flight) and put us up in a hotel.From experience in the past, the refund would be average (they’d probably price it at premium economy flexible fare or similar, whilst I’d booked business saver - I’d probably owe them money). Fly premium economy to Brisbane and then call the Qantas team when home for a refund.On landing, the First Class host told me the options: Whilst travelling from JFK on QF 12 (trip notes coming at some stage), the cabin crew approached saying that the QF94 service was cancelled, but not to worry, we’ll be accommodated on other Qantas flights. ![]()
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