Yes I know it is in Y but not all of us have FF points to sit up the front. Anyway you feel sometimes that unless you are flying J or F your report is not worth reading, I am sure more people would write reports if flying in Y wasn't so frowned upon, or looked down upon.
A child free weekend in Auckland and a chance to catch up with friends of over 30 years, so I thought it would be good to try the LAN 787-9 over and come back on the Emirates A380. Last time I came back I flew J and it was sensational. They ran out of Champagne at the bar so they went up and got some Dom from First class. Saying that there was the fruity taste of the bubbles popping off my tongue with the sweet flavours of delicate fresh violets in a setting of white peaches is complete rubbish at 38,000 ft
Back to reality, dropping of one child to go on a camp at 6.15 am, another for tennis at 7.15 am, another at the station at 7.30 am, the dog at 7.45 am, the car to the mechanics at 8 am I was already exhausted, the train to the Airport was painless and it was great to not have that stress of driving in peak hour, especially in Sydney. Check in queue was very long and very slow, not having any bags I should have asked earlier but after 20 minutes I called Mr LAN over and he said to just head down to the end where the online check in was. Arrgh. Interesting I couldn't check in online prior anyway. Then to the security and guess what, rookie mistake no pen, but cleverly they have a charity selling pens for a couple of dollars, security was a shambles and that was another 30 minutes. I had hoped to spend some time in the Amex Centurion lounge but got about 15 minutes. It was small, with a limited breakfast selection - why can't they offer Beef sausages instead of pork or chicken. Asked for a Bloody Mary and the waiter had to explain to his colleague what is was, was very nice though but would have liked more time to enjoy it, even though it was missing the essential vodka
Onto the plane and I was in a full row of three with the row behind having just one person in it, the anxious wait for the door to shut and bam, drop my bag in the seat behind and 4 happy people in 2 rows of 6. Took off from runway 34R after a long taxi 30 minutes after 1055am schedule. Didn't realise wide bodies left from this runway. After a while they commenced service and was met with a quizzical look when I asked for a beer, it came eventually but that was the last service of the flight unless you asked. Food was absolutely awful, cold ham and cheese foccaccia, other than that a average flight, the flex and flutter on the composite wing is amazing. Timing into Auckland wasn't the best as it was peak hour and took 90 minutes to get into town. Another rookie mistake is reading first then watching a movie only to have 15 minutes left to go when you land
All in all next time probably fly the Qantas flight later in the day even though it is a 737
Return trip to come
A child free weekend in Auckland and a chance to catch up with friends of over 30 years, so I thought it would be good to try the LAN 787-9 over and come back on the Emirates A380. Last time I came back I flew J and it was sensational. They ran out of Champagne at the bar so they went up and got some Dom from First class. Saying that there was the fruity taste of the bubbles popping off my tongue with the sweet flavours of delicate fresh violets in a setting of white peaches is complete rubbish at 38,000 ft
Back to reality, dropping of one child to go on a camp at 6.15 am, another for tennis at 7.15 am, another at the station at 7.30 am, the dog at 7.45 am, the car to the mechanics at 8 am I was already exhausted, the train to the Airport was painless and it was great to not have that stress of driving in peak hour, especially in Sydney. Check in queue was very long and very slow, not having any bags I should have asked earlier but after 20 minutes I called Mr LAN over and he said to just head down to the end where the online check in was. Arrgh. Interesting I couldn't check in online prior anyway. Then to the security and guess what, rookie mistake no pen, but cleverly they have a charity selling pens for a couple of dollars, security was a shambles and that was another 30 minutes. I had hoped to spend some time in the Amex Centurion lounge but got about 15 minutes. It was small, with a limited breakfast selection - why can't they offer Beef sausages instead of pork or chicken. Asked for a Bloody Mary and the waiter had to explain to his colleague what is was, was very nice though but would have liked more time to enjoy it, even though it was missing the essential vodka
Onto the plane and I was in a full row of three with the row behind having just one person in it, the anxious wait for the door to shut and bam, drop my bag in the seat behind and 4 happy people in 2 rows of 6. Took off from runway 34R after a long taxi 30 minutes after 1055am schedule. Didn't realise wide bodies left from this runway. After a while they commenced service and was met with a quizzical look when I asked for a beer, it came eventually but that was the last service of the flight unless you asked. Food was absolutely awful, cold ham and cheese foccaccia, other than that a average flight, the flex and flutter on the composite wing is amazing. Timing into Auckland wasn't the best as it was peak hour and took 90 minutes to get into town. Another rookie mistake is reading first then watching a movie only to have 15 minutes left to go when you land
All in all next time probably fly the Qantas flight later in the day even though it is a 737
Return trip to come
