5 years later.... still 'one of the worst airlines in the free world'

[SFO777]

I'm baaaack!

It’s been nearly 5 years since my last Qantas experience and an entertaining exchange here on AFF. But a cheap Auckland-LAX-London AA codeshare First Class fare brought me back. AKL-SYD on the continuation of QF 4 from JFK, SYD-LAX in Qantas First, then LAX-LHR in BA First next March. Apart from the price, I wanted to try the newly refurbished A380, or at least that was the plan before I discovered that SYD-LAX today (and apparently most days) was a worn-out un-refurbished bird. And no Wifi of course.

My long day with Qantas as chronicled on Flyertalk.
"l'll do my best but we're not Emirates"

 

[RooFlyer]

Ouch!

Interesting about your comment about not being able to cut the sourdough toast under the avocado. Exactly the same comment was made by someone else here just a day or so ago.

 

[Seat0B]

Wow that sounds like a pretty poor experience

 

[RooFlyer]

His comment

The Avocado Toast was so hard that it was nearly impossible to cut with a knife.

I just had the avocado toast coming into Santiago and I would have to agree with him. It was impossible to cut the underlying toast with a knife. I tried first off and was pressing so hard down on the plate to try to get traction but I had to stop because I thought the whole table might collapse.

Although I must equally say that part of the problem is probably with the knife, which was as blunt as blunt could be. I ended up putting the tomato garnish to one side, picking up the toast and eating it as it was.

AnfI also found a number of the chairs in the Qantas first lounge in Sydney, terribly worn and grubby