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Special thanks to all those who answered my newbie questions 
Itinerary
Originally planned for Bruges and Cologne but I’m already tired of hotel changes and travel so scrapped it. Will do some day trips instead to Cologne/Heidelberg/Strasbourg etc.
My first ever J class and 3 years since flying internationally.
Qantas J lounge - somewhat terrifying. Extremely packed and a little kid almost punched me in the face while he was flailing around. Took a shower to escape from the masses.
Tried to charm my way into F lounge. “Go that way. This is first class” the bouncer told me
Flight departed on time @ 5pm then had to go back for an engineer to check the systems. Delayed til 9:30pm which meant I got to visit the Emirates lounge. Much quieter and what I expected a lounge to be like.
Back on the plane at 9pm. If I heard correctly, they replaced a faulty part and reset the system. Now there’s an issue with the vent not operating and we waited another 30 mins for that to be reset.
Finally departed around 9:30pm. The flight attendants were lovely although, from memory, wasn’t as good as Singapore Airlines Y class service from years back. The cabin felt like I was in some futuristic alien spaceship. Seat was relatively comfortable but after sleeping for a while I felt like my body turned into a 100 year grandma. Sadly there were no pyjamas for J class as apparently they trolley wasn’t handed over in Sydney. I wasn’t as unfortunate as some people who were wearing button up shirts which seemed rather uncomfortable.
Food -
Dinner: Pepe saya butter was good. Gnochi was good. Not a fan of the beef fillet. Skipped dessert as my stomach started hurting. A flight attendant later gave me a takeaway cake treat.
Breakfast: Opted for toast and fruit. Ate 2 of 3 pieces of toast due to being very burnt.
Was told by a flight attendant I could use the AA arrivals lounge. Later denied entry as Qantas didn’t renew their contract to use the lounge and my boarding pass wouldn’t scan.
Singapore Qantas J Lounge
Can’t remember if I wrote about this already. Only had 15 minutes here before boarding and didn’t eat. So much nicer than Sydney J
Verdict: Mixed experience. I will probably start churning velocity points and hopefully use my Qantas points with other oneworld airlines.
Itinerary
- SYD > LHR QF1 J
- Surface segment by train - Paris> Frankfurt
- FRA > NRT JAL J
- (HND > KUL > SIN MH J) > SYD BA Y
Originally planned for Bruges and Cologne but I’m already tired of hotel changes and travel so scrapped it. Will do some day trips instead to Cologne/Heidelberg/Strasbourg etc.
My first ever J class and 3 years since flying internationally.
Qantas J lounge - somewhat terrifying. Extremely packed and a little kid almost punched me in the face while he was flailing around. Took a shower to escape from the masses.
Tried to charm my way into F lounge. “Go that way. This is first class” the bouncer told me
Flight departed on time @ 5pm then had to go back for an engineer to check the systems. Delayed til 9:30pm which meant I got to visit the Emirates lounge. Much quieter and what I expected a lounge to be like.
Back on the plane at 9pm. If I heard correctly, they replaced a faulty part and reset the system. Now there’s an issue with the vent not operating and we waited another 30 mins for that to be reset.
Finally departed around 9:30pm. The flight attendants were lovely although, from memory, wasn’t as good as Singapore Airlines Y class service from years back. The cabin felt like I was in some futuristic alien spaceship. Seat was relatively comfortable but after sleeping for a while I felt like my body turned into a 100 year grandma. Sadly there were no pyjamas for J class as apparently they trolley wasn’t handed over in Sydney. I wasn’t as unfortunate as some people who were wearing button up shirts which seemed rather uncomfortable.
Food -
Dinner: Pepe saya butter was good. Gnochi was good. Not a fan of the beef fillet. Skipped dessert as my stomach started hurting. A flight attendant later gave me a takeaway cake treat.
Breakfast: Opted for toast and fruit. Ate 2 of 3 pieces of toast due to being very burnt.
Was told by a flight attendant I could use the AA arrivals lounge. Later denied entry as Qantas didn’t renew their contract to use the lounge and my boarding pass wouldn’t scan.
Singapore Qantas J Lounge
Can’t remember if I wrote about this already. Only had 15 minutes here before boarding and didn’t eat. So much nicer than Sydney J
Verdict: Mixed experience. I will probably start churning velocity points and hopefully use my Qantas points with other oneworld airlines.
