Qantas First Class: 14 Hours Non-stop From Los Angeles To Sydney
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Published 2023-09-19
So what’s the return fly is like? How did I get another first class ticket? Will it be the same enjoyable experience like the previous flight? We shall check it out in this video.
Due to the fly was at the mid-night, I had this whole day for myself, so I took an uber and had a quick tour in Manhattan Beach, which is only 20 minutes away from the airport. As it’s a transit fly from Las Vegas, I stayed at this small but very nice hotel called H Hotel for one night, it’s right next to the airport, the room is nice and bright and has this amazing view looking over the Los Angels airport, not a bad place for plane spotting as well.
I checked in in the late afternoon around 7pm, as I want to check out the Qantas Lounge here.
The lounge is at level 5, tugged away in a corner. The lounge is no doubt very impressive, it has marble floor, a good color combination furniture. And due to late night flight, it’s not busy, or almost empty, which is good for me, as I need to relax a bit, and take a shower before to have something to eat.
Qantas Neil Perry Summer menu has a lot of varieties, but I choose the vegetarian stirred fried noodle dish instead, and the ice cream dessert is very yummy.
The boarding time was at 10:50pm. My seat was at 3k, the plane interior looks clear and newer than my previous flight QF11. The seating arrangement is 5 seats on both sides, 4 seats in the middle, total 14 first class seats.
These seats are newly refurbished after 2 years covid pandemic. It’s roomy, spacious, and has privacy. but one thing missing is the onboard wifi.
It was only two weeks ago I flew QF11 from Sydney to Los Angeles in the first class cabin, this is my return fly on QF12. So how did I get another first class ticket? Well, firstly I did not pay cash for the first class ticket, rather, I put up 60,000 frequent flyer points to bid for the upgrade from the business class. Is it a good deal? I think so. it’s the experience and enjoyment that counts.
Time for the late night dinner, flight attendant Tyla provides very professional and friendly services, it’s a five star dining experience at 38000 feet above in the sky. No doubt the menu is carefully designed for fine dinning. I ordered sealed samon salad as entry, it’s light and refreshing. For the main, I ordered the lamb cutlets, it was delicious.
If you want to leave your seat and change the scenery, you can go to the onboard lounge at the front upper deck, where you can relax, and have a chat to your fellow high flyer passengers, or maybe make some new friends.
When it comes the highlight of the fly, no doubt it’s when they made the bed for me. It’s the best moment of flying the first class.
I enjoyed both QF11 and QF12 flights, both provide very good services. But I think QF12 returning flight, the entire team has co-ordinated a bit better. What’s your flight experience, I would love to hear your comment. Thank you for watching, until next time, please take care.
#qantas #luxurytravel #firstclass
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Qantas lounge
02:39 Boarding
03:35 Take off
05:07 Dinner time
07:44 Onboard lounge
08:01 Making the bed
09:01 Breakfast time
09:56 Landing
All Comments (21)
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Good crew make up for the shortcomings. Great report, thanks for sharing.
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What a great flight you had there and the young hostess who looked after you all the way. I don't think I have ever seen a happier and more friendly hostess.
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Brilliant enjoyed the review
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Great review. Loved watching.
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Jelly! So much fun! I hope to make it back soon. ❤❤
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Enjoyable again. What a lovely crew.
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Quite the experience, the Suite looked extremely private and the bed very comfortable (and wide!) A very warm and hospitable crew who seem to care passionately and clearly didn't want to miss out....made for an enjoyable flight. I would love to experience this one day! Thanks so much for sharing for both journeys, really hope you get to try Longhaul Qantas very soon to bring us more content, First Class to Singapore or London?!! Well done Qantas!👏👏
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Nice one! Appreciate the work you do to vlog this experience! The crew were so warm and friendly on this flight. Well worth the points for the upgrade from biz class. Happy travels!
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As an American living in Australia currently, Qantas has been a blast to travel back and forth from Melbourne to LAX. Economy seating is very nice but whenever I've been able to spring for business using my points or find a fair ticket cost I go for it and it is worth every cent. I get Australians may be disappointed and to be fair the cost is high for what you get but their are very few nonstop options Melbourne to LAX and Qantas offers the best for that route.
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Brilliant love it
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Thanks mate ! Great video keep up the good work in the air :)
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My First Wide Body Experience Whit Qantas B747-400 Londn-Melbourne In 1998.Great Trip Report
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Nice review! Lovely service on the flight. New subscriber!
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great video
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Like this video so much
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Not sure of the exact date you took this flight -- I flew the same in mid-November and had this same exact cabin crew in first class. Phenomenal service. Even going as far as to write out places of interest in Sydney for me to see during my trip. You did such a good job keeping passengers out of your video that I couldn't tell if it was the same flight or not!
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I often fly business and even on a 15 hour flight feel it is too short. So a first class seat will need Melbourne to New York to allow me to appreciate it. This route will be available in a few years.
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4:44 😂 lma
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"Eating...eating eating....eating..." 😂
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A lot of negative comments here are from former employees who are sour grapes. One huge benefit of Qantas is the crew bring refreshments at least every two hours in all cabins. I've flown most Asian carriers and once the meal service ends, the cabin crew disappear to the rear galley for a mammoth social gathering until the snack service.
