QANTAS 787-9 premium economy is NICE!! (SFO-MEL)
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Whoa. I'm not sure what has been happening with premium economy products lately, but I really like the direction that the airlines are taking it.
This is footage from QANTAS flight 50 from San Francisco (SFO) to Melbourne (MEL). Total flying time was a tick under 15 hours, and I was seated in 20A - a premium economy seat in the bulkhead row. The aircraft was a 787-9, registered as VH-ZNA.
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Premium Economy on Qantas looks like a good product. Little things like linen napkins and proper glassware make a difference in my opinion. Takes me back to the early days of flying. Thanks for sharing.
I thought it was great When I flew in premium economy on their A380 from London to Sydney back in 2017. The flight attendents were so nice and all the other things was also great.
I really like this guy and his reviews. He presents well and doesn't focus too much on one thing. I will continue to watch these unbiased reviews.
A missed connection between melbourne and Sydney? hahahaha. Did you have to wait a whole 30 extra minutes until the next flight
@@micarsenijevic2313 I think what he is trying to say is that there a very often flights travelling between Melbourne and Sydney, which is true as they are the 2 largest cities in the country.
Sydney-melbourne is one of the busiest routes in the whole world. Theres SEVERAL per day
The seond busiest I believe...
Mic Arsenijevic
I agree had a 2 hour connection in Sydney from Melbourne
The Qantas transfer desk to T1 was an 30 minute wait and then when we got there (another half hour later) security was terrible and trying to find our gate was a nightmare all the signs were misleading and the area to go to the gate was in a tiny hole away from where the signs were telling us in the middle of a shop
If the flight wasn’t delayed we would’ve missed our flight on a 2 hour connection
While Melbourne all the terminals are a 10 minute walk from one side to the other and the terminals are so easy to navigate
Got there once 5 MINUTES before departure thankfully got let on the flight and was at the gate with 2 minutes to spare
Mic Arsenijevic I can tell your from Melbourne.
Thanks for giving Qantas such a good review.
What a coincidence I was on that flight!
Yes, when I would fly to London, England to see family and friends and I would sit in Economy Class out of Newark, New Jersey on a 777-200 and 300s , I would always sit in front of Economy Class on A&B side all the time. Our flights were never full coming out of Newark so it is always nice to have those seats by myself... And yes coming from Chicago's O'Hare Airport I would find the United Red Carpet Lounge all the time...
Surprised the flights out of EWR don’t go out full every night! 😮
I’ve been watching these videos for a while, and it would appear that Qantas is the only premium economy to be a business minus class, where the other airlines do an economy plus version. Makes me feel incredibly lucky to have experienced it.
More info - what were the seats like comfort wise? Was there noticeably more recline than economy? Did you get any or try to get any sleep? Are there overhead air vents? What was the IFE like? How were the flight staff? Was it possible to choose off menu meals before flying? What was the food and drink choice like? Did they have snacks available? Were bathrooms shared with economy or business or were there bathrooms just for premium economy? How good were the noise cancelling headphones? Did you use the blanket?
If premium economy is double economy, is it worth the extra and why or why not?
It’s worth it on this lengthy of flight if premium economy is on sale.
Thank you for NOT doing the amenity kit reveal. I am amazed at people who can afford $5,000 for a business class seat and get so excited over a travel size tube of toothpaste!
In all honesty I kind of feel the same way about the food. On the ground, it would be nothing special. But up in the air... 😂
Bradley Noneofyourbizz 😂
Premium Economy not Business . mind you they should have been a small Amenity Kit :)
@Adam Efimoff best for Premium Eco I've seen so far was like USD 3500. Biz is more like 8k.
So true! Every amenity kit is basically the same thing.
Wow what a brilliant video! Never been to the States but by watching trip reports even the F&B in premium economy looks better than first class in US domestic!
Thanks! Premium economy on QF is far better than what we get in domestic first class. It was really good. Hope you can make a visit to the US soon!
Icelandic premium economy is similarly business-lite more than coach-plus. (comes with lounge access, too)
Fantastic video and editing!! I love watching them :)
This is the exact kind of flight review I like watching
Scott is the only reviewer that doesn’t irritate the f*ck outta me.
Nice editing. Liked the creative use of some kind of cart in the SFO terminal that moved past you.
Thanks! That shot was created by putting my camera on the railing of the moving walkway. 😎
Okay, you've sold me. When I go back to Australia next year, I'm spending the extra $$$ to fly Premium Economy.
So excited!!!! Love this! Glad I was able to talk to you in the Instagram DM before your flight!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! ✈️🇦🇺😎
Did you read the wrapper on the lolly? They are called Fantales and the writing has stories about movies, bios of actors etc. Hence the name Fan Tales (Fantales).
Aa couple of years ago I tried QANTAS after many years. I see the ground staff in Sydney have managed to hone their rudeness to a fine degree. Nothing subtle anymore just raw rudeness. I wrote to the complaints dept of this airline and received a half hearted apology. So whatever was experienced in Premium Economy was just academic interest as I will never use QANTAS in the future, By the way, I am Australian
Nice review! :D
The Premium Economy product on Qantas B787-9 looks pretty sleek! :D
Thanks, yeah - premium economy on Qantas is legit! 👍🏻
Awesome TR! Unfortunate you had a delay but it looks like you had a nice flight! The 787 is a really fantastic aircraft, I'd be curious to know what the delay was for. Hopefully I'll get to fly with QF someday. Also, if you have the time, I was wondering what tracks you used for the music in your last few videos, mainly SEA-SAN, YVR-SEA, and YUL-YVR. If you could update the descriptions of those videos with links to the music, that'd be awesome!
Thanks! Definitely fly Qantas if you get the chance - they are really good (and so much better than I remember). I have no idea what the reason was for the delay, but I do know that it was bad enough that it caused the next days flight to be operated by the 747 instead. Anyway, I’ll try to update the descriptions with song titles if I can!
@@sanspotter Haha, if my flight got swapped to a 747, that'd be an upgrade for me! Been trying to get on a 747 for years, no luck yet. Also, thanks in advance for adding titles of the music!
Nice Video, Scot, once again. Btw does PE not lead you to lounge at SFO? Sorry about the $18 food spend🙁
Thank you! No lounge access unfortunately, but it would have been nice. It also would have prevented me from spending so much money on dinner. 😅
No priority pass?
Hope you had a chance to enjoy Australia just a bit...great country and people.
Thanks Alan, yeah, I agree - everything about Australia is amazing! I hope to go back soon and do a proper visit (longer than two days).
Alan Hays nope
I love your runners. I can't tell what they are?
Wow just realized you are Norebbo, love your templates mate🤩🙌
Haha, yep, that’s me! Thanks!
I am a VERY EARLY show up also. Mostly because of the time it mostly takes to get thru all the check points, in most airports. The airport process and procedures is what I want fixed more.
Noticed you must have slept A LOT on this one.
Did not see as much on flight or walk around.
Qantas is one of my top 5/10 Airlines. (In no specific order). But I do choose business class for LONG FLIGHTS if I can get a good price.
ANOTHER GOOD VIDEO
THANK YOU
THATS premium economy?! Bruh I thought it was an business class seat at first LOL
Love premium economy...QANTAS PE is much better than Air Canada...and one of the things I really like about QANTAS is the fact the pilots talk to the passengers.❤
Qantas seemed to provide a "premium" experience for you. You seemed to have a bulkhead seat, which is usually more generous than the regular ones, so I wonder about the legroom in those.
Although you didn't call this vid a review (and it wasn't) I wish you mentioned how the seats where when reclined. Did you have enough leg room to stretch all the way out or did the bulkhead get in the way? Would you have more room in the seat behind you?
6 hour delay then 15 hour flight. Sounds fun
Always Great Videos Brother 👌
Thank you as always. 😁😎👍🏻
Great filming, editing & review. No Vegemite yet! 😭🤣. Welcome to Oz btw, come and visit Western Australia, it's nearly half the size of the whole country 👍
Haha, thanks! 😆 Western Australia is my goal for my next trip down under. I can’t wait!
Nice! Would it have been cooler to get a ride on the Yam Dreaming 787?
Yeah, that would have been really nice! Actually, my next Qantas flight (next video) is a special livery plane...🤔✈️😎
Weather deviations? Only get that on level 1 airlines... budget airlines go straight through - cost of extra fuel 🥴😉
I plan to do this type of flight, premium economy seems pretty good as economy is crammed af
Kni ok
New intro! QF premium economy looks nice! Food in premium economy is different from the food served on economy?
No. Same food but Premium is served on china, glass and metal cutlery. Econ is all plastic.
Bradley Noneofyourbizz got it. But it does look pretty nice.
Nice video. Really nice edition
Thanks Luis! 😎👍🏻✈️
YEAAAA more Bay Area action!!!!!!
SFO basically feels like my second home airport - I fly through there often enough. 😅
The product looks great. Quite sad to see so many open seats- the two across the aisle and the one beside the original before moving to the window seat. Qantas should auction off upgrades for more revenue, and happier customers.
Really impressive service by QF. Awesome review. I recently started creating trip reports on my account, the last flight I released was to San Diego. It would be amazing to get some feedback if you could.
Thanks, yeah, it was a really nice flight! Anyway, looks like you’re off to a great start with your videos - just remember to let your personality shine through and you’ll do very well. 😎👍🏻
@@sanspotter Ok, thank you.
Very good video, love love it
Thank you Nino! 😎
Maybe the next time you fly maybe go to one of the airline lounges..And a Day Pass into many lounges....It looks like you had a great flight..
Thanks, yeah, it was a really nice flight. I do have a Priority Pass membership so there was probably a lounge or two I could have dipped into. Oh well...
@@sanspotter I hear you....It is nice to get away from a lot of the people around you at the airport. I guess I am getting older and waiting so times peace and calm...Well, fly safe always...
good Aircraft good meals good scott
It was a really fun flight Claus! I think you would have really enjoyed it. 😎👍🏻
Jeez this is amazing
Qantas premium economy is better than a lot of other business class products! 😮
Funny thing mate, its also a lot nicer than domestic business class (we only have Econ/Business in Domestic, not First) we get in Australia hahaha
I can agree with that - the very next flight I took after this one was a QF 737-800 to SYD (in first class), and the 787 premium economy was MUCH nicer. 😄
Welcome to Australia @SANspotter, the Qantas service has always been and still is the best service in the business...Glad you enjoyed...
Thanks!! It was good to be back in Australia again, if only for a few days. Qantas was far better than I remember from long ago!
If the B787-9 can fly 15hrs, from the US to Australia, why did Qantas recently decide to purchase the A350 for its project 'Sunrise' flight to the US? That decision will not bring commonality of operations to the airline for sure. I guess it has more to do with fuel cost savings, nothing more than that...
Just have the Vegemite on toast! Too many make the mistake of eating it with a spoon. Us over here also hate the taste of pure Vegemite.
I made the mistake of eating a spoonful of it the first time I went to Australia so many years ago. I’ve since learned from my erroneous ways. 😄
Same has Marmite in the UK that's how it's advertised you either love it or hate it no middle ground I have tried both and has long as you don't use to much of it I like it there is not much of a difference between Vegemite or Marmite to me anyway
Whats that emirates 777 sitting on the taxiway in MEL
It is towed off the gate in the morning to a standoff area adjacent to the taxiway for half a day and then does the return leg to Dubai in the evening.
Until now this guy is still looking for his vegemite
You flew over Hawaii :-)
Right over top of Honolulu as a matter of fact. A stopover would have been nice! 🌴🏄🏼♂️
wow...This IS a nice product by Qantas! I noticed they even lay a table cloth for Premium Econ product UNLIKE other airlines such as Cathay Pacific where they just dont care!!! Well chosen and thumbs up for Qantas!
Yeah, I was really impressed - it felt a lot like business class for sure.
Lucky you. Did the LAX-MEL flight in October 2018, but on the older A380. in Premium Economy. Not as nice! The 787-9 from JFK was much better.
I was actually hoping to get an A380 on this trip, but I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t. Premium economy on the 787 was impressive!
Very nice video if you ever in NY hit me up love the fact that I hear your voice verse reading from screen kudos u on point
Thank you! Yeah, I recently switched to doing voiceovers instead of captions and I agree - it makes for a better viewing experience! 😎
@@sanspotter hope too see more videos
Front row is great but the row behind legroom is dreadful
The pronunciation of Aussie cities on TH-cam is horrendous. It's not Mel-born, it's Mel-Burn.
People from different regions pronounce things differently. 🤷🏼♂️
We say Melbun - I come from Manchester 😆
I was wondering when you're going to move to that window seat lol
Haha, I tired moving to it before pushing off the gate, but the flight attendant told me to wait until after takeoff because of weight and balance requirements.
Waiting on Vegemite? On a Premium, short flight? Nah, the Vegemite is the in-flight reward boost reserved for the endurance test long flights. What do you do with so much room? And the cost of such a flight?- for "normal" travellers? Why don't you do price comparison videos?
:)
I've done those transpacific flights from LAX or SFO to Australia and New Zealand several times. To Australia, it's been on United in economy. I pick an aisle seat and just deal with it. I manage. Not too horrible. It's possible to get some sleep in economy if you try. I think Melbourne is a nicer city than Sydney. Sydney may have more to do, but how the CBD is near the Yarra River in Melbourne, with all the restaurants along the river walk, makes it nice.
I really want to spend more time in Australia I think. This was my second trip there, and both times were very short visits. Next time I’m going to stay longer and have a better look around!
I'm leaving for Sydney 2/21/19. Will be the longest flight so far for me. I'll be on United as well. Not sure I can justify upgrading to premium economy. I'ts an extra 200 dollars each way.
@@craig9843 Don't bother paying for United Premium Economy. It's just a few inches of extra legroom, that you'll never notice. Several years ago I flew from L.A. to Copenhagen. I was in United "Economy Minus" and I had all three seats to myself. The back half of economy was full of empty seats where I was. Economy Plus was packed with passengers, most who probably got free upgrades for their United Mileage Plus status. Being upgraded was a downgrade for all of them.
@@roachtoasties thanks for the input. Sometimes it's so confusing. You're afraid if you do, afraid if you don't.
@@craig9843 if its economy plus don't upgrade if its actual premium economy then you should if its only 200 each way
What a great meal presentation for a premium economy product. Looks like in business class.
It's the same meal as Business Class!
That premium economy seat looks better than most business class seats I've walked by on my way back to steerage. The 787 is a beautiful plane (flew EWR to LAX in early 2021) but my brain still can't accept that a flight to Australia is not on a 747 or A380. 😁
Send me your address Scott and I’ll send you some vegemite 😀🇦🇺 Stephen
Haha, I’m not sure if a large shipment of vegemite is something I really want.... 📦🤔😂
iFlyTheWorld why the heck would you give a address away
It's because people arent making it right.
You get a fresh loaf of preferably grain bread or rye toast it then put a generous portion of butter, let it melt into the toast then you scrape light amounts of the vegemite over your toast and then eat with any household tea it's the go to when you don't eat an eggs Benedict for breakfast
@@sanspotter try marmite that's nice same sort of thing
That was a great video! I love your sense of humor and I love your editing and your colors are right on. Thank you
Thanks Kiana! Never thought I’d enjoy video production so much, but I’m having fun trying. 😎
And the muzak was spot on (the few times I've been through SFO I also got delayed, I think it's an SFO thing.) Great vid.
Kind of shocked there's no amenity kit in premium economy. I like them for the container (often reusable) and the eye mask. Wow, you had to connect to Sydney?! Not fun.
I haven't been on Qantas for years, before there were non-stops west coast to Australia. I used to spend the night in a Honolulu airport hotel, really helped with jet lag back in the 707 days. My first 747 flight was on Qantas, Sydney-Perth-Mauritius-Johannesburg in 1977. Such memories.
You didn't show us any seat recline!
I know, I’m bummed about that too! I can’t believe I forgot to get footage of that. Oh well - the recline is much better than standard economy though.
I know. It's the main reason I watched and the most important part of an airline review! 🤨
Thank you for sharing ! I hope you got a fair refound..
Woah! That was one dang smooth landing 👏🏻👏🏻
I miss seeing the Qantas 747 at SFO 😔
Or anyone's 747s?
No disrespect to you because I know how hard creating and editing videos are but, the next time you do a review like this, please make sure to include the seat recline and most importantly leg room. I’ve been searching for a good review with the things that i find most important but, still haven’t found one yet and my flight from NYC to MEL leaves in about a week.
Bulkhead seats help a fair a bit! No Vegemite but you did get a Fantail...another Australian icon! Excellent review and well done to Qantas on their product!
Thanks Craig! I’m still a bit bummed about the vegemite thing. 😆
Ok pro tip for SFO, if you want some decent food and you have a long layover at SFO go to Terminal 3, the food court is amazing!
Pronounced Melburn :)
The meals service seemlike business class good job QF 👍
Music amazing. Footage montage top notch. We never serve Vegemite on board, we save that for us…😛
4:10 do I detect a cheeky seat change there ... 🛌 😴
Edit: Watch the whole video 😂
You’re coming into my home town. Love watching vids like this - as though it’s my flight too.
It was an awesome flight! Wish I could have stayed to check out Melbourne though - I’ve been to Sydney several times but never Melbourne. 😕
I travelled dozens of time on the SYD - LAX or SYD - SFO route. Using a variety of carriers I have been in all 3 classes & I still follow the same rules - bring ear plugs, bring eye shades, bring a bottle of water onboard. I always take an aisle seat as I am over 6' 1" tall so the ease to access the aisle is important when in economy / business class. I travelled for holidays & then the Y2K projects so experienced a few carriers.
For some reason the American travellers need to congregate around the toilets & shout out to each other, hence why I take the ear plugs & eye shades. Also that bottle of water I fill up at the airport is with me WHEN I want a drink & not when I am able to be served. Air NZ were excellent in all 3 classes but QANTAS is still my regular. Have yet to try United Airlines to the USA but have flown with them domestically.
Don’t bother flying United Airlines, or even worse, American Airlines. Somehow, AA naturally managed to shoe horn a tenth seat in every row in Economy, for a cabin width designed originally for nine-abreast. It’s cramped back there, and passengers and flight attendants alike start behaving like crazed rats trapped in a maze. It’s deplorable. Flying a US flag carrier on routes to Australasia will be a real come down, after QANTAS, Virgin Australia , or Air New Zealand. US carriers really don’t have “it” anymore, and its inflight employees really don’t care.
Going to Brisbane in october 2020. Looks like I found my airline. Thanks for the great review.
I live in bris, you from sf? I’m flying over there maybe in June so yee
Obviously not haha.. super disappointing but ob well
Well that's a real premium economy class!.....not the ones you find in american airliners
6 hours at San Fran, that'sbetter then me. I was there a whole day from my United Flight which departed from Phil landed before 8am and my United 787 departing at 11pm
Well worth staying up until 12:35am for (UK)
Sorry to keep you up so late. 😆😄
Account Suspended Hi UK From NYC
How times change. My fist trans-Pacific flight was Brisbane-Auckland-Nadi-Honolulu-Los Angeles back in '84 with an Air New Zealand 747-200.
When did we start calling services "product"?
It's used to refer to the parts of the flight that are fixed and not changing due to service ie seat design, aircraft type, etc.
In late 2017, I flew QF in Premium Economy from LAX to BNE - that’s “Bris-bin,” to us yanks. I felt that the service level was exceptional. Further, we had the added treat of flying QF’s Boeing 747-400ER for what was probably one of the last times. The BNE - LAX route is now flown by a Boeing 787-9 or 787-10. QANTAS have always been great like that, and I’ve been flying them since the 70s when their fleet was made up largely of Boeing 707s and Boeing 747 - 200s. Wow, I’m old.
I think premium economy on most airlines now is what business class used to look like, and business class is what first class aspired to. Depends of course on the carrier but def with SQ
Great video! Superb footage! Did you manage to get any sleep on the flight? I would also like to know what camera gear you use? Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
Thanks! Yeah, I was able to sleep for about 5 hours or so - not as comfortable as business class of course, but a lot better than regular economy. Anyway, I’m just using an iPhone and a GoPro for these videos - nothing fancy. 👍🏻
You didnt mention anything regarding sleeping in prem econ. Do these seat recline better than normal econ?
Those newer types of Premium Economy seats usually recline ~7" more than economy.
great video I think the food was cool :)
Haha loved the "no sign of vegemite". A great review of the premium economy seats, so lucky to have a whole row to yourself too!
Thanks, yeah, this was an incredibly comfortable flight! I think the only reason it was so lightly loaded was the fact that it was delayed so bad - I suppose other passengers moved to other flights. 🤷🏼♂️
Qantas is the only airline that flies non-stop SFO to Melbourne, so no, passengers would not have transferred to other flights!.
Hi Scott aka sanspotter!
What an awesome route and product to try out, really loved this video! QF premium economy really looks great! The food all looks good as well :)
Shame about the big delay and your missed connection. But as there are so many flights a day between Melbourne & Sydney, I am sure you were accomadated quickly.
I remember flying domestic in Australia some years ago. It was one of my best experiences and so much different compared to domestic flying in Europe or the US. I hope there will be some reports on that from you :)
Thanks again
Brendan
Help keeps your mind off pesky FLIGHT ATTENDANTS???????? What?
Great review, my question is , would you fly Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane to NY or London non stop for 24s on the A350 or 777x which I am expecting almost the same premium economy features?
Thanks! Yes, I would do an ultra long haul in this premium economy product - but only if I had an aisle or bulkhead seat (so I could get up at any time). QF premium economy is nice!
I'll be so glad when Qantas puts these premium economy seats in the A380 during the upgrades this year. We usually fly DFW-Sydney every other year and the current PE seats in those planes are almost ten years old and falling apart (still better than regular economy). These new seats look fantastic!
FYI, while San Fran to Melbourne is a shorter flight than LAX-Melbourne that means you get fewer Qantas frequent flyer points.
Oooooh, good point about the...points (lol). I didn’t think about it since this was an award ticket, but it’s definitely something to keep in mind when paying for a seat with $$. 👍🏻
This is a 4 year old video and the PE seats on this plane have not aged well. I have just flown SFO to SYD in premium economy and the experience frankly was poor. The flight was on time, the cabin crew were good and and food was OK. But the seats were not fine. Some of the seats have become difficult to recline and the stupid foot rests are worn, hang down and intrude on the footwells. It feels cramped and its difficult to achieve a good sleeping position - which is the whole point on these seats. Interestingly, getting into an exit rows on a Qantas 737 connecting flight straight afterwards felt more spacious. OK so I am having a whinge, but wait for it. Qantas are selling PE seats between SFO and SYD for $7686 return. Honestly, pick an exit row in economy, preferably on United on this route, and save a lot of money.
0:31 I’m glad you are getting the full qantas experience
No special lounge for the premium customer?
Great vid! Qantas, please send us a 787-9 for a SYD-SAN route 🙏
Thanks man! Omg, yeah, how awesome would it be to see QF in San Diego? That would be amazing - and maybe not so far fetched considering how much traffic moves between LAX and Australia every day. 🤞
Fantastic edit, first time viewer and subscribed. Appreciated the review and time taken to make a video like this!
Thanks so much! 👍🏻👍🏻
Another great and witty report. Why do long-haul airlines have chicken sausage in their breakfast offering. They are disgusting. We can cope with the spongy scrambled eggs and rubber mushrooms, but why chicken sausage? We've learned our lesson and now opt for anything other than that except congee.