Hello from Dubai! I just flew Royal Brunei’s 787 for the 8hr25min flight between Bandar Seri Begawan and Dubai. The plane continues to London, though I got off here. I’ve been wanting to take this flight for a long time, and am happy I finally had the opportunity. There were aspects of the experience that…
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I'm jealous. Have long wanted to give BI a try since 767 days. Just could never swing the excuse for a side excursion to Bandar Seri Begawan.
Suggested lighthearted post: Should you eat up at the lounge or save space for the inflight meal? I've found that most lounges have better food than their respective planes, but of course it varies.
It would be a pain to fly from Melbourne to Bandar Seri Begawan to Dubai to London without even having a glass of wine.
the only reason people are flying Melbourne-Bandar-Dubai-London is because RB offers dirt cheap fares in J. That's it.
You can actually bring on the small duty free bottles of alcohol on all the flights except for the last BWN-MEL leg I believe. The FAs will apparently give you glasses/soda for it etc.
I was a travel agent in Melbourne and they are an extremely popular option to get to London as their return trip fares (in economy) would often be around $1200 during peak season when Emirates, Etihad, Singapore etc would be around $1800-$2200. Also people like the idea of breaking up the journey so they are are not on a 15 hour flight from MEL to the Middle East. The airline reps would market this route and getting people familiar with the routing by explaining it as a "7 hour flight to BWN, 8 hour flight to DXB, and 7 hour flight to LON on the 787", trying to emphasize how nice it is to break up the journey. To each their own I guess.
Royal Brunei business fares MEL-LHR are not that cheap at all. Generally approaching 6k. There are several cheaper options than them.
Once I flew their 767 and the first class restroom was unlike any other I've seen - gold plated sink and knob (yes, real gold!) and even some of their F seats had some gold elements.
When you consistently order fish for your main course, most times it'll be dried out or overly sauced.
Interested to see if claim that you could bring your own spirits on board is true. Otherwise it would be a real bust over 8+ hours.
Lucky, so where have you deposited your miles from Royal Brunei flights? Asia Miles?
How full was the flight? I wonder if it is easy to redeem award seats in J for Royal Brunei?
You certainly can bring your own alcohol on board, and there will be no objection from the crew. Indeed, my wife and I were sitting in row 2 behind a couple of RB pilots slipping from Dubai to Bandar who turned around during meal service and offered us their bottle of Claret they had bought from Dubai duty free!