Qantas Airways

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4 star Skytrax Rating
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Seat Comfort 12345
Staff Service 12345
Value for Money 12345
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2/10

"no rights to use the second seat"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | Denpasar to Melbourne. I asked for business class upgrade or next to me an empty seat in economy. I was explained none was available for me in Denpasar. But it was possibility not to sell seats next to me. I was brought in wheelchair by another kind Indonesian girl which was in striking contrast with Qantas crew. My seat was 6C. Two seats next to me were vacant - I was hoping relax my legs. Suddenly the crew relocated a girl from 5E in order to provide the double seat to the guy from 5F as apparently, he had longer legs. I tried to object but the flight attendant asked me whether I paid for that seat. I said No because it was not possible. She said you have no rights to use the second seat. Small aircraft, rows so close to each other, PAX could barely pass each other. I am a frequent flyer for 20+ years but was treated that badly and unfairly.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteDenpasar to Melbourne
Date FlownSeptember 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
10/10

"cabin crew were very efficient"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | I flew with Qantas from San Francisco to Melbourne last week. It was a 15 hour long flight. I had a great experience. The flight was comfortable. The cabin crew were very efficient and warm, I want to give them 10 stars for the service. Food was delicious, especially the hot breakfast. Not only Australia's best, Qantas is one of the best airlines in the world. If any airlines can make one feel at home in the air, it's Qantas.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSan Francisco to Melbourne
Date FlownSeptember 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
2/10

"all our seats were re-arranged"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Qantas refused to refund our seats that we did not get. We were traveling as a family of 7 (2 grandparents from each side, my husband, my 4 year son and myself). We paid $30 per seat so that we could sit together and watch out for each other because some of the grandparents are in their 80's and do not speak English. However, when we checked in, we found out all our seats were re-arranged and in the worst possible way! Our 4 year old child was assigned in middle seat no where near his parents. In addition, the family was divided in half, separated by the service station. What bothers me the most is that there seem to be no obvious reason for them to re-arranged seats in such a devastating manner - it was not a full flight. I saw quite a few empty seats in the back. We spoke to the woman who was the head of the stewardess about the problem upon boarding, she said she would try to see what she could do, but she never got back to us at all. The seats were horrible seats for a few reason. First, our family of 7 were completely separated and my wife and I could not take care of the old and the young easily. Second, there were a lot of traffic and noise from crew and other passengers because they were next to the Service station.Third, we were always the last one to receive food service because of the location. This is a problem when we have 4 year old and 80 years old who were diabetics. In addition, the person in front of us had her seat reclined so far back, it was hard to get in and out of our seats to go to the bathroom. We as a family travel internationally twice a year for the last 10 years. This flight is probably the worst one we had ever been in.
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSydney to San Francisco
Date FlownAugust 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"an absolute nightmare"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | Honolulu to Melbourne via Sydney. My recent trip back from Honolulu was and still is an absolute nightmare. Coming from someone who's travelled some of the lowest rated airlines in the world whilst backpacking around Asia my expectation of customer service is very low and I guess I had an expectation that if anything was to go wrong with Qantas we would be looked after, how was I wrong. We were notified that one of our bags was held up (despite providing both bags to Qantas at the same time at the domestic transfer lounge) and that the second bag would be delivered to us the following day and we would receive a phone call advising a 3 hour window our bag would be delivered. Not ideal as we had been away for a while but we sucked it up and figured it could be worse. The following day we received a call saying our bag had arrived and we would receive it between 3 and 6 pm. At 8pm we had not heard anything further and our bag still had not arrived, after calling Qantas baggage services and being on hold for 45 minutes (something that we are quite used to now) we were told the courier had arrived at 1pm but couldn't find our bag and they had no idea where it was. They suspected the wrong courier may have taken our bag and it would come back eventually and they would call us the following day. After not receiving a call the next day we called back and nothing had been received. The 3 staff were laughing at how ridiculous the situation was, something we took great offence to. 3 days later we called back for an update and asked kindly for some form of allowance for everyday items and advice around whether we could start replacing a few items. A member of staff thought this was quite reasonable and couldn't believe we weren't offered anything prior but after speaking to her manager she offered 2 x lounge passes. Absolutely useless, we have no plans to fly Qantas and there's no way they will help us in this situation. We of course declined this offer. Forward 21 days until our baggage would be considered lost we submitted a lost baggage claim for $3.9k - We were offered $2k as a final claim and asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and a form which relieves Qantas of any responsibility. I've been asked to do this despite 2 members of staff admitting it was 100% Qantas' fault. They couldn't believe couriers could just take whatever bags they wished and there was no need to sign in or out bags. We are told we are free to claim the additional through travel insurance something we have no intention to do. Qantas need to take responsibility for what they've done and simply reimburse the full replacement cost of our items.
AircraftA330
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteHonolulu to Melbourne via Sydney
Date FlownAugust 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
8/10

"prices are competitive"

(Germany)

Trip Verified | London to Melbourne via Singapore. The seats are nice by economy standards, the IFE has a lot to offer and drinks are served complimentary. I sense that meals became less tasty recently and they might want to consider getting back to previous quality. But it's still my best bet from Europe to Australia, partly because stop-overs in Singapore (or Dubai in the past) are timed well, enough to get a decent stretch and visit the butterfly garden and short enough to not waste time. I will choose Qantas given their prices are competitive (which they often are).
AircraftA380
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteLondon to Melbourne via Singapore
Date FlownSeptember 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
6/10

"let down by operations"

(New Zealand)

Trip Verified | We experienced 2-hour delays on QF23 Sydney to Bangkok and on the return sector QF38 Singapore to Melbourne. Flight tracking shows this is quite normal especially on the SYD-BKK sector. We arrived at BKK with 30 minutes to get through immigration and re-screening for connecting flight to Phuket. Incorrect information given to our travelling companion by Qantas check-in staff regarding uplifting of luggage in BKK and rechecking in for Phuket saw items purchased in SYD confiscated at re-screening. The checked-in luggage was in fact checked through to Phuket. On arrival to Phuket I found my luggage did not make it. On departure day, we received notification that QF38 was going to be delayed leaving SIN which meant missing our onward connection to NZ. As I was in Business Class, I was rescheduled with additional flight from MLB to SYD and then to NZ. My travelling companions fared worse. They were rescheduled to fly on a different airline the following day. This meant having to stay an extra night and extensive layover in MLB for their flight to NZ. On arrival, their luggage did not turn up. I feel very sorry for the crew having to explain and apologise for the delays and the inconvenience not of their doing. They were the saving grace in terms of their professionalism, friendliness and attentiveness on-board. The new business class seating on the A330 is a fantastic product however the food overall is slightly below par to that of other airlines. Overall, inflight service fantastic only to be let down by operations.
AircraftA330-300
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteSydney to Bangkok
Date FlownAugust 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
7/10

"Inflight service was efficient"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | Sydney to Brisbane return. Both flights were very smooth from beginning to end. As it was a return trip, online Check In made it very seamless as I only had carry on baggage. All my trips started off with a visit to the Business Lounge, with the Brisbane Business Lounge far superior than the Sydney location. Qantas really needs to update the space as it's getting very dated. Both flights departed on time, Inflight service was efficient with decent food and beverages and IFE was great with new content added. Keep it up Qantas.
AircraftBoeing 737-800
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSydney to Brisbane
Date FlownSeptember 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
2/10

"kids meal nobody else wanted"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | The flight on Qantas from Brisbane to LA (two times) and even my flight to Tokyo the food ran out of beef and chicken and I am always offered the left over kiddies meal. This is the 4th time with my good hard earned airfare I have been offered a kids meal nobody else wanted. This is terrible customer service and after speaking to a staff member from Qantas she doesn't seem to know what to do or care about it either. She said 'what do you expect me to do". If I went to a restaurant and paid for a nice meal and they offered me a left over kids meal, or a meal someone else has already touched, would this staff member be happy.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteBrisbane to Los Angeles
Date FlownAugust 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
7/10

"inflight service quick and efficient"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | Sydney To Gold Coast. A fairly smooth flight, with Check In and Security quick and painless. Then it was a visit to the Business Lounge for some much needed breakfast. Priority Boarding was enforced, amazing to see great Customer service. The flight itself was very smooth, with inflight service quick and efficient and great content from IFE. Departure and Arrival was on schedule.
AircraftBoeing 737-800
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeFirst Class
RouteSydney to Gold Coast
Date FlownAugust 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
3/10

"Such a terrible service"

(New Zealand)

Trip Verified | I was flying with Qantas from Auckland to Singapore via Melbourne and then to Colombo with Emirates. When I arrived in Colombo found out my luggage wasn't there. After complaining Airport staff found out it was still in Melbourne and never transferred to my flight to Singapore QF35 and Emirates did not receive it from Qantas in Singapore. To make things worse they kept postponed sending my luggage day by day and finally, I received it after 5 days. By then I had to cancel my trip to Kandy, buy new clothes for me as all my clothes in the luggage, and also hire a vehicle go back again to Colombo airport to pick my luggage and go through all the trouble as Colombo airport service was terrible. I spent two more weeks in Sri Lanka and kind of expecting some sort of compensation or at least a letter of apology from Qantas. I have experienced a similar trouble with Kuwait Airways and they were very fast in service recovery. But nothing from Qantas. When I came back to Auckland I sent my complaint to Qantas and to my surprise they keep passing the responsibility to Emirates which I flew from Singapore to Colombo. How could Emirates pick up my luggage in Melbourne which was under Qantas? I flew into Melbourne with Qantas and flew out of Melbourne with Qantas and It was Qantas who is responsible for transfering my luggage from QF158 to QF35. Unfortunately, Qantas customer services do not admit it's their fault. They not only ruined my holidays but also not giving reasons why my luggage was not transferred and why it was delayed 5days. Such a terrible service I will never fly with horrible Qantas again.
AircraftBoeing 737-800 / A380
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteAuckland to Singapore via Melbourne
Date FlownJuly 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no