QANTAS 787-9 premium economy is NICE!! (SFO-MEL) 

I’ve been watching these videos for a while, and it would appear that Qantas is the only premium economy to be a business minus class, where the other airlines do an economy plus version. Makes me feel incredibly lucky to have experienced it.

Premium Economy on Qantas looks like a good product. Little things like linen napkins and proper glassware make a difference in my opinion. Takes me back to the early days of flying. Thanks for sharing.

I've done those transpacific flights from LAX or SFO to Australia and New Zealand several times. To Australia, it's been on United in economy. I pick an aisle seat and just deal with it. I manage. Not too horrible. It's possible to get some sleep in economy if you try. I think Melbourne is a nicer city than Sydney. Sydney may have more to do, but how the CBD is near the Yarra River in Melbourne, with all the restaurants along the river walk, makes it nice.

I really like this guy and his reviews. He presents well and doesn't focus too much on one thing. I will continue to watch these unbiased reviews.

That was a great video! I love your sense of humor and I love your editing and your colors are right on. Thank you

A missed connection between melbourne and Sydney? hahahaha. Did you have to wait a whole 30 extra minutes until the next flight

That premium economy seat looks better than most business class seats I've walked by on my way back to steerage. The 787 is a beautiful plane (flew EWR to LAX in early 2021) but my brain still can't accept that a flight to Australia is not on a 747 or A380. 😁

Yes, when I would fly to London, England to see family and friends and I would sit in Economy Class out of Newark, New Jersey on a 777-200 and 300s , I would always sit in front of Economy Class on A&B side all the time. Our flights were never full coming out of Newark so it is always nice to have those seats by myself... And yes coming from Chicago's O'Hare Airport I would find the United Red Carpet Lounge all the time...

What a great meal presentation for a premium economy product. Looks like in business class.

What a coincidence I was on that flight!

More info - what were the seats like comfort wise? Was there noticeably more recline than economy? Did you get any or try to get any sleep? Are there overhead air vents? What was the IFE like? How were the flight staff? Was it possible to choose off menu meals before flying? What was the food and drink choice like? Did they have snacks available? Were bathrooms shared with economy or business or were there bathrooms just for premium economy? How good were the noise cancelling headphones? Did you use the blanket? If premium economy is double economy, is it worth the extra and why or why not?

Fantastic edit, first time viewer and subscribed. Appreciated the review and time taken to make a video like this!

I travelled dozens of time on the SYD - LAX or SYD - SFO route. Using a variety of carriers I have been in all 3 classes & I still follow the same rules - bring ear plugs, bring eye shades, bring a bottle of water onboard. I always take an aisle seat as I am over 6' 1" tall so the ease to access the aisle is important when in economy / business class. I travelled for holidays & then the Y2K projects so experienced a few carriers. For some reason the American travellers need to congregate around the toilets & shout out to each other, hence why I take the ear plugs & eye shades. Also that bottle of water I fill up at the airport is with me WHEN I want a drink & not when I am able to be served. Air NZ were excellent in all 3 classes but QANTAS is still my regular. Have yet to try United Airlines to the USA but have flown with them domestically.

Woah! That was one dang smooth landing 👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you for NOT doing the amenity kit reveal. I am amazed at people who can afford $5,000 for a business class seat and get so excited over a travel size tube of toothpaste!

You’re coming into my home town. Love watching vids like this - as though it’s my flight too.

Thanks for giving Qantas such a good review.

Going to Brisbane in october 2020. Looks like I found my airline. Thanks for the great review.

In late 2017, I flew QF in Premium Economy from LAX to BNE - that’s “Bris-bin,” to us yanks. I felt that the service level was exceptional. Further, we had the added treat of flying QF’s Boeing 747-400ER for what was probably one of the last times. The BNE - LAX route is now flown by a Boeing 787-9 or 787-10. QANTAS have always been great like that, and I’ve been flying them since the 70s when their fleet was made up largely of Boeing 707s and Boeing 747 - 200s. Wow, I’m old.

Nice video man. Glad you enjoyed the Qantas product. Very proud of Qantas here down under.

Kind of shocked there's no amenity kit in premium economy. I like them for the container (often reusable) and the eye mask. Wow, you had to connect to Sydney?! Not fun. I haven't been on Qantas for years, before there were non-stops west coast to Australia. I used to spend the night in a Honolulu airport hotel, really helped with jet lag back in the 707 days. My first 747 flight was on Qantas, Sydney-Perth-Mauritius-Johannesburg in 1977. Such memories.

I'll be so glad when Qantas puts these premium economy seats in the A380 during the upgrades this year. We usually fly DFW-Sydney every other year and the current PE seats in those planes are almost ten years old and falling apart (still better than regular economy). These new seats look fantastic! FYI, while San Fran to Melbourne is a shorter flight than LAX-Melbourne that means you get fewer Qantas frequent flyer points.

Bulkhead seats help a fair a bit! No Vegemite but you did get a Fantail...another Australian icon! Excellent review and well done to Qantas on their product!

Ok pro tip for SFO, if you want some decent food and you have a long layover at SFO go to Terminal 3, the food court is amazing!

Haha loved the "no sign of vegemite". A great review of the premium economy seats, so lucky to have a whole row to yourself too!

Love seeing those Qantas 744s still kicking! Awesome vid.

Wow what a brilliant video! Never been to the States but by watching trip reports even the F&B in premium economy looks better than first class in US domestic!

The meals service seemlike business class good job QF 👍

Thank you for sharing ! I hope you got a fair refound..

Fantastic video and editing!! I love watching them :)

Nice editing. Liked the creative use of some kind of cart in the SFO terminal that moved past you.

This is the exact kind of flight review I like watching

0:31 I’m glad you are getting the full qantas experience

Great trip report. Straight-forward and all points are clearly presented. But I'm kind of surprised that the cabin light is not completely dim during take off. Love Qantas cabin products and the colour.

I think premium economy on most airlines now is what business class used to look like, and business class is what first class aspired to. Depends of course on the carrier but def with SQ

Music amazing. Footage montage top notch. We never serve Vegemite on board, we save that for us…😛

great video. straightforward and simple. thanks from a retired ol Alaskan.

Aa couple of years ago I tried QANTAS after many years. I see the ground staff in Sydney have managed to hone their rudeness to a fine degree. Nothing subtle anymore just raw rudeness. I wrote to the complaints dept of this airline and received a half hearted apology. So whatever was experienced in Premium Economy was just academic interest as I will never use QANTAS in the future, By the way, I am Australian

Okay, you've sold me. When I go back to Australia next year, I'm spending the extra $$$ to fly Premium Economy.

6 hours at San Fran, that'sbetter then me. I was there a whole day from my United Flight which departed from Phil landed before 8am and my United 787 departing at 11pm

I miss seeing the Qantas 747 at SFO 😔

No disrespect to you because I know how hard creating and editing videos are but, the next time you do a review like this, please make sure to include the seat recline and most importantly leg room. I’ve been searching for a good review with the things that i find most important but, still haven’t found one yet and my flight from NYC to MEL leaves in about a week.

At 2:22 when you made the comment about the seats in premium economy being the same as the kind that US carriers use in domestic first class; I thought the same thing when I flew premium economy from LAX to Tel Aviv on El Al. The entire trip I thought I was in First Class.

Hi Scott aka sanspotter! What an awesome route and product to try out, really loved this video! QF premium economy really looks great! The food all looks good as well :) Shame about the big delay and your missed connection. But as there are so many flights a day between Melbourne & Sydney, I am sure you were accomadated quickly. I remember flying domestic in Australia some years ago. It was one of my best experiences and so much different compared to domestic flying in Europe or the US. I hope there will be some reports on that from you :) Thanks again Brendan

U really travel the world. Have a nice time in Melbourne Scott. Great video.

I’m flying from Sydney to Dallas Fortworth in premium economy on Qantas in October on my way to Mexico! Exciting!

Am I missing something here...the most important facet was not covered. How far does the seat recline?

Great review, my question is , would you fly Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane to NY or London non stop for 24s on the A350 or 777x which I am expecting almost the same premium economy features?

Although you didn't call this vid a review (and it wasn't) I wish you mentioned how the seats where when reclined. Did you have enough leg room to stretch all the way out or did the bulkhead get in the way? Would you have more room in the seat behind you?

Hey Scott! I’m flying American Airlines’ A330-200 in Economy tomorrow! (PHL-MUC) I also plan to watch Crazy Rich Asians. Is it a good film? Thanks Scott!

Nice trip report. 👍 Strange that you didn’t get an amenity kit. I flew QF50 last year in premium economy and we got a small Country Road branded amenity kit. 🤔

How times change. My fist trans-Pacific flight was Brisbane-Auckland-Nadi-Honolulu-Los Angeles back in '84 with an Air New Zealand 747-200.

Scott is the only reviewer that doesn’t irritate the f*ck outta me.

So excited!!!! Love this! Glad I was able to talk to you in the Instagram DM before your flight!

👏👏👏👏👏✈️Very nice! I also loved the background music you chose for this one-perfectly matched up! That Prem Eco seat on a 787-9 was insane and just unreal! So cool that you were able to switch seats!!!!! Oh, and by the way, if you don’t want those amenity kits, I will happily take them. Obsessed with them!🤣😈🤪

Flys over Bulla Road @ 9.01 on the way to the runway. The nostalgia; used to drive back and forth on this road to the city everyday from home to work to home to work....

Terrific review as always!

Nice review! :D The Premium Economy product on Qantas B787-9 looks pretty sleek! :D

Great camera work!...looking forward to more...you've set the bar high!

Your production quality has really improved a lot recently. Love it Hope you get more Subs mate

I'm flying mel to sfo then to vegas. We arrive at terminal 1 in sfo but depart for vegas at terminal 3.. are we able to walk between the 2 terminals or do we have to get transport

Awesome TR! Unfortunate you had a delay but it looks like you had a nice flight! The 787 is a really fantastic aircraft, I'd be curious to know what the delay was for. Hopefully I'll get to fly with QF someday. Also, if you have the time, I was wondering what tracks you used for the music in your last few videos, mainly SEA-SAN, YVR-SEA, and YUL-YVR. If you could update the descriptions of those videos with links to the music, that'd be awesome!

Scott how do you avoid the motion sickness induced by lack of a visible horizon on a 10+ hour overnite pacific ocean crossing? especially when you got quesy on a 10 minute jaunt from SAN to LAX on that Delta 717?

Glad you showed the seating space. Food and onboard announcements are of least interest. I travel alot and too often large people on either side spill over into my economy seat, take over the arm-rest and make me feel like an anorexic sardine in a narrow can. Will try P-economy next time.

Did you read the wrapper on the lolly? They are called Fantales and the writing has stories about movies, bios of actors etc. Hence the name Fan Tales (Fantales).

You didnt mention anything regarding sleeping in prem econ. Do these seat recline better than normal econ?

Good video and review. Thanks for sharing.

No special lounge for the premium customer?

Great video! Superb footage! Did you manage to get any sleep on the flight? I would also like to know what camera gear you use? Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!

Did LAX to Sydney last year on a 787 great flight

Nice Video, Scot, once again. Btw does PE not lead you to lounge at SFO? Sorry about the $18 food spend🙁

You didn't show us any seat recline!

Great video. Can't believe how delayed that flight was. I feel bad for all the people who missed their connecting flights. One of the reasons I'm thinking of staying in the city for a few days instead of immediately heading out into other parts of Australia on arrival day.

The distance doesn’t mean much in reality . The flight sometimes goes out on the NewZealand route & some days goes as far north as the Caloundra before crossing the coast . They pilots chase the best winds and minimal turbulence.

so for long haul international flights, you recommend the Premium Econ upgrade over Economy?

Wow just realized you are Norebbo, love your templates mate🤩🙌

great video I think the food was cool :)

Did you have to do immigration at Sydney airport?

New intro! QF premium economy looks nice! Food in premium economy is different from the food served on economy?

Have you ever considered adding the arrival process. I get you can’t film Immigration and Customs, but perhaps show us the other bits out to the curb, or potential other transportation from the airport? (I realize that’s not appropriate for this trip since you were connecting)

I love your runners. I can't tell what they are?

Would have been nice if you told us about the comfort level, etc.

I am a VERY EARLY show up also. Mostly because of the time it mostly takes to get thru all the check points, in most airports. The airport process and procedures is what I want fixed more. Noticed you must have slept A LOT on this one. Did not see as much on flight or walk around. Qantas is one of my top 5/10 Airlines. (In no specific order). But I do choose business class for LONG FLIGHTS if I can get a good price. ANOTHER GOOD VIDEO THANK YOU

QANTAS IS THE WAY TO GO!

Another great and witty report. Why do long-haul airlines have chicken sausage in their breakfast offering. They are disgusting. We can cope with the spongy scrambled eggs and rubber mushrooms, but why chicken sausage? We've learned our lesson and now opt for anything other than that except congee.

Very hard to justify unless you can afford it. Unfortunately economy has become very uncomfortable. I remember flying Melbourne to Auckland on an ANZ DC10 , huge wide seats & good food . Down side sheer boredom now at least I can watch a film or track the flight.

The only down side I can see to your flight is that sitting so close to business class, but not quite in business class, would be a little frustrating at sleep time. I'd be quite envious of the lie flats!

Great filming, editing & review. No Vegemite yet! 😭🤣. Welcome to Oz btw, come and visit Western Australia, it's nearly half the size of the whole country 👍

Hello there Scott, One my second nieces works for that airlines company!!! She's regionally from the Philippines.

6 hour delay then 15 hour flight. Sounds fun

Great Video loved watching it...

If the B787-9 can fly 15hrs, from the US to Australia, why did Qantas recently decide to purchase the A350 for its project 'Sunrise' flight to the US? That decision will not bring commonality of operations to the airline for sure. I guess it has more to do with fuel cost savings, nothing more than that...

When did we start calling services "product"?

did you purposely take a connecting flight to Sydney to try the newer premium economy?

Hope you had a chance to enjoy Australia just a bit...great country and people.

Love premium economy...QANTAS PE is much better than Air Canada...and one of the things I really like about QANTAS is the fact the pilots talk to the passengers.❤

Well worth staying up until 12:35am for (UK)

Do you have to use economy toilets, at the back of the plane?

Sensational Qantas Trip Report Scott!👍

Yet Aussies complain about QF PE being subpar 🤷🏻‍♂️ Amazing editing.