4 class configuration flight SYD - NRT?
Jun 26, 2015, 11:18 pm
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4 class configuration flight SYD - NRT?
I recently booked a business class flight from SYD to NRT and when I tried to book my seat, the configuration looked different than my previous experiences on this route... After a quick research, I realised that it was the 4 class configuration and quickly booked one last seat in the first class section... This might be a system error, but does anyone know such situations when a 4 class configuration plane is used for SYD - NRT? I would love to know if there is a way to check the expected configuration of a flight if this happens frequently...
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Qan..._747-400_4.php
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Qan..._747-400_4.php
Jun 28, 2015, 5:08 pm
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I'm going to be on one of these airframes tomorrow, reckon the old first seats are worth 30,000 points upgrade? I was saving it for the return flight in the newer config. But tempted by possible old F seats...Can't find much info on them any more.
Jun 28, 2015, 8:56 pm
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They are a bit narrow but overall very comfortable though they do look quite old.
Jun 28, 2015, 11:56 pm
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Certainly. No "droopy leg rest" problems and you get a seat by yourself.
Feb 16, 2016, 2:44 pm
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apologies for resurrecting an old thread. I have a SYD-HND-SYD trip planned in April on QF in premium economy.
Now in the past when I have done this I've had a sector where the lower deck J cabin was used as Y+ seating and the Y+ cabin used as Y seating for elites.
At present it is showing the 4 class config back from Haneda but seating is in the Y+ cabin as expected. Just wondering is Qantas still doing this little switch of the lower deck J cabin as Y+ seeing as the flight is sold as a 3-class flight these days? (e.g. will it change on the day to that?)
Now in the past when I have done this I've had a sector where the lower deck J cabin was used as Y+ seating and the Y+ cabin used as Y seating for elites.
At present it is showing the 4 class config back from Haneda but seating is in the Y+ cabin as expected. Just wondering is Qantas still doing this little switch of the lower deck J cabin as Y+ seeing as the flight is sold as a 3-class flight these days? (e.g. will it change on the day to that?)
Feb 17, 2016, 2:56 am
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Not these days - the more freqent config as per this is long gone.
The only redefinition is with the two (soon to be gone) 4 class 744 where the 14 First seats are generally sold as Business.
The only redefinition is with the two (soon to be gone) 4 class 744 where the 14 First seats are generally sold as Business.
Last edited by serfty; Feb 17, 2016 at 3:04 am