happiest_at_40000

Was just wondering are all A380's touched up in F and have the new J seats or is there still one flying around that is old?

Thanks.

VH-EAB

I believe VH-OQL is unrefurbished hence why it has been isolated on QF127/QF128 SYD-HKG for the past month.

blandfordryan

VH-OQA, VH-OQC, and VH-OQL are all in the old configuration per Qantas with VH-OQL being the only one in use at the moment as stated above.

happiest_at_40000

Thanks for the info. Is it like a nostalgia thing to keep 1 old one flying or they will all be reconfigured at sole point?

There is never anything SIN-SYD in J or F but noticed easy to get it from HKG (in J).

Mwenenzi

Will be refurbished at some point. With the delay in B787 deliveries,QF are IMHO short of wide body long haul aircraft.

With QF1 SYD-SIN-LHR and QF2 LHR-SIN-SYD is a big demand for cash and award ticket SYD-LHR, LHR-SYD. Little left for just SIN.

Bubba911

I understand that the the old configuration is scheduled to operate on some QF11 and QF12 flights to/from LAX for the next couple of months although it's main work is QF127/128 to/from HKG. It is then scheduled to go for a refit in July.

happiest_at_40000

Dang that would be a bummer to have it on 11/12. I noticed it was on some LAX/MEL routes in the near future.

How can I make sure it’s not on an upcoming LAX/SYD flight - just look at EF ?

It wouldn’t be a swap last minute but rather would be planned?

Seems like QF 12 is always late or even cancelled how it was on my exact flight a week or so ago.

og

It could be a last minute swap. Anything can happen with operations when all aircraft are being flogged to death and one outage has knock-on effects. It could even be a 789 sub for a 380 and QF then have the job of spreading pax on other flights. Notwithstanding, the old SkyBed Mk2 seats are still quite comfortable and their fully flat mode can be made properly flat (ie counteracting the drooping leg support) by shoving a carry on bag under the footrest.

happiest_at_40000

If I am checking tail numbers right I think that both things you said happened just the last couple of days. QF 12 was the one old A380 on 4/29 and I think QF17 flew instead of QF12 one day thus a 789 leaving at the normal A380 time.

kazza9

I've had my QF11 seats changed between the different configurations twice in the last few months. There was a period where they had the non-refurbished aircraft doing the QF11/12 runs on Thursdays and Saturdays but my seating was updated on Friday back to 1-2-1 without notification. Since booking I've gone from refurbished, back to non-refurbished and now back to refurbished again. I've just taken to checking my seats daily in the Qantas app because I've been split up from my partner each time they change the aircraft/cabin configuration. If you want to check a flight you haven't booked I think EF would be fine or you could even check the seating on seats you're purchasing on the Qantas site.

happiest_at_40000

At the moment showing new plane but west map isn’t viewable on QF as apparently within 40 ish hours they say seats are under airport control. I am trying to switch to the A side of F cabin as there is an open seat but can’t online even see a map and agent on phone says nothing can be done til the airport at this point.

Airstairs

To add another data point I’m on QF11 mid-July. Was showing new configuration when I booked in March, just noticed it updated to the Skybeds. Fingers crossed it reverts back.

douglasac10

And another change - QF11 on the 27th of September was showing a refurbished seat map when I booked, it is now showing an unrefurbished one.

Here's hoping it goes back, I did Skybeds unintentionally when I last flew out of the US, and I much preferred the new seat that I had on the JFK-LAX leg. (On the upside, I got to fly on a 747, something I doubt I'll be doing again any time soon!)

In any case, I'm not exactly sure what purpose the seating preference on one's Qantas profile is meant to serve seeing as I have it set to Window seat, and with the aircraft change they took me out of the A seat I had selected on the refurbished plane and put me in an F seat - despite there being four unblocked A seats and five unblocked K seats. But I have now rectified this mistake.

bhoyinoz

My flight on QF11 in August has changed to an old configuration.

robertr

What day of the week is the flight?