dddc

Just on my way back home on the tube after dropping a friend off. They got the Park Inn, but travelling Y unless she gets lucky at the gate. Nice buffet she said at the hotel. QF staff very good at LHR and also rearranged connecting flights. Experience spoilt by lack of signage at T3 to this particular Hoppa stop and a driver that said he didn't go to that hotel when the board said he should have, meaning a near 30 min wait. Other QF pax waiting for other hotels it seems.

I've asked my friend to take note what the meal service is just in case this turns out to be a regular occurring delay!!

Mwenenzi

So flying LHR-SIN on BA11 [19:55 16:05] then QF2 SIN-SYD [19:30 05:10+1] in first?
QF or BA ticket?
Have you asked at LHR what will happen?
QF also have QF82 (A330) [21:10 07:00+1]
They may just put you on BA15 [19:25 05:10+1].
Maybe an opportunity for a EC261 2004 claim

Often1

The best time & place to obtain useful information regarding the reasons for delays is on the spot at the airport. Local staff can be quite chatty and they know the dirt. Later on, it all gets filtered.

og

dddc

The BA pilot strike starts today for 2 days so I'm assuming no BA15 downstream to connect to tomorrow. This is something the OP may not have considered when faced with the initial delay, but hopefully brought up by staff when checking in.

EC261 claim details were on a note on the desk at check in. Most EU residents are aware of this but I imagine most non EU pax may not know about it. My friend was too stressed by having to change plans, flights and advise people that she didn't take in the info. I believe there is a 6 year claim period so no rush!

Oh, flight now delayed another 30 mins to 9.20am. Not so bad if they weren't told they had to be in the lobby for 5am for the 15 min coach ride back to the terminal!

nancypants

dddc

Yes, I'd read that if the pilots were out of the UK on the strike dates, they would continue to fly as the most probable answer. But with BA15/16 I was wondering what would happen with pilots coming through on those two days, whether there would be enough to carry on etc.

The delayed QF2 took off today as QFA2D (assuming not to confuse it with today's QF2?) at 10.02am. Apparently there were ~200 QF Pax at the hotel my friend stayed in. Given QF1 arrived at 7.33am this morning, they had plenty of time to organise hotels etc. Kudos to the cleaning crews and other staff that turned this big plane round fairly quickly.

Sydfly

dddc

Correct, EU261 would only apply to QF pax leaving London, not Singapore to Australia. It would apply in reverse to EU carriers leaving Singapore to Europe, but not to QF etc.

Yes, only pilots in London seem to be the ones striking. If they were out of the country when it started, they can return to their London base, so arrivals are coming in.

Aspen

Any idea what a second-hand A380 would sell for ? I didn't think they could give them away. I think Airbus purchased the A340-500 from SIA just to keep them happy - they certainly weren't worth very much.

dddc

So, the answer to the OPs original question is Dinner - Breakfast (LHR-SIN) Breakfast - Lunch (SIN-SYD).

I had to dig hard as my intel wasn't that forthcoming with details (jetlag!) but it seems they swapped the menus around and dinner and lunch were actually lunch and dinner menus, just in reverse order for the particular leg. She ended up in J and said the food was good, so good the guy opposite her had two dinners on the last leg! Bacon and Egg rolls served out of SIN and she had a particularly large breakfast going into SIN!

number_6

A bit off-topic but Hi Fly bought a 10-year old A380 ex-SQ at end of lease, and that plane after refurbishment is now operating LGW-JFK for Norwegian as of August 18, replacing the prior 787 service on that route. A380 wet leased is pretty lucrative for both parties for seasonal routes, fwiw. By contrast another retired A380 was scrapped (for parts).

parsonstrish

Hi, I’m doing this trip in November, interested in accommodation arranged for delayed flights. Was this for Singapore as well as LHR? TIA

dddc

Singapore has the benefit of many more flights and options for those waiting to go back to Australia. They may have been placed on other flights or routed to BNE or MEL and on to SYD for example instead of having to wait the 12 hours+ for the next flight.

In my friend's example she was due to connect with the SIN-BNE flight after the LHR leg, but was rebooked at checking SIN-SYD-BNE to save waiting in SIN for another 18 hours I think it was.

The London Hotels were close to the airport, but in this case they knew probably a day ahead they were able to secure rooms. It really depends on occupancy rates when rooms are needed as to what hotels are available. If the flight had landed on time and it goes tech while on the ground for whatever reason, then I imagine passengers may have had a longer wait. My folks had this happen to them while flying Emirates. They were boarded and after a couple of hours on the ground they were told to get off because of tech issues. It took a few hours before they were allocated a room at a hotel and rebooked.