QF A380 to DFW; QF9/10 retiming

[Quickstatus]

Johnk would the new 330 J Seats change your outlook?

 

[JohnK]

Johnk would the new 330 J Seats change your outlook?

It is not business that worries me.

The 747 has around 8 aisle bulkhead seats in economy that are not bassinets. The A330 has 2 and they are vastly inferior.

I said business doesn't worry me. It is fine. But I am going to book a business award SYD-HKG on 747 and then HKG-BKK award on RJ A330 and get to BKK 8 hours later than the direct QF SYD-BKK in business? It means I get Chiang Mai the next day but so be it.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Johnk would the new 330 J Seats change your outlook?

It's hard to answer such questions until they are actually available anyway.

And talking about nails, SQ will have Y+ from next year as well. It's funny that QF was one of the first to have Y+ between AU and Asia, and soon, it will be the only airline that doesn't have it on quite a few Asian routes. I certainly hope those seats are making this worth it in terms of revenue where they're being deployed.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

It is not business that worries me.

The 747 has around 8 aisle bulkhead seats in economy that are not bassinets. The A330 has 2 and they are vastly inferior.

I said business doesn't worry me. It is fine. But I am going to book a business award SYD-HKG on 747 and then HKG-BKK award on RJ A330 and get to BKK 8 hours later than the direct QF SYD-BKK in business? It means I get Chiang Mai the next day but so be it.

just fly thai and be done with it

 

[mannej]

It's hard to answer such questions until they are actually available anyway.

And talking about nails, SQ will have Y+ from next year as well. It's funny that QF was one of the first to have Y+ between AU and Asia, and soon, it will be the only airline that doesn't have it on quite a few Asian routes. I certainly hope those seats are making this worth it in terms of revenue where they're being deployed.

SQ will only have it on selected aircraft (380 and 77W). They fly a number of other types to AU, so they will have quite an inconsistent offering that being the case.

 

[JohnK]

just fly thai and be done with it

In economy? Without status?

No thanks. Visiting my dentist for 2 fillings tomorrow and if I can somehow avoid that I would do it without hesitation.

Qantas bulkhead economy has been fantastic. No other airline comes close.

 

[wandering_fred]

In economy? Without status?

No thanks. Visiting my dentist for 2 fillings tomorrow and if I can somehow avoid that I would do it without hesitation.

Qantas bulkhead economy has been fantastic. No other airline comes close.

Dragonair seems to be adding direct HKG-CNX flights on an A320...

Might be worth checking before wandering

Fred

 

[leon_rex]

Shame about the jumbo... taking the flying barramundi into Dallas won't make me feel like Sue-Ellen Ewing or Pammy coming home from a fashion show in Paris. At all. Ugly old heap of carbonfibre.

 

[maninblack]

SQ will only have it on selected aircraft (380 and 77W). They fly a number of other types to AU, so they will have quite an inconsistent offering that being the case.

Unless they change the type of aircraft they deploy to keep it consistent. Mind you it's an inconsistent offering now and they are doing okay.

 

[chantalmacris]

Hi

First post!

I need some advice: have booked an AA award BNE-MEL-LHR return for next March/April with the old timings in mind. Obviously we now have the choose of sending all day in the Flounge (if it's open) or looking for award seats on a later flight from BNE to reduce connection time. But coming home, we'll land in MEL too late to get a connecting flight home. I had already booked the 9am MEL-BNE flight assuming a 5:10am arrival into MEL, and now we'll be arriving late the night before, I assume (hope) I can keep that flight booking and just go to a hotel near the airport for the night.

Does anyone know if this is what happens with overnight connections, and whether the fact that it's an award booking makes any difference? Also, will our checked luggage remain at the airport overnight? I know this is how JAL does their overnight connections at NRT en route to Europe.

If anyone knows I'd appreciate some help.

Thanks

Same thing happened to me but I made a right fuss and was changed onto another flight so get in early once you've researched the alternatives. I'm sure they're inundated with calls at present with people like me who don't want to spend the $ and the time overnight in Melbourne. To say that I'm not happy with them at the moment is an understatement.

 

[Quickstatus]

As yours is an AA award BNE-MEL-LHR-MEL with a revenue ticket MEL-BNE,

You could get AA to put you on LHR-SYD and get QF to change to SYD-BNE?

 

[JohnK]

Dragonair seems to be adding direct HKG-CNX flights on an A320...

Might be worth checking before wandering

Fred

I have checked. I cannot justify spending the money they think they can charge on this route.

I will fly Air Asia CNX-HKG for the HKG DO with seat 1D food, luggage and golf clubs for ~AUD100. :shock:

 

[cartz]

Seems like the non-stop QF8 DFW-SYD flights are now available to book on the QF website (at least for some dates). On the date I'm looking at, Oct 25, departs DFW at 21:15, arriving SYD at 06:05, so a total travel time of 16 hr 50 min. 16 hr 55 min on some other dates.

 

[MarcB]

Seems like the non-stop QF8 DFW-SYD flights are now available to book on the QF website (at least for some dates). On the date I'm looking at, Oct 25, departs DFW at 21:15, arriving SYD at 06:05, so a total travel time of 16 hr 50 min. 16 hr 55 min on some other dates.

Yep - slowly updating. Some later dates (Dec) only Sunday's have appeared as 388 services so far. No extra award seats loaded yet it seems...

 

[polly1]

Well Done QF
Mrs Polly and I were booked QF 9 MEL-LNR 20 July withconnections to Italy, received an email “Your flight has changed’ rang FF Platinumre booked on QF 1 same day with a domestic leg to Sydney (no cost) able to makeEuropean connections. Happy withoutcome.

 

[parsonstrish]

Thanks to those AFF who replied to my earlier help post re syd-Dfw now flying 6 days but not my booked award flts. I phoned platinum line, before it was up on system. Now all changed, no cost, heard "it's our change, no cost to you".
I expect this to be my last o/seas for many years, wanting it all to be smooth sailing.
AFF members are great.

 

[markis10]

Seems a big swing to Qf1 for many, the change in timings is not going to help loads on the 9 in the interim!

 

[Quickstatus]

Thanks to those AFF who replied to my earlier help post re syd-Dfw now flying 6 days but not my booked award flts. I phoned platinum line, before it was up on system. Now all changed, no cost, heard "it's our change, no cost to you".
I expect this to be my last o/seas for many years, wanting it all to be smooth sailing.
AFF members are great.

Hi PT,

Out of interest what flights did they give you instead.

From memory you had a TSV-SYD-DFW /// DFW-LHR /// LHR-DFW /// DFW-BNE

And the aust-us-aust flights were all award tickets

 

[moa999]

If qf were smart they would be contacting those with long dxb layovers (ie waiting till the morning set) and not originating in Sydney and offer them qf9

 

[parsonstrish]

Tsv-Bne-syd jasa now going down day earlier 26/10
syd-Dfw 27/10 day earlier
dfw-syd-Bne 24/11 depart day earlier (already booked advance purchase, now I don't have to ask for day rate if was going out 25th).
bne-tsv return on jasa same day return as originally booked

i only have to add extra night Dfw on arrival (no hardship) @ grandhyatt Dfw & extra return night in Bne ( again no hardship) @ Bne hilton

Dfw-Lhr booked separately & all good.

again no hassles in changes.

will b first trip on 388(?) & to Lhr on new aa 77w.
cheers, Trish