Hello again flying friends now regular viewers if this channel will know that a
couple of weeks ago I got to fly on the brand new Qantas 787 series nine
Dreamliner. We took a trip up to Sydney in the economy class cabin but what I
really wanted to check out was the cabin that I think is gonna be of interest to
quite a lot of you watching out there and that's the new Premium Economy cabin
on the Dreamliner. So what we're doing today is I've actually booked two
flights we flight up to Sydney in the front row that's row 20 of Premium
Economy hop back on the same plane and fly the Dreamliner back to Melbourne
again but this time at the back of Premium Economy in row 23. That way I can
give you a good comparison of what it's like either up the front a Premium
Economy or down the back. Now I'm not going to be looking at the F&B
service the food and drinks that you'll be getting onboard because that's going
to be slightly different in the international flights this is just a
domestic flight here in Australia. But we will get a good chance to look at seats and
the cabin. I'm also going to see if we can get onto the flight deck of the
Dreamliner as well which is something I've been wanting to do just to have a
really quick look around. Okay Uber is here let's go the airport.
Magic! Alright let's get onboard.
So I'm used to I fly a Cirrus up in Moorabbin, an SR20 so I'm used
to the glass cockpit but this is yeah. Your glass is probably more
advanced than ours. I'm not sure about there you got a lot
more switches than we do anyway
So coo. Thank you I know you guys are busy.
Thank you so much appreciate that you're flying back as well. Yeah so I'm coming back on the 2 o'clock.
Okay so there was a pretty good trip up here I mean to be honest I really like
the Premium Economy cabin. We were in the front row off the cabin there's only
four rows of seats on Premium Economy four rows of seven so that's 28 seats in
Premium Economy. Now the advantage of that front row is obviously you get that
little bit of extra legroom in front of you and there's no one in front to
recline their seat. Couple of disadvantages well you can't use your TV
screen on takeoff and landing that needs to be stowed and you can't have a bag in
front of you as well that has to be stowed in the overhead compartment but
those are small things to be honest and if you're flying the Dreamliner for
long-haul then you're really not going to need those because you know 98
percent of the time you're gonna be up in the cruise anyway. Now what I do want
to compare it to is I do want to compare it to a window seat so on the way home
we're sitting in a window seat and also we're sitting a few rows back so I can
compare the legroom to that front row seat and Premium Economy
so yeah let's hop back onboard and they see what it's like sitting a few seats back.
No no pleasure enjoy thank you very much. That's a quick trip just coming going to the terminal, coming back.
Well I wanted to check out the plane.
Thank you.
This is a row 23 this is the furthest back in the premium economy so normal
economy is just behind us there. It's actually very cozy, nice sitting here by the window.
You've actually got two windows both with their own window shades which will
have a play within a second.
The windows take a lot longer to go bright,
than they do to go dark. But they're good fun. I think I might do it again.
So it does take a couple of minutes but this is pretty much completely black.
That's very cool.
It's not for iPhones. iPads.
I don't normally like reclining a seat on a plane but here in Premium Economy in the back row
there's noone behind you so I don't feel so bad.
With reduced visibility rain showers and some drizzle with low cloud temperature
here in Melbourne fourteen degrees Celsius. Hope you enjoyed the flight, welcome to Melbourne.
Thanks very much thank you, can I get a wave for the film as well?
Thank you very much thank you for travelling with us/ We'll see you soon. See you soon!
Okay so then the final question where is the
best place to sit in premium economy on the Dreamliner and should you upgrade if
you have the chance? The only place I'd say to maybe avoid is the middle, right
down the middle so that's row E in premium economy only because you have to
go across someone else to get out of your seat. But look apart from that you
get all the other benefits still get the good seat still get the legroom still
get the premium economy service. But look if you if you really if you had to
choose if there's nothing else available then still row he's gonna be fine. But if
you get a choice my recommendation is gonna be go for the front row and try
and get one of the window seats. Now if you're traveling is a couple of the two
seats near the window on either side definitely go for those ones if you're
on your own kind of depends what you're after if you like the window seat
obviously go for that if not then go for the aisle because then you don't need to
disturb anyone if you want to get up and if someone's gonna go around you if
you're on the front and they can actually walk around the front of you
without having to ask you to move out the way. Whereas in the seats further
back you would probably have to get out of your seat to let someone out. And then
the final thing, the main question is is it worth it should you upgrade if you
get the chance well based on the experiences that I've had, I flown now in
economy on the Dreamliner and premium economy and looking at the fares
obviously if the fares are within your means yeah I would definitely upgrade. If
you're gonna do long haul on that aircraft it's a bit of a no-brainer to
me to be honest because Premium Economy on that plane is actually really good.
Alright thanks as always for watching I hope you found that useful if you're
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