Originally Posted by
serfty
In my experinces, the bus has not been unreliable.
Also, my general walk time to walk from T4 (Flagship Lounge) to TBIT (Qantas First Lounge) in recent months is about 20 minutes - this includes security where there is a premium queue.
I do agree with the other points though and, in general, I do prefer to walk.
it's supposed to go on the hour and and on the half hour, but in half a dozen tries this year I've not had much luck in having it depart timely at one of those intervals.
I agree the security lines in TBIT early evening are not long and there is a premium queue, but I'm just not into non-precheck screening any more if it can be avoided.
The Qantas F lounge is indeed nice, quite like MEL or SYD, but for me it has varied a lot, from serene uncrowded haven (a couple of tuesday flights) to a full-capacity noisy mess (a saturday in january I think it was).
I expect we'll all be much happier if/when the connector tunnel finally opens.