Once onboard we were again greeted by Bernadette and Aninda, and I settled back into seat 2A. This time around there were a lot more goodies waiting for me, including an amenity kit. The amenity kit was different than on the outbound, both in terms of the packaging and the contents.
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Just out of curiousness, is the other first class passenger the same as the one from the picture at the Dnata lounge's first class section?
Thanks for the review Ben. one thing though.... what is odd about a grilled vegetable quesadilla??
This is awesome to read! Kudos to Garuda! Is it possible for Garuda to pick up passengers in SIN? Hopefully there is a market for this route (CGK-SIN-LHR-CGK) so Garuda can continue to serve this type of cabin in the future.
@ Joey -- They do indeed have pick-up rights, so you can fly them SIN-LHR/LHR-CGK-SIN. It's my understanding the flight will eventually be nonstop between Jakarta and London, though, once upgrades are made to the runway at CGK.
Interesting Airshow feature of showing the wreck location of the Wilhelm Gustloff. How odd.
Lucky, if one flies GA First from DPS to NRT, what is the lounge used in DPS? And last question, just going on tangent a bit, I noticed that you spent 3 days in Jakarta. What did you guys do while you were there?
Lucky, I am begging you to try Etihad and V Aus business class on your way home from your Jordon trip. You could route AUH-SYD/BNE-LAX on Etihad and VAus respectively. Thanks!
Lucky, I am begging you to try Etihad and V Aus business class on your way home from your Jordon trip. You could route AUH-SYD/BNE-LAX on Etihad and VAus respectively. Thanks!
P.S This would deliver the Etihad Business class review everyone wants! Heck you could even do an Emirates Business class flight to Aus. Just be ready to not be able to shower at 38000 feet!
Nice report.
Surprised the pic of the contents of the amenity kit have not (yet) acted as a trigger for the anti-Trumpites...
They've downgraded the champagne. It used to be Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart 2002, but now it's just Vintage 2006.
Thanks for writing another Great review with lots of photos.
"Aninda explained that she had already hung my pajamas in my wardrobe, which I thought was such incredible attention to detail."
WOW! Is there anything they don't think of? Anything?? I have the highest respect for whoever spent all that time thinking about all of these small details. Truly service that is so far above the rest and light years ahead of the rude service I get when traveling on AA.
"The level of procession with which everything was done really blew me away. For example, they’d always serve Ford and me at the same exact time, which is to say they’d emerge from the galleys on both aisles at the same time, and place the plates on our trays at the same millisecond."
Another WOW! This is just incredible. They absolutely did not have to serve with such precision. No need to at all, but they did! Please share more details Lucky. It is really the service details that make all the difference.
Man I wish I could fly Garuda First Class - but then if I did, it would ruin all my other flights lol…
@Derek, they show a lot of wreaks it seems, wonder if they switch between air disasters and maritime? 😉
@Kevin, yup, makes no sense. Even if they showed the current timezone the plane was in it shouldn't be represented like that on the screen (and it looks like they are GMT+4 during that transit period anyway)
Billecart-Salmon champagne is served in the Qatar Airways Platinum Lounge. It's OK, but nothing to write home about 😉
I recently flew two sectors in J with Etihad from PER to Abu Dhabi.
I don't rate them well, the service was shocking and it really felt that the crew did not, at all; want to be working on board. Very disappointed in this experience and yes on two long 11 hour sectors! After hearing and seeing how well rated EY were in Business I cannot recommend them.
On the other hand I will be flying with them again in only a week so let's see how they are now.
Regarding VA and the cross country route front SYD to PER, 'The Business' is highly recommended and a fantastic soft and hard product.
In saying that I forgot to mention that the EY J hard product only the seat area and comfort plus the 787 were fantastic! Great seat, great plane and wi-fi was a treat!
The SYD to LAX and SYD to Abu Dhabi in J on VA in 'The Business' would be fantastic! If it's anything like the routes back and forth across Australia then you'll have a great experience.
Thank You for your awesome report on Garauda - your details and personal thoughts make your Blog a favourite of mine - Garuda First must be in your top five. you fan from Shanghai.