Top job Rory! Even more eerie than the empty Melbourne terminal was the totally empty road outside - which is usually a full on traffic jam at any time of day. 16 passengers - it seems like you got a ride on a huge private jet!
The sunset for arrival was beautiful! Not a bad price for the quality and baggage you can take onboard. Good to see you enjoyed the 78 hopefully not long till you can review it on an intl hop. Great review as always!
Wow fantastic review! It'll be good when the JQ Dreamliner is put onto more domestic routes. Unfortunately it's now Sydney's turn to have coronavirus and the consequences that come with it 😬
I was surprised about the IFE screen quality but then realised that the ones in economy are different. Having flown economy to Singapore with Jetstar the economy IFE’s are actually better and more responsive than the ones in business class compared to your experience. Great video btw😁
Was really forward to watching this Review of the JQ787, not bad price to pay for extra leg room, food bundle and Qantas points. As you are aware I’m on the JQ787 in early august from Gold Coast to Sydney and has gave me insight of what to expect. Job well done reach 5K subscribers 👍
Just found your channel! I love how detailed your videos are. These are details I want to know before I go anywhere, definitely an underrated channel! Thanks Rory and keep up the awesome vids :)
The last red eye flight I did was coming home from Phuket Thailand at Easter time this year and just as I was drifting to sleep the plane feel a few feat from the air and it was pretty bad and I was in economy so yeah next time I’m going to Phuket I’m flying Singapore and then Thai air in economy. I also love your videos.
It's sad to see the terminal and aircraft so quiet but it's definitely a feature of the times. Nice and in-depth review of the JQ product. Really enjoyed it!
I haven't flown on Jetstar except to try the dreamliner since the got rid of the A330. Star class in those aircraft was so much better than the crap seats they have in the dreamliner. The iron footfoot rest digs into your feet after 30 mins.
Gee, Rory.... you are managing to get around all the border restrictions quite well ! That neon light at the motel is " interesting" 😜 A very empty plane, I doubt if Jetstar would have even covered the cost of fuel !
I was supposed to be flying to the GC from syd this week (24-28th June) but qld closed its borders to greater sydney :( I was sooo looking forward to that trip tho
Melbourne looks so empty it's really sad, as well and only 16 passengers on the flight! Looks like a really good flight, I really like the 787 aircraft and I prefer it to say the 737 or A320. For less than $100 it's such a good deal for Business. Great video! So close to 10K!
Nice trip report! It's always great to fly on a wide-body in domestic flight although the IFE of this plane was not very responsive. The price you paid was quite good. In Vietnam, we can fly on an A359 or a 789 or a 78X between SGN and HAN with a price about $50.
What an awesome flight! Only 16 passengers, it would be so good even in the economy section. Just wondering if attaching your light to the IFE screen affected its responsiveness in some way? I've had one short flight on a 787 & found the screen very good.
What a great aircraft to travel on a short domestic flight… I’ve on,y flown their A320 which was fine for two hours but hands down if I saw this on the timetable I’d swap…!! 🤙
I can use Qantas club lounge as I’m a gold frequent flyer but you know that’s like 800m from the boarding gate 😂😂 And yeah I reckon it was closed during the lockdown
If they have business class at such a low price on other routes eg Melbourne to Brisbane I might consider jetstar. Instead of economy X on virgin as my prefered choice.
Love ya work Rory. You remind me soooo much of one of my good friends when I was working in Harbin. And yes those empty terminals bring back memories from a few of my flights over the last 18mths. Think my record for ‘ghost flights’ was a total of 3 passengers on a single flight into Brisbane. I’m going to miss that. Also how exactly do you measure or obtain the seat/legroom dimensions??? Just get the info online or are you packing a tape measure and level in you travel kit? Heh
Would be a good idea. Just to see if airlines are being honest or not. For instance, they may have different methods for obtaining their measurements making some bigger than others. Also for the reactions though obviously. =)
I agree that a wide bodied aircraft is better than a 737/ 320, even for domestic. When QF operated a flight DFW- BNE- SYD using a 744, it was always better for the domestic leg. Alas they were stopped well before Covid. Will gave to try this 788. I did like 788 on LA to AKL some years ago.
Great review Rory but I noticed you made a mistake in the airport code. You wrote Syd - OOL instead of Mel - OOL. I flew on the 787 in 2019 from Melbourne (inter) to Brisbane and loved it. The plane was heading to Bali. It was my 1st time at an International terminal.
Oh thank you for pointing out the mistake I didn’t even notice! 😅 Nice, I only been in Melbourne’s international terminal once, I had 50mins transit from T1 to T2, all I remember was I was able to go through customs and security screening very quickly, the staff were efficient
Coolangata (YOOL) doesn't have an ILS (Instrument Landing System) for bad weather approaches and landings. Anyway. Thanks for your informative video Rory.
Rory if you play the clip of you playing this video on that hotel tv at the same point you're in that hotel room you may have a completely different trip to review for us :)
Great review Rory. I can't tell you what that motel is for but the name and the sign in the room says it all. What are the hourly rates? I am not a good flyer but your honest flight reviews may just change that.
@@RoryDing I will just say that in the not so distant past the ocean view was not a priority and the waves were in the water beds. Not from personal experience do I tell you this.😉
Love to fly in a Jetstar 787. It’s good that you let vegans know to skip to this timeline. I’m vegetarian and I don’t get offended by people who eat meat. Then again, everyone has their own perception.
Quite interesting, though the business class seat in Jetstar looks more like a long haul economy seat in any Asian airline. No lie flat and larger TV screen.
From Philadelphia in PA. We would never get the USA shut down as well, except for Alaska or Hawaii. They said self quarrentine after visiting other States. NEVER HAPPENED! Got Full capacity at our local football/ soccer Stadium today! Was a sellout.
@@RoryDing thanks for the quick reply. I definitely want to travel in comfort so I don’t mind paying a reasonable price. Thanks for the advice. I have subbed👍🏻
Well Rydges is close to the airport but far from everything else 😂 Maybe in the future. I’ve had lunch there before, I’m sure it’s a great place to stay overnight if you have an early flight the next day
Wow you got that at a great price Rory. Interesting that the Dreamliners are flying domestically. We flew to GC in June and paid a lot more with Qantas and weren't sitting in Business class. No sauce on your pie and sausage roll?
how did you get your permit to fly into Melbourne? Flying SYD-MEL-OOL doesn’t seem to fit the “essential traveler” category, lol. Btw, I have flown on the Jetstar 787 from Sydney to Melbourne in October 2018. Was an interesting experience, especially because there were only a handful of people on board, and it was from the international terminal because the plane continued from Melbourne to Vietnam (but I got off in Melbourne).
He travelled within the rules, Vic was always allowing people to travel into Vic and out of Vic during lockdown as long as you weren't a Victorian Resident, I went via MEL last week to get to ADL and it was fine, no issue there
Those 3+3+3 seats in economy are way too narrow which is due to the aircraft being designed for 2+4+2. I've done 2 16 hr flights SYD-SCL, NEVER again. Your recline seemed limited....perhaps due to the bulk head behind it?
I don’t understand why Jetstar uses wide body aircraft for domestic were they could bye a 737 for 3 times cheaper then a 787 and be cheaper tho run Although good review
The 787 is mainly used for jetstar’s long haul flights to Honolulu Tokyo Denpasar and Phuket, it uses 787 from Melbourne to Goldcoast and Melbourne to Cairns during the school holidays in addition to many A320 and A321 flights that they operate each day. Also Gold Coast and cairns have limited boarding gates/slot availability therefore one plane is better than 3 in this case too.
Rory, only 3 countries in the world still use imperial measure. Giving knee clearances etc in inches makes poor old Johnny do mental conversions. Oh the pain! Mate a knife and fork to eat a pie?
Yeah but if you check the seat pitch in economy it’s always 28,29,30,31,32 inches, not 71.12cm, 73.66cm, 76.2cm, 78.74cm, 81.28cm. The airlines measure the pitch in inches so I also use inches to measure. Also inches is easier to tell how good the legroom is, 28,29 horrible legroom 30,31 average legroom 32 good legroom
It’s all good. Train tracks are still all measured in old imperial gauge and have been since the 1850s. Airliners still use knots as their official airspeed. And mentally converting inches to metric is a basic life skill. Same with miles to km or feet to metres or pounds to kilograms or Fahrenheit to Celsius.
