QF A380 Schedule Announced

[Flashback]

This just received via e-mail
Qantas Frequent Flyer

It's interesting to note also, that as I'm a PS it actually has 'silver' in the header.

 

[maninblack]

Sydney to Buenos Aires will take up some of the 747 capacity.

Until they dump it

 

[Mal]

I'm *very* close to booking a trip to the US to be on the first flight ex-MEL. Only back of the 'bus though. Currently pricing at around $2400 return. About $700 more than I really want to pay, but still considering it.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.

Anyone else from AFF thinking about getting onboard?

 

[serfty]

Seat Plan here with no seat numbers:

http://www.qantas.com.au/flash/miniSites/a380_08/export/download/plane_plan.jpg

• F: Rows 1-5
• J: Rows 11-25, no row 14, 15 & 23. (Exit rows 16 & 24)
• T: Rows 34-39 (Exit row 39)
• Y: Rows 50-88 (Exit rows 66 & 79, 71D, 80A/K with no seat in front)

Hmmm.. in WHY, 50A/B/C seem to have a lot of room in front.

 

[Keith009]

Ex-UK special:
Specials - Special Offers - Australia and New Zealand Specials - Qantas A380 Launch Offer

Fly to Sydney from only £380 on the Qantas A380

To introduce the A380 Qantas is offering a flight to Sydney from £380 inclusive of taxes and fees, available for travel between 18 March and 30 April 2009.
Hurry, this offer is limited to 380 seats!
Offer ends at midnight 17 June, or until sold out.
For those who are unable to access one of these £380 fares, a second offer is available for £380 plus taxes and fees (£744 inclusive of taxes and fees).

 

[simongr]

Ex-UK special:
Specials - Special Offers - Australia and New Zealand Specials - Qantas A380 Launch Offer

For those who are unable to access one of these £380 fares, a second offer is available for £380 plus taxes and fees (£744 inclusive of taxes and fees).

Blimey the taxes double the price!!!!

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Seat Plan here with no seat numbers:

http://www.qantas.com.au/flash/miniSites/a380_08/export/download/plane_plan.jpg

I wonder how this will disembark the plane? Obviously F first. Then let all the J come down the stairs? Or will they disembark through a separate upper door? If so, if you are in the first rows of economy you'll be getting out well before the premium economy pax do.

 

[Harpoon]

Not to nit-pick or anything but flying Premium Economy means you're in the bumpiest part of the aircraft, and last off.... hehe. Not saying that I'd knock it back over a regular Y seat. But food for thought, especially if you want to get off at LAX quickly to get through immigration...

Wonder if theres a single airbridge (because not every gate will be dual) if they'll empty the plane in... F then J then Y+ then Y order. Or will it be F, Y, J, Y+.... the mind boggles! If dual airbridge then less of an issue, but it'll still take Y+ a while to get off one would think.

EDIT: Oh just got beaten above I was slow to post hehe.

 

[oz_mark]

Blimey the taxes double the price!!!!

Did they manipulate the taxes to manage to get it to that number?

 

[Harpoon]

Did they manipulate the taxes to manage to get it to that number?

Looks like it. 380 and then 744 is too much of a coincidence.

 

[Flashback]

Maybe that's why they did it for our GB counterparts, and not for their *real* customers... as that kind of irony wouldn't have worked with the AUD

 

[Harpoon]

Maybe that's why they did it for our GB counterparts, and not for their *real* customers... as that kind of irony wouldn't have worked with the AUD

For us perhaps one way J fare 3800 or 7444 return? :mrgreen:

 

[Mal]

Maybe that's why they did it for our GB counterparts, and not for their *real* customers... as that kind of irony wouldn't have worked with the AUD

Qantas once again has shafted Australian customers. Thank you Qantas. I'm glad you're showing as much loyalty to us, as we show to the Flying Roo.

 

[openseat]

I've just looked at EF and there are some interesting seats available.

In y:
Why no 70D? Though it means 71D gets lots of room.
I assume 50 HJK are crew rest, as they don't come up on EF. (row 50 is the first Y row)
50ABC; all of 66; all of 79 (though no window seats there) look pretty good for leg room being at the front of their respective mini cabins.
80A&K allow one to have a window seat and still get out without climbing over others. Could be the seats to look for when travelling alone. Also it looks as though the escape slide doesn't eat into your foot room like on most planes in a window escape row seat.

In w:
39J&K look positively awful. If the QF seat map is right, there are no windows and it looks as though galley or toilets are next to them. I wonder if these two become de facto crew rest.

37,38,39 DEF looks not much better. Especially rows 38 & 39 being right opposite the toilets.

In fact the Y+ experience on A380 may be only redeemed by the fact that you are in your own mini cabin and as long as no Y passengers come up the back stairs, it could be fine. However the objections that others have raised about being in the tail end for the bumps and also possibly the last off could be a real disadvangage.

in j:
Row 24 looks the best, though row 25 is the last row and only just in front of Y+, but one could reasonably expect Y+ to be well behaved.
Row 11 (the first row) seems to be possibly the nosiest as the only toilets for J are in the front.

Anyway, just a few observations.

 

[openseat]

Just had a work mate send me over the KVS seat map for Y:

       A   B   C    |   D   E   F   G    |   H   J   K 
50     X   X   X                                           
51     X   X   X                             X   X   X     
52     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
53     -   X   -        -   X   X   X        -   -   -     
54     -   -   X        X   X   -   -        X   X   X     
55     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
56     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
57     +   -   -        -   +   +   -        -   +   +     
58     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        -   +   +     
59     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
60     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   -   -     
61     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
62     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
63     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
64     +   +   +                             X   +   +     
66     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
67     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
68     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
69     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
70     +   +   +            +   +   +        X   +   +     
71     +   +   +        -   +   +   +        X   +   +     
72     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
73     +   +   +        X   -   -   -        X   +   +     
74     -   -   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
75     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
76     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
77     +   +   +        X   +   +   +        X   +   +     
79         X   X                             X   X         
80     X   +   +                             X   +   X     
81     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
82     X   X   X        X   +   +   +        X   X   X     
83     X   X   X        X   +   +   +        X   X   X     
84     +   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   +     
85     X   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   X     
86     +   X   X        X   X   X   X        X   X   +     
87                      X   X   X   X                      
88                      X   +   +   X                      

[+] Available  [P] Premium  [-] Assigned
[X] Blocked    [W] Wing     [E] Exit Row

 

[oz_mark]

I've just looked at EF and there are some interesting seats available.

In y:
Why no 70D? Though it means 71D gets lots of room.

Must be something there that prevents a seat from being there, but off the top of my head, can't think what it might be!

 

[Harpoon]

Whats the deal with 70D missing?

EDIT: Oh dear beaten again. Sigh!!!!

 

[Mal]

I've heard that 71D has a trapdoor to the staff bunks, per this post @ Flyertalk:
FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - First Qantas A380 On Sale Now

Perhaps that is what is being seen.

 

[Mal]

I just priced up a trip LAX-MEL with Qantas return on the Airbus for $US497.60 as a promo fare booking into O class.

Yep, 1/4 of the price of a MEL-LAX trip. Qantas thinks we are mugs. Perhaps they will release a sale into the Australian market.

 

[oz_mark]

I just priced up a trip LAX-MEL with Qantas return on the Airbus for $US497.60 as a promo fare booking into O class.

Yep, 1/4 of the price of a MEL-LAX trip. Qantas thinks we are mugs. Perhaps they will release a sale into the Australian market.

ever the optimist