QF vs. BA vs. VS

[Crism]

So Janni, maybe you said this before but I didn't see it, why are you going to Australia for a month?

[BA747-436]

Wouldnt touch BA with a barge pole. Have had nothing but bad experiances on them long haul. VS is 'ok', but dont end up down the back on the 346's - the legroom is dia. QF on the other hand has been generally very good to me over my many trips to Australia. They seem to be getting progressivly better with more food services, fresh fruit every half hour ,the ever so usefull 'snack on Q' bag of goodies, and even hot chocolate before 'bed'

Id do my best to avoid BA if you can. Even in WT+ it sucked.

[Longreach747]

Ah, desu ne...

I *THINK* I'm in regular Y... there wasn't an offer or anything, but I'm quite confused... will I be getting the same amount (24000 + some) with QF FF too (assuming I'm in full fare/regular Y)?

A good friend of mine works for BA, he's currently looking into an upgrade by the way Would be wicked

if you get the u/g you don't get the bonus points...if you put the points on QF frequent flyer they give you 100% in discount economy, if you put the points on asia miles and it's a discount economy ticket then you only get 50%...so you'll only get 12000 odd.

the CPH-AUS return full fare for 26 dec is $9700USD...your clearly not paying $9700 usd to get here if you were i'd say fly business class for the same price.

[janni-chan]

oi chan

i was in the process of answering your question on the other site when i was rudely banned...if your ticket is booked in "Y" code class then it's full points on asia miles...any other code and it's only 50%...Your's would be discount economy which is 50% only...better to shove them on QF as it's 100% in all classes.

Ah, desu ne...

I *THINK* I'm in regular Y... there wasn't an offer or anything, but I'm quite confused... will I be getting the same amount (24000 + some) with QF FF too (assuming I'm in full fare/regular Y)?

A good friend of mine works for BA, he's currently looking into an upgrade by the way Would be wicked

[Longreach747]

oi chan

i was in the process of answering your question on the other site when i was rudely banned...if your ticket is booked in "Y" code class then it's full points on asia miles...any other code and it's only 50%...Your's would be discount economy which is 50% only...better to shove them on QF as it's 100% in all classes.

[janni-chan]

what happened?

Failed relationship, but I won't elaborate here

[Airfrancefan]

I wanted to, but after an "accident" with a VS employee, I'd rather not fly VS right now

what happened?

[janni-chan]

Why you dont stopover in HKG then to SYD on VS flights?

I wanted to, but after an "accident" with a VS employee, I'd rather not fly VS right now

[pbateson]

Why you dont stopover in HKG then to SYD on VS flights?

[MELflyer]

While there is a chance your QF 744 flight will have AVOD, there is probably an equal chance the system will have some problems. Seems to be quite a few bugs in the system they need to sort out.

[AJ]

AVOD is progressively being activated on the Qantas Boeing 747-400s.

[janni-chan]

Wow what did you use to book it?

I booked it through a travel agent called "travelstart"- but there's an amazing page called www.checkmytrip.com - quite useful, but only seems to work with some travelagents or if you book through the airline directly

[B7772ADL]

IFE on BA...AVOD - u gotta be kidding!! (No AVOD)

QF...seems to depend. I didn't have it on the 744 but did on the 333.

[bobby]

Wow what did you use to book it?

[janni-chan]

AHH... QF vs BA.....been there, done that, about to do it again. I flew MAN-LHR-MEL-ADL last year, BA on the way out, QF on the way back. The answer to the question is that QF beats BA handsdown, especially when it comes to the 744 economy decision. The seats on QF are better, the food is better, the crew is better the whole product is better...definately no way to BA.

I'm about to head down to OZ again the week after next and i'm booked on QF2, so i'll be able to tell you what it's like. I'm on half QF, half BA ticket flights, but all operated by QF and am doing LHR-SYD-ADL on a 744 and 333, then ADL-SYD-LHR on a 73H and a 744. Shouldn't be too bad.

Awesome, James! I decided to try both- QF on the way there and BA on the way back. What's the IFE like? I've wondered, because some people say it's AVOD, others say it's not :/

Anyway, flight info is like this:

CPH - LHR:


LHR - BKK - SYD:


SYD - CBR:


CBR - SYD:


SYD - BKK - LHR:


LHR - CPH:


Can't wait

James, should I take that as an offer to write a trip report? If so, yes please and thank you!

I know I'll write one- photos and all