Best F Seats - QF A380

[mviy]

What routes are the f sold as j available on?

Routes that the A380 is put on seasonally not year round. QF has done this on SYD-HKG for years.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

What routes are the f sold as j available on?

Seasonal SYD-HKG A380 and some 744 services with F are the ones I know about.

Currently only 3 F seats in total showing as taken (including our 2) does QF open up the F cabin to all J pax as the departure gets closer or only status pax?

 

[mviy]

I think the 747 that still had F seats were amongst the first to be retired and QF is phasing out all the 747. There are still 747 with J seats where the F seats used to be.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Less than 24hrs before check in closes and the F cabin on QF127 is full!

I’m glad we got the A seats to maximise privacy...very average J menu so we’ve both chosen the Barramundi

 

[mviy]

Enjoy your flight! Let us know what you think of the seats once you've experienced the flight.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

So far so good...excluding the mother with 4 kids each with their own F suite. It’s rather strange seeing a 5yo in their own F seat using their colouring book!

 

[mviy]

Some people sure have a lot of money to spend on their kids flights. I don't think I'd ever consider paying for kids to fly PE let alone J or F. That mother must be rich.

The only time I flew anything other than economy as a kid was for a domestic flight where my parents booked a direct flight and QANTAS cancelled the direct flight and rebooked us onto an indirect flight. They bumped us up to Business for one of the legs. We were seated in the nose section on a 747, I believe.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Some people sure have a lot of money to spend on their kids flights. I don't think I'd ever consider paying for kids to fly PE let alone J or F. That mother must be rich.

The only time I flew anything other than economy as a kid was for a domestic flight where my parents booked a direct flight and QANTAS cancelled the direct flight and rebooked us onto an indirect flight. They bumped us up to Business for one of the legs. We were seated in the nose section on a 747, I believe.

we always flew with our kids in either J or F, even though it was a stretch at times financially - we dropped down to J after a bit as 5 fares in F was just too much. It makes a gigantic difference to the comfort on the flight especially when they are young. I remember one flight where we had a long bus trip to the airport in the Crimea, then a flight to Istanbul and then to London and finally got on the plane to Singapore. I had the kids tucked in bed and asleep about 15 minutes after the plane took off, instead of having fractious children probably screaming from exhaustion. We did it as much for our quality of life as theirs. Of course once they had to pay for themselves, they flew economy

It doesn’t spoil kids - how you bring kids up and the values you give them are what counts,

 

[eminere]

So far so good...excluding the mother with 4 kids each with their own F suite. It’s rather strange seeing a 5yo in their own F seat using their colouring book!

Those are some super fortunate kids.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Those are some super fortunate kids.

Very fortunate...they were visiting their expat dad in HKG who they only see every few months. Mum was very nice and told me she was booked in regular J however they moved her and kids to 5A bassinet as all J bassinets were taken (these frequent flyer babies!?!)

The nanny was also moved from back of Y to bulkhead so she could walk through the curtain when needed.

 

[kermatu]

Appreciate views for a possible flight in F. Seats 1A, 2A, 3A and 2K taken. Rest of cabin empty. Less than a week out, and loads are still F9 A9.

Go for 4A for privacy, or take a punt that the right hand side remains fairly light and go for 1K (or 2K if it opens up)?

Cheers.

 

[blackcat20]

Appreciate views for a possible flight in F. Seats 1A, 2A, 3A and 2K taken. Rest of cabin empty. Less than a week out, and loads are still F9 A9.

Go for 4A for privacy, or take a punt that the right hand side remains fairly light and go for 1K (or 2K if it opens up)?

Cheers.

I'd take 4A over the K side.

 

[mviy]

I flew F when under half the cabin was full (on QF10 DXB-MEL on the A380)!

It can happen, but at this time of year I'd expect the cabin would be likely to fill/mostly fill with upgrades. The removal of the QF10 LHR-DXB and QF9 DXB-LHR flights and move back to SIN would make a fairly empty F cabin a lot less likely than previously imo.

 

[kermatu]

I'd take 4A over the K side.

Thx. I assumed this would be the consensus AFF view, which I should follow!

My only hesitation is will row 4 jeopardise food selection? Hopefully as a P1 I will not be disappointed - but given how average the menus of late appear to have been, and the nonsensical inability to pre-select food in F, this would seriously annoy me if denied choice of food or any special dish

And yes, I know how childish this sounds!

 

[Flying mermaid]

Thx. I assumed this would be the consensus AFF view, which I should follow!

My only hesitation is will row 4 jeopardise food selection? Hopefully as a P1 I will not be disappointed - but given how average the menus of late appear to have been, and the nonsensical inability to pre-select food in F, this would seriously annoy me if denied choice of food or any special dish

And yes, I know how childish this sounds!

no it doesn’t - F class passengers shouldn’t be having to even consider things like this. If they can’t guarantee your choice then they should allow pre ordering - it is just ridiculous not to! SQ have had book the cook for ages in F.

 

[kermatu]

no it doesn’t - F class passengers shouldn’t be having to even consider things like this. If they can’t guarantee your choice then they should allow pre ordering - it is just ridiculous not to! SQ have had book the cook for ages in F.

Couldn’t agree more. But unless QF radically overhauls F in the next week, it’s the reality.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Thx. I assumed this would be the consensus AFF view, which I should follow!

My only hesitation is will row 4 jeopardise food selection? Hopefully as a P1 I will not be disappointed - but given how average the menus of late appear to have been, and the nonsensical inability to pre-select food in F, this would seriously annoy me if denied choice of food or any special dish

And yes, I know how childish this sounds!

My recent flight was 9s across the board... just three of us in the cabin until 2 or 3 days prior... then the upgrades started. We went out 14/14.

Food? yeah. If you don’t get your choice you aren’t missing much unfortunately Although given the commonality the the J class menu it should be ok supply wise.

Surprisingly the K side of the full cabin was served faster than the A side. Go figure.

 

[kermatu]

My recent flight was 9s across the board... just three of us in the cabin until 2 or 3 days prior... then the upgrades started. We went out 14/14.

Food? yeah. If you don’t get your choice you aren’t missing much unfortunately Although given the commonality the the J class menu it should be ok supply wise.

Surprisingly the K side of the full cabin was served faster than the A side. Go figure.

Thanks. Useful info. I guess upgrade are common (me included) although the outward journey is a day flight and a couple of weeks ago I was the only upgrade request. Travelling solo so prefer the privacy of a solo seat, otherwise I’d be happy in J. Plus have more points than I can use.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Thx. I assumed this would be the consensus AFF view, which I should follow!

My only hesitation is will row 4 jeopardise food selection? Hopefully as a P1 I will not be disappointed - but given how average the menus of late appear to have been, and the nonsensical inability to pre-select food in F, this would seriously annoy me if denied choice of food or any special dish

I've had priority in the F cabin for food orders with general menu items and the 'plate of the day'. Maybe down to crew and obviously I can't guarantee this occurs on every flight, but it should. BA does this in its F cabins.

no it doesn’t - F class passengers shouldn’t be having to even consider things like this. If they can’t guarantee your choice then they should allow pre ordering - it is just ridiculous not to! SQ have had book the cook for ages in F.

You're right that F pax shouldn't have to put up with this but until it changes I have experienced priority ordering so at least there is mitigation. On a secondary point F pax shouldn't have to endure a tarted up J menu but now I'm veering dangerously off topic.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Why don’t people like 2A? I really like that seat.

I do too! (with 3A being my first pick)