We had a short taxi and I saw the QF A380 which recently blew a couple of tires on landing parked up by the hangars.

After take off another couple of drinks and some cold nuts, followed by some more bubbles and canapes. The first meal was served shortly afterward.

I timed it well, eating slowly and finishing the movie just as I finished eating.

I can't recall if I've described the Thai first class suites before. They are open and thus not at all private. Fairly comfy to sit and sleep on. I like the ottoman can slide forwards or backwards - the inner shelf is comfortable to rest my feet on if I don't want to raise them to sit on top of the ottoman. There is a solid light fixture at the rear of the seat (as well as overhead lights). No airvent. Plenty of space for body and legs, and some cubby holes in the adjacent sill to put a few things into.

I noticed the amenity kit no longer had aftershave but there was still some in the bathroom - Salvatore Farragimo's Incanto.

I managed a few hours sleep, much less than I was hoping for (since I wanted to experience a new-to-me first class on my next flight). Still it was refreshing and took the edge off my tiredness.

Some people had commented to me that on their recent Thai first class flights only 2 bottles of Dom Perignon 2000 were loaded. So in the interest of research (yeah that sounds a plausible excuse), I had some more. Yup, definitely more than 2 bottles on this flight.

The second, lighter, meal was served about 2 hours prior to landing. I watched another movie.

On descent transfer cards were handed out to the first class passengers who had connecting flights. That turned out to be all of us except the Thai manager. I'm not sure why they bother with the cards because there are also staff waiting with our names on a sign, and no one asks to see the transfer card or hand it over. When I did a recent clean out of a few boxes of flight stuff I found I had several of these cards.

We had a long taxi to and around the terminal and got a remote stand that was about as far away as possible from where we pulled off the runway (just a couple of adjacent stand positions from the end).

Stairs pulled up to front and rear doors and there were several buses waiting. We disembarked and took the first bus which is fitted out with comfy chairs for first class. A moderate length ride to the terminal and the awaiting buggies to take us on to gates, lounges and transfer desks.