A orderly boarding for QF 12, between the ground staff at LAX and the auto gates boarding seem to go smoothly.
For those not familiar with the auto gates, you come up to the gates and stand there while a photo is taken of you. If all is okay with the photo, you get the green light and the gates open for you to board, if not a red light and off to your right hand side to be manually processed by a gate agent.
Service on board in whY+ was fine, a bottle of water at the seat on arrival, then a offer of sparkling wine/water soon after sitting down.
A delayed departure by around 15-20mins as paperwork was done on the flight deck.
For the meal shortly after takeoff I took the option of the Irish Stew, which while edible was heavily salted and isn’t going to be winning any awards.
A uneventful flight during the night, despite having to try and get out of my seat a couple of times when those in front fully recline, making it some form of contortion to get in and out.
A decent tasting Breakfast of Scrambled eggs, Chicken Sausage
,with Bacon,Hash Brown and Tomato salsa around 1hr from Sydney, with a touchdown not long after the due arrival time.
A slight delay in deplaning, as Quarantine came on board.
No problem with the e gates, but baggage took the best part of a hour to show up, making me wonder if I should’ve invested in some Apple airtags, but eventually both bags came out.
Had been hiking when in Honolulu so being honest on the incoming passenger card ticking yes to that, saw me diverted to Quarantine who just asked if I had any soil on my shoes, which was a no.
With that I was out into the arrivals area at Sydney, so ending my trip report.