Leroy and Bubba return home: QF J MEL-SYD and SQ F SYD-SIN-KUL

[Leroy and Bubba]

After many days of nice holidays, mummy decided it was time to go home to Malaysia. She said she liked to sit on the 747-400, but wanted to connect home to Kuala Lumpur on the same day, so she got us tickets to go from MEL-SYD-SIN-KUL. We could not take UA again as the timing was not good for us, so mummy booked us on the Cityflyer service between MEL-SYD on QF. Cityflyer is Qantas's service to all the capital cities in Australia, or so we're told.

We got up very early to catch QF412, a 0730 departure from Melbourne. Mummy bundled us into a cab and we were off to Tullamarine. Using the citylink, we got a good view of the city as we climbed to the top of the bolte bridge


When we arrived at the airport, we went to the International connections area just like Uncle Keithmel told us to do. The nice lady couldn't give us our SQ boarding passes, but she did check our bag through to KUL.

Here's Leroy trying to put his BP away safely again. Still a bit big for him.


We then went to the Qantas Club lounge. Gosh it's so big and there are so many people. This is just a small section of the place.


Since some people on this forum like legroom shots, here's a shot of the legroom in the lounge


Bubba went to pick up a copy of the Herald Sun. Mummy reads it a lot- she says it's a blue collar paper, and she's blue collared so she reads it. We've only got one shirt each and it's white so i guess it's not for us. Bubba can't read anyway, he's just looking at the pictures of Kimi Raikkonen's provisional world championship win!


After a while, we all walked down to gate 11 where VH-OGT was waiting for us. Mummy was VERY happy then. She was hoping for a Dreamtime seat plane, instead of a Millenium seat plane. VH-OGT is a Dreamtime equipped plane. Just going by the names, we think Dreamtime is better too. Millienium's too hard to spell. Mummy explains that Dreamtime seats are 1-2-2 across on the 767, with 50 or so inches of pitch. Millenium seats are 2-2-2 across with only 38 inches of pitch.


Just before pushback - something caught bubba's Eye! 9V-SMS in MEL waiting to operate SQ228 home. That whetted our appetite for our SQ232 later that day too.

[Leroy and Bubba]

On board across row 1. Mummy and the both of us shared seat 1K. Here's a view across row 1. The A seat is a solo seat which is nice, unfortunately none were available.




Always remember to buckle up when seated!


Customary legroom shot in row 1. Quite comfy


The other good thing about Dreamtime seats is that they also have a PTV. Not the latest types, but good enough for us bears if we sit close enough.


Leroy checking out the safety card. Doesn't say much about lifevests for bears, but it's okay. We can swim quite well! Still, it's ALWAYS a good idea to read it. And these have nice piccies too!


Mealtime! We all shared a breakfast of poached eggs and sausage which was very yummy! Mummy made me a Qantas bib/napkin too!

[Leroy and Bubba]

Flight time was a short 1 hour flat, so it didn't matter that we left the gate a bit late.

Bye bye Melbourne! See you in december!


On approach into Sydney, mummy realised very quickly that we were landing on runway 16R and that seats on the left would have been IDEAL for views of Darling Harbour and Sydney harbour, but there were no seats available so we had to make do with this:


We didn't know what these were so we asked mummy - she said it was a whole lotta virgins.


Pulling into the Qantas Domestic Terminal 3 in Sydney - lots of Kangaroos!


We then took a bus from Gate 1 to the International Terminal. That was an easy and hassle free transfer, and if you're eligible - should always do that when transferring across in SYD.

Overall, we both enjoyed the flight very much. It was very nice to be addressed by name even on such a short flight and whilst it's not really a proper longhaul business class product, it's quite nice, especially with Dreamtime seats.

Hope you enjoyed reading it.

Part 2 will come tomorrow when mummy is less tired and will help us sort out the pictures of our next leg: SQ232 in First

[SINFJ]

Nice ones Leroy and Bubba.

Wish Cookiie and Elmo could do something like this when they will be exploring SQ 862/861 in C to HKG during X'mas

[jhm]

She was hoping for a Dreamtime seat plane, instead of a Millenium seat plane. VH-OGT is a Dreamtime equipped plane. Just going by the names, we think Dreamtime is better too. Millienium's too hard to spell. Mummy explains that Dreamtime seats are 1-2-2 across on the 767, with 50 or so inches of pitch. Millenium seats are 2-2-2 across with only 38 inches of pitch.

Leroy and Bubba, many thanks for the TR!

I think you may need to ask Mummy to teach you again how to spell Millennium (I only finally learnt the correct spelling when I was a lot older than you two!).

[Leroy and Bubba]

Here's the SQ portion:

We transferred from QF T3 at Sydney by bus to T1 international. Quite a nice ride over the tarmac/ramp area.

We then checked in and were told that First and Business were full, and economy had 50 seats spare. The nice lady at check-in confirmed that they'd received our bag and would re-tag it so it would come out nice and early in Kuala Lumpur.

Mummy quite likes SQ232 at it allows a same day connection to Kuala Lumpur. SQ220 does too, but it means an overnight in SYD. SQ222 leaves too late in the day for a connection.

Here's us boarding 9V-SPF. Mummy's been on this plane many times, but it was a first for us.


Nice FA checking boarding pass


As it was a day flight, we weren't all that keen to go to sleepy land, so we preferred to explore the seat more properly. It made mummy quite mad since we were being a nuisance.



Today we were in 3F - which we don't like as much as 4A or F. Mummy doesn't cause it's closer to people around her. We don't like it cause we can't sit on the ledge and watch the outside world without a lift (the ledge is higher in row 4)


The really nice man in 2D. He said hello many times.


Normally we're very safety conscious but today I think we were a bit too naughty. Mummy snapped this picture of us not watching the safety video!


Too much sugar makes bears a bit naughty...... . Anyway - the world's a small place isn't it? It's only about 5 times the width of bubba's safety hat.

[Leroy and Bubba]

Flight time today was 7 hours and 40 minutes and we pushed back a few minutes late. On the taxi out we saw a few planes. SYD is nice for its' variety.



Takeoff was on Runway 16R, the same one we landed on a few hours earlier. Bye bye Sydney!


Soon it was time for lunch. We aren't sure why, but it seems that small kiddie bears don't get metal knives to eat with. Mummy says only grown up bears get metal knives. All we got was this little piece of paper with something written on it.


Bubba got into a LOT of trouble for this - Leroy wanted to try some Krug but didn't get any cause Bubba ran off with the flute and drank it all himself.


IFS Kumar Rai and LSS Fay Felicia set up a really yummy lunch. They are great chefs!

We love caviar!


A really nice steak. Mummy says that airplane food's usually quite horrid, but this one was v.nice.


And finished it off with a really pretty ice-cream. There was coffee, vanilla and chocolate in it, and it sat on a pretty biscuit.

[Leroy and Bubba]

When everyone went to sleep, we went and wandered around the cabin.


CS Ravi N (the famous MC/DJ one) who was working in the lower deck J came up to the F galley and with the IFS and LSS's we all had a nice chit chat. This crew obviously had lots of experience with bears, and were such nice people. Mummy and them got along fabulously too. She reckons this crew was super!

About two hours from Singapore, they served a light meal. Bubba is always hungry - so he opted for the udon.

[Leroy and Bubba]

Landing in Singapore, we saw this strange aircraft. It was quite big. Mummy wasn't sure what it was, and we weren't either. We guessed it was either a Yate Haugan or a Dinger 1000 (* You'll know what yates and dingers are if you've ever played transport tycoon )




Pulling into gate E26, we saw 9V-SMZ - the plane that took us to Sydney a few days earlier.


After freshening up at the SKL, we then went to gate F52 to board SQ118 to Kuala Lumpur.
To our right, at gate F50, was 9V-SPM, operating the 5th last SQ221 that will be a 747-400.

On board - mummy recognised IFS Ng immediately. She'd flown with her before a few times, but this is before we were born.

Legroom in F (this is a regional J seat on this KUL-SIN-KUL run)




Hope you've enjoyed reading our report! xxxxxxxxxx

Thanks very much

Leroy and Bubba

[SQflyergirl]

Leroy and Bubba, many thanks for the TR!

I think you may need to ask Mummy to teach you again how to spell Millennium (I only finally learnt the correct spelling when I was a lot older than you two!).

Mummy's discombobulated herself - her office tower is spelt Milenium.

[jhm]

Mummy's discombobulated herself - her office tower is spelt Milenium.

Leroy and Bubba have a very rich Mummy it seems.

DiscomBobbittWhat ? The dictionary to the rescue!

[blast-off]

Nice TR...Leroy and Bubba.....Its nice to see you down here.....and really sad to see you back to your 'world' hehehehehe....anyway...hope to see you in december.... and remember what mummy told you "Hindari Hisap Batang Kenikmatan-Kerena Bisa Menimbulkan Ketagihan".....


N.B: On behalf of All the Members of Kelab Batang Kenikmatan....wanna say thanks for the 2 bears visit.....we're all missing you here....come back soon Hehehehehehe....

[SQflyergirl]

Leroy and Bubba have a very rich Mummy it seems.

Oh don't you start!

DiscomBobbittWhat ? The dictionary to the rescue!

Oh don't you start part deux!

Nice TR...Leroy and Bubba.....Its nice to see you down here.....and really sad to see you back to your 'world' hehehehehe....anyway...hope to see you in december.... and remember what mummy told you "Hindari Hisap Batang Kenikmatan-Kerena Bisa Menimbulkan Ketagihan".....


N.B: On behalf of All the Members of Kelab Batang Kenikmatan....wanna say thanks for the 2 bears visit.....we're all missing you here....come back soon Hehehehehehe....

Tell the Kelab I miss them too! hahahahhah

[andySYD]

Very entertaining read - will be very hard to match this kind of TR

[SuperJonJon]

Great read! Helps take the edge off this horrid week. Thanks!