It was a great whirlwind trip, went up to Sydney via Canberra on Thursday and home again Friday. My Sister and I went for the Frozen Broadway musical show. (Which I highly recommend)
I have never flown with Qantas before, but as Virgin wasn't flying I had no option. I got the Fast Track sorted which was a very easy process.
I must say Canberra airport was pretty quiet and it was kind of nice just walking right thru security etc with no one around.
Getting into the lounge was a super easy process, only the Business lounge is open at Canberra so we went to that entry. Everyone was wearing a mask inside, although some not wearing them properly.
Food offerings were pretty good (Breakfast), the pancakes were delicious and juice was chilled to perfection. Service was great although it took a long time for them to clear plates.
They had plenty of magazines and seats available. I'd say there were maybe 20 people in the lounge.
I will say I didn't fancy the view of the street and building next door, much prefer overlooking the planes and runway.
Flight was on time and nice, great service by the cabin crew.
On the way home Sydney airport was much the same, not a lot of people, getting thru security was simple and quick.
The Club lounge was closed, so we went to the Business Lounge, luckily my Sister had spare shoes in her bag as they wouldn't let her in wearing her thongs.
Lots more people in the Sydney lounge (to be expected) but still well over half the seats were available. It was lunchtime, I got a few sandwiches, cous cous, some cake. Sister got the same and drinks from the bar. Service great, plates removed quickly, bathrooms very clean.
Flight was delayed by an hour, they left us sitting on the very hot bus for 30mins, it almost got unbearable in there with masks on it was so hot and stuffy and most of us were standing. When we finally boarded we waited again on the plane for another 30mins with no A/C on.
When we finally left the flight was great, good service and snacks onboard.
All in all I had a good Qantas experience, still prefer Virgin though. Feels a little more relaxed and "fun" with them. Not sure why, just a feeling I get.
