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Old 12th May 2011, 02:47 PM
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Highly recommend StarClass - I flew it to HNL 3 years ago. Very good value for money for what you get. Had very low expectations but was very pleasantly suprised.

You might be lucky to score the newly delivered 332 which I think features the Panasonic ex2 IFE like the new QF 332s and 380s.
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Old 12th May 2011, 03:11 PM
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Thumbs down Stuck on 763

We're on QF3 26 June and QF4 10 July. Stuck in Y class having used 750,000 of my FF points to get tickets for the whole family. I hope we don't end up with one of those window-less window seats! There seem to be so many configuration variants for that route it's hard to know what you're getting, even with advance seat selection.
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Old 12th May 2011, 03:46 PM
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All 767s on SYD-HNL have the same international configuration
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Old 12th May 2011, 03:57 PM
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Question Which one?

Can you point me to the correct seat map, please, Jack?
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Old 12th May 2011, 04:41 PM
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Can you point me to the correct seat map, please, Jack?
Here you go!

http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/...63-25J204Y.pdf

You can be assured this WILL be the seat map because it's the only 763 config in the fleet with the 1-2-2 seats with PTVs in J class (Dreamtime seats) as opposed to 2-2-2- on the domestic Millenium configuration

The aircraft also has extra cart stowage in the J class galley for international ops, and the "cubby house" rest area for tech crew

So rest assured, this WILL be the configuration you fly on
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Old 12th May 2011, 07:00 PM
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JQ Star Class is very appealing - wider seats, separate cabin, fully catered, full service (a la JQ) and not to the same extreme of price as any other airline business product. Add to that the fact QFF get points and you couldn't be happier.

Did Phuket last year and was very happy.

Unless the QF allocation changes (or a plan/intention is announed), I will more than likely go with JQ.
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Old 13th May 2011, 01:14 AM
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Here you go!

So rest assured, this WILL be the configuration you fly on
Thanks, Jack. Based on that map I've moved us from 27A/B, 28A/B back to 45/46 to make sure we get 'real' windows, even though it will be the furthest back I've sat in over 30 years!
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Old 13th May 2011, 07:08 AM
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I frequently get these "old" 767 aircraft and have spent a great deal of time sitting in economy on them. I find the seats just as comfortable as say the 744 Y seats or the 330 Y seats.

Yes JQ star class is much nicer than Y on any carrier but personally I find the content on the digi-players to be very limited and wonder if it would not be cheaper to buy your own tablet device (iPad or similiar) and fly Y if IFE is your primary concern?
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:27 AM
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JQ Star Class is very appealing - wider seats, separate cabin, fully catered, full service (a la JQ) and not to the same extreme of price as any other airline business product. Add to that the fact QFF get points and you couldn't be happier.
Not only points, but business class level points. It's a great deal

In the past I have booked a stupid cheap $106 ticket from Singapore to Melbourne then purchased a $SGD250 upgrade from economy to Star Class when checking in... resulting in a premium economy seat from Singapore to Melbourne for about $AUD295.

I'm not sure if I was given any frequent flier points or not because of this upgrade. I haven't looked at my statement.

Last edited by StevenW; 13th May 2011 at 12:18 PM. Reason: Ambiguity begone!
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:35 AM
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Don't count on the cash on departure upgrade on the SYD-HNL-SYD route...

JQ have been known to call people prior to departure to offer this upgrade resulting in no chance of getting it at the gate!
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