we arrived home a couple of days ago from LAX ...
I'd already secured two Premium Economy seats using my ff points which i'd luckily found around a year ago and, about three or four months ago, I'd applied for an upgrade to business using my points, should it be available.
so, with fingers firmly crossed, I checked my flights the day before, and to my relief and delight we got the upgrade....YAY!
this was our first business class flight with Qantas and I was looking forward to it very much- and it did not disappoint in any way. also, first time flying on the upper level of a 747 which felt a bit odd to start with, but we soon got used to it.
the service, food, and the overall experience was brilliant and we arrived back in Australia the way you'd hope to arrive after a 15 1/2 hour flight on a flat bed- relaxed, and happy after a lot of sound sleep.
Rather than a 3 course meal at 1 or 2 am, as we've experienced on all other long haul flights in business, Qantas now has a 'supper menu' with items which can be ordered all throughout the night (so sad I slept most of the night so didn't get to try anything else after our first meal) but what we both had was totally delicious.
Breakfast was perfect also.
and, finally, why oh why have I always not bothered to take the pajamas offered on business class flights (on the other airlines) this time we decided to take them and they are absolutely fabulous - very cool and very comfy.
If only it were not so darn difficult to book Qantas J using ff points for flights departing Australia - they certainly do not make it easy but if you can snag a seat, it's SO worth the effort of searching
I'd already secured two Premium Economy seats using my ff points which i'd luckily found around a year ago and, about three or four months ago, I'd applied for an upgrade to business using my points, should it be available.
so, with fingers firmly crossed, I checked my flights the day before, and to my relief and delight we got the upgrade....YAY!
this was our first business class flight with Qantas and I was looking forward to it very much- and it did not disappoint in any way. also, first time flying on the upper level of a 747 which felt a bit odd to start with, but we soon got used to it.
the service, food, and the overall experience was brilliant and we arrived back in Australia the way you'd hope to arrive after a 15 1/2 hour flight on a flat bed- relaxed, and happy after a lot of sound sleep.
Rather than a 3 course meal at 1 or 2 am, as we've experienced on all other long haul flights in business, Qantas now has a 'supper menu' with items which can be ordered all throughout the night (so sad I slept most of the night so didn't get to try anything else after our first meal) but what we both had was totally delicious.
Breakfast was perfect also.
and, finally, why oh why have I always not bothered to take the pajamas offered on business class flights (on the other airlines) this time we decided to take them and they are absolutely fabulous - very cool and very comfy.
If only it were not so darn difficult to book Qantas J using ff points for flights departing Australia - they certainly do not make it easy but if you can snag a seat, it's SO worth the effort of searching