Quadra Smartium (Business Lie Flat) and Routes (consolidated)

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Sep 6, 2017, 1:19 am

#751

warrenw

Join Date: Dec 2015

Location: Seoul

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I have the 350 on my ICN-HAN route during Chuseok. I think it's mostly flying "short" routes for now.

Sep 6, 2017, 3:52 am

#752

stupidhead

Join Date: Jun 2007

Posts: 4,639

Quote:

Originally Posted by sol95

SYD-ICN will revert back to 772 with Smartium at the latest by the start of April. I have a trip in Dec-Jan is A380, while my trip in the first week of April is a Smartium-equipped 772

I was hoping they'd fly the a350 on the ICN-SYD route, but that's just wishful thinking on my part :P

They'll have 4 A350s by the end of the year...does anyone know where the other two will be going? The first two I think are scheduled for SFO.

Sep 6, 2017, 5:22 am

#753

THD

Join Date: May 2006

Location: SYD or GOT

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Posts: 803

Winter European schedule update today shows A350 heading to LHR.

Sep 6, 2017, 9:50 am

#754

Virginia Emery

Join Date: May 2003

Posts: 413

In doing a test booking for Business on OZ736 SGN-ICN for next summer, I see a 3-class 777 with ability to select seat in the "first" class section. Good plane to take ? It departs after midnight so able to sleep is paramount... TIA

Sep 6, 2017, 12:32 pm

#755

Taoyuan

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: HNL

Programs: AS MVPG, Global Entry

Posts: 771

My luck...ICN-SYD for my dates moved to 77L.

Sep 6, 2017, 4:54 pm

#756

sol95

Join Date: May 2012

Location: SYD

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Taoyuan

My luck...ICN-SYD for my dates moved to 77L.

it's still full-flat with smartium seats. be grateful that it's not the a330 which used to get scheduled on the ICN-SYD route for the Australian winter months.

Sep 6, 2017, 4:59 pm

#757

Taoyuan

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: HNL

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Posts: 771

Quote:

Originally Posted by sol95

it's still full-flat with smartium seats. be grateful that it's not the a330 which used to get scheduled on the ICN-SYD route for the Australian winter months.

Definitely a bummer to miss the 380 by just a few days. 77L would be good if it works out, but I get nervous about aircraft swaps and such. Will find out in 6 months I suppose

Sep 14, 2017, 12:14 am

#758

Taoyuan

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: HNL

Programs: AS MVPG, Global Entry

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LHR-ICN flown by 772 today. I get that they have heavy fleet utilization, but that's pretty bad.

Oct 26, 2017, 10:28 am

#759

petey2428

Join Date: Nov 2011

Posts: 335

Lucky from onemileatatime wrote a quick review on this. Any thoughts?

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...usiness-class/

Oct 29, 2017, 1:38 am

#760

Taoyuan

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: HNL

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Posts: 771

According to flightaware the first JFK run on the 777 went out as 772. Ouch!

Nov 2, 2017, 9:01 pm

#761

izikk

Join Date: Jun 2016

Programs: AC,OZ Diamond

Posts: 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by petey2428

Lucky from onemileatatime wrote a quick review on this. Any thoughts?

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...usiness-class/

Yup, flew the same route earlier this year in the spring. I'm inclined to agree with Lucky on pretty much everything. While seated, the seats are fine/good. But they're not great for sleeping. I don't find them as comfortable as some other airlines and I also find the cabin way too warm for my liking, so that made it worse.

The service was the best part, on par with the Japanese airlines. The food is decent, but my favorite is still a nice bowl of ramyun

Nov 3, 2017, 8:13 am

#762

IamHungry

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Chicago, IL

Posts: 488

Quote:

Originally Posted by izikk

I just don't get the hype of instant noodles on plane. I mean I can buy Ramyun at H-mart for less than $1 per pack.

Nov 3, 2017, 5:54 pm

#763

petey2428

Join Date: Nov 2011

Posts: 335

Quote:

Originally Posted by IamHungry

I just don't get the hype of instant noodles on plane. I mean I can buy Ramyun at H-mart for less than $1 per pack.

me neither. I don’t understand why people consider having $1 instant ramen in business class a treat. I can easily bring cup ramyun on economy and it’s prob just as good

Nov 4, 2017, 1:52 am

#764

jon503

Join Date: Jul 2012

Location: Seoul

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Posts: 510

Quote:

Originally Posted by petey2428

me neither. I don’t understand why people consider having $1 instant ramen in business class a treat. I can easily bring cup ramyun on economy and it’s prob just as good

Because of all the hype I made sure to order some on my first OZ business flight even though I wasn't really hungry. I had Shin Ramyun Black which tasted (maybe?) a bit better than normal, but really nothing to write home about.

I wonder if it's something like the hype around tomato juice? They say some things taste better in the air due to altitude, pressure, etc. Never been blown away by airline tomato juice either though. All I can say is that I don't like eggs in the air - they seem to turn out dry rubbery across all airlines I've flown. I've taken to avoiding eggs entirely on planes.