Sydney to London Flight
Arrived at Sydney Airport at 11:30 to be told that we had to come back to the check in desk at 12:30. We had lunch then returned right on 12:30 to find a huge queue of about 300 people. We obediently joined the end- blocking the concerted efforts of a little old lady to push in front (her son refused to push in front so she eventually retreated). A BA person came down the line asking for anyone who had checked in on line and voila we were led to new aisle that was completely empty. We walked the gauntlet in front of all those 6 winding queues and went straight to the front of the line at “bag drop” and went through! Immediately rang number one son to ask if he had checked in online but this is not offered by Jetstar with whom he was flying to Canada.
On board we had seat 23 A and B in Premium economy which were an aisle/window seat just behind the wing. We had an excellent roast dinner chicken and a constant flow of food and drink. Despite the comfy seats it was difficult to sleep because of the noise of the aircraft.
We stopped at Singapore and reboarded to find we’d been upgraded to Business Class. This was because they had overbooked economy and we are frequent flyers. Ron thinks this was a con on our part since we’ve never flown anywhere just shopped our way into frequent flyer status. Seat 15 E and F were two seats together facing towards the back. It was an excellent seat if you are travelling together as there is more room, no one walking past and totally private. We were offered champagne and beer (I didn’t indulge) and a constant flow of mineral water and other drinks.
