QF 63: Meals in Y, and What Plane

[ctrunfree]

Hi people

We're wondering whether anyone had done QF 63 in Y recently who could comment on the meal service in Y. I've read a few reports of people chewing this arms off in the long gap between the lunch shortly after departure and the light refreshment many hours later.

Can anyone also confirm whether the plane doing the 63 on 9 Sept is an older aircraft?

 

[Boca68]

Cannot comment on the meals, but it is usually a 747-400 that does the flight. Older , yes, but still perfectly adequate.

 

[juddles]

Cannot comment on the meals, but it is usually a 747-400 that does the flight. Older , yes, but still perfectly adequate.

"older, but still perfectly adequate"??? As a die-hard fan of 747's, this truth hurts me deep. Sorry - OT

 

[Boca68]

"older, but still perfectly adequate"??? As a die-hard fan of 747's, this truth hurts me deep. Sorry - OT

Apologies juddles.....

One of my favs still as well.

 

[harvyk]

Hi people

We're wondering whether anyone had done QF 63 in Y recently who could comment on the meal service in Y. I've read a few reports of people chewing this arms off in the long gap between the lunch shortly after departure and the light refreshment many hours later.

That's no different that quite a few other long hauls where there are only 2 meal services. You can get quite hungry on them in Y esp as the servings are not very big.
If you think that's going to be a problem, take some additional food with you.

"older, but still perfectly adequate"??? As a die-hard fan of 747's, this truth hurts me deep. Sorry - OT

Agreed, love the 747's, and will take one at any opportunity.

 

[Mattg]

I flew on QF63 recently. A full lunch was served around an hour after takeoff from Sydney. Full dinner was served a bit over half-way through the flight (with about 6 hours to go) over Antarctica. There was then a snack served shortly before landing. I wasn't particularly hungry at any point.

I covered this flight in some detail on my trip report.

In terms of QF63 on 9 September, it's currently showing as a refurbished 747.

 

[Cool Cat Phil]

I flew on QF63 recently. A full lunch was served around an hour after takeoff from Sydney. Full dinner was served a bit over half-way through the flight (with about 6 hours to go) over Antarctica. There was then a snack served shortly before landing. I wasn't particularly hungry at any point.

I covered this flight in some detail on my trip report.

In terms of QF63 on 9 September, it's currently showing as a refurbished 747.

The good news with a refurbed bird is the self serve snack bar...... On my return leg on QF64 in July, the snack bar was filled up chock a block with lots of treats.
The flight was 98% full in pax in Y, the snack bar was kept reasonably full through out the flight.
Although I hear on other flights the snack bar is left to go bare.

 

[ctrunfree]

Hopefully it will be the refurbished bird, with a full snack bar. Speaking of full, is there any way of finding out before check in how full the plane is?

 

[Mattg]

Hopefully it will be the refurbished bird, with a full snack bar. Speaking of full, is there any way of finding out before check in how full the plane is?

Yes. You can check on Expert Flyer (if you have a subscription). Looking rather empty on 9 Sept. Here's the figures (if they mean anything to you): J9 C9 D9 I9 W9 R9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 G0 X9 E9

 

[ctrunfree]

Sorry, don't have a subscription and have no idea what those numbers mean. If it is far from full, I wonder whether it would be Ok to risk booking A and C seats in economy, on the basis that they'd be unlikely to put someone between us?

 

[Mattg]

Sorry, don't have a subscription and have no idea what those numbers mean. If it is far from full, I wonder whether it would be Ok to risk booking A and C seats in economy, on the basis that they'd be unlikely to put someone between us?

It looks very empty. In fact, it is as empty as these stats can possibly show. I'd say you'd be safe doing that.

 

[ctrunfree]

It looks very empty. In fact, it is as empty as these stats can possibly show. I'd say you'd be safe doing that.

Thanks, I'll give it a go.

 

[ctrunfree]

In case anyone else is interested, the flight today was pretty chockers, so don't think that the Expert Flyer stats were very accurate. Fortunately the middle seat between us remained one of the few that was vacant, so that was good.

Meals were a lunch about 90 mins after takeoff, and a dinner a few hours out of Joburg. The standard of the meals were some of the worst I've had on Qantas. There were also some not bad mini sliders and hotdogs available on request (which I had in lieu of an inedible main), so no shortage of food. A shout out to steward Mark who found us a nice cheese plate form the pointy end!

 

[Sprucegoose]

Cabin looks full on that date where are seating ?

 

[Mattg]

In case anyone else is interested, the flight today was pretty chockers, so don't think that the Expert Flyer stats were very accurate. Fortunately the middle seat between us remained one of the few that was vacant, so that was good.

Meals were a lunch about 90 mins after takeoff, and a dinner a few hours out of Joburg. The standard of the meals were some of the worst I've had on Qantas. There were also some not bad mini sliders and hotdogs available on request (which I had in lieu of an inedible main), so no shortage of food. A shout out to steward Mark who found us a nice cheese plate form the pointy end!

That's a bit of a surprise as I would've thought Expert Flyer was pretty reliable. Maybe there were a whole lot of last-minute sales - who knows. At least you got the spare middle seat, as you say.

Shame about the meals too. I thought the food on that flight was pretty good; perhaps they've changed the menu. Anyway, good to hear you got to JNB safely.