Qantas Premium Economy on the A380

It’s time to fly! This time I’m checking out Premium Economy on the world’s largest passenger aircraft – the massive Airbus A380.

I’m flying with Qantas from Melbourne to Singapore on QF35 – the perfect 7 ½ hour flight to check out the full Qantas Premium Economy service and see if it is worth the upgrade from standard economy class.

This Qantas flight review features the entire Qantas premium economy product from departure through take off, the onboard service, the seat, entertainment system and our landing in Singapore.

Join me and we’ll experience the Qantas A380 together.

NOTE: Qantas has 12 Airbus A380s in their fleet – they are currently upgrading these so that the premium economy and business class seats are the same standard as those featured on the Qantas 787. At the time of uploading only one aircraft had been done and another one (this one I flew) was being done. It will take until the end of at least 2020 until all 12 aircraft are upgraded.

Here are some links referred to in my video:

Route: Melbourne (MEL) to Singapore (SIN)
Length: 3,754 miles, 7:32 hrs
Flight: QF35 Seat 24A
Aircraft: Airbus A380-800 registration VH-OQH (Aug 2009)
When: 14 August 2019

Camera: Panasonic HC-VX1

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First Class Reviews:

[joseantoniolago]

My wife and I used to travel every other seven months or so in economy class, but once we try business class, we decided to travel every 12 months, and to us, that change really worth it.

[adeliokilcullen]

Love it when people say they love the vid 30seconds after it was released

edit: of course! all DB vids deserve a like!

[JaydenWong]

wow what a treat for us to watch on a Saturday😍 I'll definitely miss those old 380 seats but I look forward to the new one coming up

[danielintheantipodes]

Your happy smile never fails to lift my spirits! Personally, I doubt I would pay the extra for premium economy, though if the money (or points) was there, I would pay the extra for business. I find that even in economy i can reduce the misery to a bearable level by paying a little extra for day flights and a night in a stopover city on the way over. Thank you for the video! I hope you are as happy in life as you appear to be in your videos!

[Aventerra]

I appreciate your personal take on where you draw the line with the pricing.

[geecee]

i flew this premium economy product SYD/SCL/SYD last year & also found the seat quite hard- especially after 13 hours. My motivation for travelling in this cabin was for the seat & not so much for the extra service/bells & whistles. The fare was very good as I booked 6 months in advance & was a lot cheaper than business. But for such long sectors I would probably migrate further up to business class for the comfort. Great review thanks Dennis...

[wingng]

I hate watching ads, but I'll suffer the pain knowing it keeps your channel going.

Keep up the good work! Loving all your reviews!

[dcjimr]

Always makes me happy to see a Dennis Bunnik video alert! I'm 6'4" so I would always opt for premium economy if it was available, although the economy row with all the leg room looked nice. 🙂The video monitor in the armrest also cuts down on seat width and every centimeter counts when you're travelling long distance.

[joshuaadams]

I flew on the same aircraft on Aug 1 to Singapore in economy. Very comfortable journey with great crew even got a tour of the plane and cockpit after landing

[willjorgenson]

I’ve been waiting for this for a long Thank u Dennis

[cardiffflyer]

I've only ever flown Premium economy once and that was with Air France overnight from MSP to CDG and as someone who only ever flies economy it was definitely worth the extra especially on an overnight flight!
Fantastic video as always!

[bcfirb]

Your comment at the end about the price premium that QF want for premium economy is spot on. Just never worth it for me. Not when competitors are offering business flights at close to the same premium as Qantas wants for its additional economy offering.

Great video as always Dennis. Had been missing your travails recently.

[mcscootie]

Good review again. Would like if you included what you paid for it, if you used your points and how much alternative economy and first class/ busines class would have cost

[Patrick-ryvy]

Awesome editing around 10:30! Great new feel to the channel

[nycflyertravel]

I’m really glad that Qantas is retrofitting their A380s!

[BobSaysWhat]

They are so generous with quantity of the wine in a glass.
Good Aussie Spirit!! 😁😁😁😁

[CrankyGrandma]

Hahaha! Your reasons for subscribing and hitting the notification bell are the most honest (and most amusing) I’ve heard. I’m already subscribed (but you may be the first channel where I actually hit that bell)

[mattwaight]

I enjoy all your travel videos and your thoughtful comments. I have never flown Qantas and look forward to doing so, someday soon.

[PaulStewartAviation]

I'm fairly sure I follow that flight attendant on instagram! I agree that the views from the QF first lounge are great minus those tinted windows which really block out the colours. I suppose they'll make sense during summer time, though. It was also a nice touch putting Reg's name on that A380 too. I'm in two minds about premium economy and think it's probably worth it more-so on night flights. An 8hr day flight to the south east asian cities is probably tolerable in Y.

[Texas]

I loved the final Ansett Australia livery.