No tea on SYD-MEL flights

[yohy?!]

same experience as me 2 weeks ago, was dying with a cold and needed a hot tea. call bell ignored for 20 mins before abruptly being told no can do.

 

[Pushka]

Tea/coffee/juice water is free on all VA flights

Ah. I was thinking of a recent Jetstar flight. Sorry.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I've been told this on a 25 minute SYD-CBR sector, but on anything longer than that I find this pretty poor. Even Virgin can manage to serve tea & coffee on SYD-MEL.

The interesting thing about this is they don't serve tea and coffee on the "qantas" flights between CBR-SYD, but manage to do it when it is the dash 8s between CBR-SYD - which are "Sunstate/Eastern", but still wearing Qantas uniforms. I am not sure what the time difference in the flights - maybe 5 minutes.

 

[clazman]

I have done 45 minutes with AC and been served a decent breakfast and drinks, how can a QF not do so?

 

[njba]

The passenger near us who asked about it clearly wasn't happy and the FA got them a tea from the galley, but didn't look pleased about it.

Woe to any pax brave enough to ask for anything other than the bare minimum (which used to include a copy of hot brown water). The water on planes simply isn't hot enough to make proper tea, anyway.

 

[JohnPhelan]

I can't recall any QF flight, at any time, where I've not been offered tea or coffee.

Admittedly, I normally travel in J, but I would find it astounding if this was not offered for any reason other than turbulence.

 

[Pushka]

I can't recall any QF flight, at any time, where I've not been offered tea or coffee.

Admittedly, I normally travel in J, but I would find it astounding if this was not offered for any reason other than turbulence.

Be astounded. You need to fly Adelaide - MEL. It's common.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I can't recall any QF flight, at any time, where I've not been offered tea or coffee.

Admittedly, I normally travel in J, but I would find it astounding if this was not offered for any reason other than turbulence.

If you fly Qantas between Sydney and Canberra you do not get tea unless in J. You do if you fly pseudo Qantas i.e the Dash 8s which are all economy. I like my tea - it has helped to reconcile me to the dash8s (which are the only thing available at the time we normally fly).

 

[pauly7]

Be astounded. You need to fly Adelaide - MEL. It's common.

Fly this route every 3-4 weeks. Have always had it offered. So I'm surprised to read your comment...

 

[Pushka]

Fly this route every 3-4 weeks. Have always had it offered. So I'm surprised to read your comment...

It wasn't offered on a flight just last Sunday week - 7 pm flight.

 

[Isochronous]

Sounds like VA is a cut above QF in this respect now. Very tempted to do future domestic legs on VA - I've found VA to be very good when I've flown them.

 

[JohnK]

Many teas and coffees on yesterdays 4:00pm service SYD-BNE. I was asleep in row 4 when they were serving snack and walked down the back when they were around row 20 and could see the teas and coffees on the tray delivered to those who requested.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

On request at 4pm is a bit off I think. Either have it on the cart or do a quick tea and coffee run I think. I can understand on dinner services on short sectors there is less time, but a snack service mid afternoon it should be offered by default.

 

[mviy]

I'm not a big tea or coffee drinker. I wish hot chocolate was served on request on long haul international economy let alone a short domestic sector such as MEL-SYD.

 

[njba]

I'm not a big tea or coffee drinker. I wish hot chocolate was served on request on long haul international economy let alone a short domestic sector such as MEL-SYD.

That's reasonable! It's just hot water and the powder mix, right?

 

[mviy]

I think so, yes. Need to be in J to ask for it.

 

[eminere]

I'm not a big tea or coffee drinker. I wish hot chocolate was served on request on long haul international economy let alone a short domestic sector such as MEL-SYD.

I've had hot chocolate in Y HKG-SYD. Even came with a marshmallow.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I feel like it was on the y menu at some stage but my last one doesn't have it

 

[Strategic Aviation]

I wish hot chocolate was served on request on long haul international economy

I've had hot chocolate in Y HKG-SYD. Even came with a marshmallow.

I feel like it was on the y menu at some stage but my last one doesn't have it

Definitely can appear on the Y menu, though infrequently. From memory, if it's not on the menu it won't be on the regular tea & coffee carts, and the last time I requested it (not recently) was denied.

Mentioned in Airline review: Qantas economy, Sydney to London via Dubai - Traveller.com.au (Nov 2015).

Also reviewed in Hot Chocolate on Qantas Flight, somewhere over the Pacific, Australia - Ultimate Hot Chocolate (Dec 2012).

 

[JohnK]

I've had hot chocolate in Y HKG-SYD. Even came with a marshmallow.

Hot chocolate was available on the SYD-HKG sector recently with marshmallow.