MH140 A330 J cabin experience

[Quickstatus]

Date: 1 Oct 2018
Context: Last minute J ticket purchased 8 hrs prior to departure (urgent flight)
Cost: very very painful
Seat: 7H only seat left on aircraft
Flight: MH140 SYD-KUL A330. 2210-0500
J Config: 1-2-1 and 1-2-2 config
My row had the 1-2-2
Status: One World Emerald requalified till anniversary.


Checkin: web, then picked BP at counter. No checked luggage.
Lounge: QF FLounge even though BP has emerald and invitation to J not FLounge
Boarding process: J/Y separate lines and painless. Boarding commenced 2110. I left the lounge at 2125. Walked 5 min.

Takeoff: Early by 10min
Arrival : early by 15min

Dinner: 3 Satay sticks . That’s it!!. Until I re-read the menu and realised that the rest was an on request only anytime menu. So asked for beef pie and fruit.
Drinks: Taittinger Comtes de C 2007

Breakfast: they turned the cabin lights on at 0200hrs destination time = 3 hrs prior to arrival!!! . Fed the chooks and turned the lights off again at 0300!!
Yoghurt, fruit, Nadi Lemak (not really authentic as the Rendang that came with it was not Crispy. (Masterchef UK said rendang should be crispy)

Seat: Hard and narrow for J. Feet Tunnel a bit tight especially for side sleepers - at the knees. Tunnel light is called “mood lighting”. Seat doesn’t go fully flat - the head bit sits a little higher which is OK.
Prefer the Skybed II as a comparison. My seat was not a “throne” seat. I don’t think it really makes a different.
Me: 185cm. 100kg

IFE: no easy way to turn screen off. Pressed “I” button on remote several times. Movies OK. Can watch movie from takeoff to gate. Watch out your eardrums could be perforated by the super loud announcements through the headphones.

A350-900 tonight
Seat 1D
(16.75 hrs ground time in KUL)

KUL has priority immigration for foreigners in J/F and also Smart Gates for foreigners.

 

[Chicken]

Wow, this sounds worse than my J flight 3 years ago SYD to AMS

We had so much satay left, the flight attendant was like "who wants more satay? Come on, we have too much, we have to finish these to take off" so I was like "yes me!"

And more food once seat belt sign was off.

The satay was so good I could still remember them.

And what's with the meat pie you got? Sunday morning 2 AM?

It seems they really gone down hill. Glad I have been avoiding them since, as the seats were terrible.

 

[Quickstatus]

3 sticks of satay. That’s it. No seconds. If it’s their signature item , would have thought second servings would be on the cards

Pie yes well it does come with a side of salad!!. As part of the dine anytime IIRC it’s Pie (gourmet of course), cheese and tomato toastie, and 2 other items which I can’t remember but did not pique my interest.

But it’s the 2am destination time (3hrs prior to arrival) that really PMO. They could do what QF does - use the seat light and get the pax to preorder so those who want to sleep through can.

 

[Chicken]

Seems they really went down hill since their bankruptcy.

 

[Aus ATC]

Hmmm - tossing up an UpgradeMe bid for an overnight BNE-KUL flight next month. Connecting through to BKK. Doesn't sound great, but at a minimum (tax deductible) bid of around $500 above the cheap Y fare, it might be worth it. Thoughts??

 

[Quickstatus]

Hmmm - tossing up an UpgradeMe bid for an overnight BNE-KUL flight next month. Connecting through to BKK. Doesn't sound great, but at a minimum (tax deductible) bid of around $500 above the cheap Y fare, it might be worth it. Thoughts??

For that price. Yeah why not. Just expect you will be woken up in your case at 3am

 

[Isochronous]

I have never had a problem getting an extra help of satay.