Certainly looks better than the MEL dungeon with the window views and they've spent some $s in the fitout and what I think is mostly new furniture (maybe other the the brown/orange leather seats)
I think a number of those points are ageing along with Virgins crew. It's no longer the young fun airline it once was.
Agree on priority boarding, particularly at some airports like SYD and I think it's primarily due to the smart gate design that effectively cages the seats and priority lane...
What was your delay?
Seemingly @Spamam got onto AA to BNE then down to SYD, but suffered further delays in the AA flight.
https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/qantas-delays-cancellations.52193/post-2941881
Just strange that the flap delamination occured on the 4th flight (1st pax one) after the long rest. The electrical gremlins probably less surprising - difficult to test a full passenger load.
Wonder if it was inspected during the return to service checks.
FTTC and FTTB (essentially similar without the power back feed for larger apartments) did have upgrade paths in g.fast and xg.fast to 500+Mbps but NBN have seemingly dropped these programs.
So suspect both will have to be upgraded to help NBN meet its growing speed and ARPU targets
But...
IHG out early with a Q1 2026 promo to my email.
Start the year off right with a points pile-up. Earn double points starting on your second stay, then keep earning on unlimited stays from 1 January to 31 March 2026.
QF12 was cancelled on Sun 7-Dec which OQC should have flown.
OQJ will likely operate QF12 Mon, and I suspect OQA/OQB (currently at SYD) will seemingly operate Tue QF11/12 (with the other on QF1/2)
Edit.
Correct prediction with OQB heading to LAX.
Unless they've still got a bunch of extra pax...