29th June 2019
QF604 MEL-BNE
0710-0920
Qantas 737
Seat 14E
Brisbane side trip was only really for the purposes of spending a couple of days with pants, who had recurrent simulator training. The loss of Canberra stop over meant most of the time was spent getting supplies for the bigger trip, so I shan’t bore you with details
The last minute nature of the flight change resulted in me missing out on my preferred window seat, but an exit row middle was a perfectly acceptable substitute
There was also further breakfast which it would have been rude not to partake of- a “bacon egg and relish muffin”
Qantas shortfall Y catering is far more hit than miss and this was no exception- pretty respectable offering
Flight was 1 minute (!!) late landing, however this still put me around 4 hours ahead of what should have been my arrival time
I noticed before take off from MEL that the 2nd booking had not been cancelled when the reroute occurred. Theoretically this meant I could have cancelled the flight for a credit (voucher for value less change fee, in this case $99). However I decided to be reasonable and uphold my part of the bargain.
The flight subsequently auto cancelled as a no-show
I was painlessly able to obtain original routing credit from QFF