BNE-CNS VA785
The same late lunch offering as I had on the outward bound flight. Not great. As bad as the outward trip. That's being generous. Very dry and the service was as lacking as any recent business class VA flight. As unappealing as what was in the BNE lounge offerings.
I was in seat 1A and boarded not far after the initial priority boarding. The overhead lockers were full in rows 1 and 2 so I had to stow my hand luggage in row 3 lockers. Two flight attendants were three metres away when the overhead lockers were stuffed to capacity by whoever and not a word said.
The FA was invisible for much of the flight. Possibly terrified one of the eight in the cabin would ask for a beer or water. He did complain about having to clean the loo before I went.
The plane was a former SilkAir plane so no divider. There was a steady line of economy passengers happily lining up to use the business class loos without challenge. There were at least 20 on the two hour flight.
Red wine offerings were as usual a shiraz or pinot. No. Merlot. Just do Merlot.
Wifi was claimed to be available on the outward and inward flights along with the entertainment offering. Nothing available on both devices I had. I took screenshots pre boarding on how to connect but nothing happened.
I retained platinum on this status run. I had twice the status credits needed to retain platinum in place from several SQ flights but I needed the VA flights to retain status.
A recent flight in business class from HND to CNS was not much different.
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