QF119 BNE-AKL last minute swap from 787 to A330

[transpactraveller]

Friend is travelling on this today, checked in yesterday and got 2A on the 787.

Has just got to the airport to find she's now in 6E.

No communication or notification from Qantas about the change in aircraft or seat.

She just noticed the "wrong seat" on her boarding pass then asked staff who said there's been an aircraft change.

They were able to put her back to a window.

She's most annoyed that Qantas' auto re-arranging of seats didn't even try to keep her in a window.

 

[RooFlyer]

Nothing new, I'm afraid - on any airline. An app like Flighty will pro-actively alert you to aircraft changes and suggest checking seats.

 

[Aeryn]

Are you sure it was a 787 originally or did you mean 737? It would be unusual to use 787 on TT with exception of the one that continues on to JFK (but that originiates in SYD).

737 to A330 is an upgrade as A330 have better seat.

Sure annoying to lose original seat, did they not check seat during OLCI?

If 737 to 330 then likely 2 flights were consolidated onto larger plane due to demand, if someone with status on other flight had same seat they probably got preference. If 787 to 330 then likely a consolidation to smaller aircraft for lack of demand same challenge re who gets tye same seat.

 

[transpactraveller]

Are you sure it was a 787 originally or did you mean 737? It wouod be unusual to use 787 on TT with exception of the one that continues on to JFK (but that originiates in SYD).

Quick check of Flightradar24 shows this is always scheduled as a 789 (except for today)

 

[markis10]

There has been a 787 ditch run for quite a few months, not unusual

 

[Aeryn]

Quick check of Flightradar24 shows this is always scheduled as a 789 (except for today)

Interesting. Probably need the 789 for an extra EU/US flight due extra demand due to ME war. They can make more on routes by-passing ME right now than TT.

 

[vhojm]

Interesting. Probably need the 789 for an extra EU/US flight due extra demand due to ME war. They can make more on routes by-passing ME right now than TT.

Not necessarily, the way the QF119/QF126 BNE-AKL-BNE rotation works is that it is integrated within the QF15/QF16 BNE-LAX-BNE rotation and often QF3 AKL-JFK when they switch the 787s in Auckland.

VH-ZND has also been sent to HKG for maintenance/possible wifi installation so they could just be an aircraft down for what they needed today.