I travelled to central Asia in December and returned to Melbourne a few days ago, Outbound was on Emirates and the return to Bali was also on Emirates, great service in business class and very comfy flat bed from Melbourne to Dubai but not so comfy from Dubai to Bali, it was 777 with two two configuration but it was still ok.
The flight from Bali to Melbourne was economy on Qantas however I had requested for an upgrade if it became available, and I have no status so wasn't expecting much and this became true after receiving a text from Qantas that there is none available. I was told the same thing at check-in at Bali airport that the flight is full and no upgrades possible.
It was boarding time and waiting in the queue to board that my name was called and got told that I was upgraded to Business, I was very excited to have a more comfortable trip back to Melbourne as I was starting work that morning after arriving in Melbourne. It turned out that the business class was nothing more than the slightly bigger seat that you get on domestic flights, the airhostesses tried their best but they couldn't do much since it was such a poorly managed flight and service to begin with. The seats had very little leg room that one couldn't get through without the person next to you getting out of their seat.
The food was absolutely shocking, there was a menu and I got told to choose what I wanted and they would take my order so I decided to order the lamb sandwich which confused the hell out of the airhostess and she was asking where had I seen that, after showing her the menu and her checking it closely and then saying it was the wrong menu, she took that away and brought another menu that had very little on there. I chose the Soto Ayam which was absolutely terrible and I could see the couple across from me sending back the other option which was cold sandwiches.
I also had the misfortune of having a very annoying co passenger sit next to me, who through out the flight didn't shut up. He smoked his e-cigarette on the seat once and then went to the toilet and smoked it there and blew the smoke into the empty bottle of water and left it in the toilet. The airhostess came and had a chat to him and that was the end of that. Though I really wanted him to get into a bit more trouble than just a chat from the airhostess.
He woke up me several times a few times for going to the toilet and the rest no reasons to say it was an accident.
Just a rant that it was such a waste of 38100 points, where as I would have been much better in economy. Have you travelled business class from Bali to Aus, what has your experience been like?
The flight from Bali to Melbourne was economy on Qantas however I had requested for an upgrade if it became available, and I have no status so wasn't expecting much and this became true after receiving a text from Qantas that there is none available. I was told the same thing at check-in at Bali airport that the flight is full and no upgrades possible.
It was boarding time and waiting in the queue to board that my name was called and got told that I was upgraded to Business, I was very excited to have a more comfortable trip back to Melbourne as I was starting work that morning after arriving in Melbourne. It turned out that the business class was nothing more than the slightly bigger seat that you get on domestic flights, the airhostesses tried their best but they couldn't do much since it was such a poorly managed flight and service to begin with. The seats had very little leg room that one couldn't get through without the person next to you getting out of their seat.
The food was absolutely shocking, there was a menu and I got told to choose what I wanted and they would take my order so I decided to order the lamb sandwich which confused the hell out of the airhostess and she was asking where had I seen that, after showing her the menu and her checking it closely and then saying it was the wrong menu, she took that away and brought another menu that had very little on there. I chose the Soto Ayam which was absolutely terrible and I could see the couple across from me sending back the other option which was cold sandwiches.
I also had the misfortune of having a very annoying co passenger sit next to me, who through out the flight didn't shut up. He smoked his e-cigarette on the seat once and then went to the toilet and smoked it there and blew the smoke into the empty bottle of water and left it in the toilet. The airhostess came and had a chat to him and that was the end of that. Though I really wanted him to get into a bit more trouble than just a chat from the airhostess.
He woke up me several times a few times for going to the toilet and the rest no reasons to say it was an accident.
Just a rant that it was such a waste of 38100 points, where as I would have been much better in economy. Have you travelled business class from Bali to Aus, what has your experience been like?
