Thanks for watching, and we hope you found our video helpful. Would you fly economy on a 17-hour flight?
@niceguyali
11 ай бұрын
Not a chance so thank you for doing it so I don't have to. 🙂In fairness I'm not convinced I'd do it in Business class either unless there was a real need to be there super quick. Nice video folks.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
@@niceguyali hello and thanks for watching. Phil was not keen when I first suggested. Business class is the dream…. Maybe one day😀 Have a great day
@beachbum4691
9 ай бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores (reference Perth to London direct 17 hours) Wimps: the lot of you ;) 1973, Heathrow to Melbourne, 38 hours, tourist class, about 10? stops including Zürich and Rangoon with at least four crew changes (the only time I've ever landed in Rangoon) ex-Comet-4B, BA crew here, even in those days there were much more direct flights, someone had changed our booking and we didn't realise that we had been moved to the local Air-mule? service.......
@edwiazewicz250
8 ай бұрын
Yep did that very flight last summer, it was ok, connection to Dublin and 4 hours on the bus home killed me
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
8 ай бұрын
@@edwiazewicz250 the end of a trip is always a killer. We often do a 2 hour train ride home… last thing you want after a long haul flight. Glad you found it ok. Would you do it again?
@Andrew-jv7tc
Жыл бұрын
I’ve flown UA1 and UA2, which is 17 hours to and from San Francisco to Singapore. Idk how you felt on this flight, but at around hour 8 or 9, time just stopped existing, and at some point, we landed. It was for sure worth it. Faster and less hassle than switching planes somewhere in Asia or Europe (I originated in Chicago).
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hi Andrew, love reading your experience, was not aware of that flight. I can’t say cease to exist for me, I do like the picture though😀. I agree it was totally worth it for the convince. Thanks for sharing.
@ijonicus
6 ай бұрын
So helpful! I'm built like Bill and was concerned but he looks comfy!
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
6 ай бұрын
He was, scoring an empty seat was a bonus. I hope you have a comfy flight.
@CricketEngland
Ай бұрын
Me and my late mother flew direct London - Perth - Melbourne (and return) in 2018 and it was much better than flying via Dubai or Singapore we managed to get the rear two seats (next to the toilets) at the very back of the aircraft both ways so we had no one sitting with us which was really good and handy for mum to find the toilets. It was much better for the jet lag as mum had suffered before going via Dubai but had no problems going direct.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Ай бұрын
@@CricketEngland that is awesome, did the pros of those seats out weigh the proximity to the toilets?
@CricketEngland
Ай бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExploresyes we had more space between the second seat and the window for baggage and no hassle of anyone wanting to climb over us or us to climb over we hardly noticed being close to the toilets and it was much easier for mum as she had broken her arm then and was still in plaster and a sling. Mum was also 84 so it made things much easier
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Ай бұрын
@@CricketEngland that is good to hear, those seats get such a bad wrap.
@AymeeDonovan
7 ай бұрын
I love this video , thank you for posting. My Sister moved to Australia a year ago (from the UK) I want to go visit her in Sydney soon ❤ i found watching this to be helpful x
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
7 ай бұрын
Hello, I ope you get to Sydney soon. We live in the Blue mountains west of Sydney, it is beautiful. I am glad this was helpful. We have some Sydney and Blue Mountains video on our channel as well for when you get planning 😀 Have an awesome day and I truly hope you get to Sydney to see your sister very soon.
@Olviarodrigofan1
3 ай бұрын
Going on this flight Tmw so exited . And u guys made it look like an awesome experience! Xxx ❤❤
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
3 ай бұрын
Oh wow amazing, flight and I hope you have a great experience. Travel brilliantly😀
@filips6528
Жыл бұрын
Amazing flight report! Thank you! I just discovered your channel :)) Subscribed!
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hello and welcome. Thank you for you very kind words
@liftoffandtravel
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video 👍very down to earth and nice to watch. Keep them coming 🌎✈️
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hello there, I am so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@ren2704
Жыл бұрын
This flight passed above my place and when I look at it I dream to be one day onboard to visit Australia.... One day...
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
I hope you dream comes true
@beachbum4691
9 ай бұрын
Your words imply you are living somewhere other than Australia? if you do make it, can I invite you (most keenly) to try to include Perth in your itinerary, the logic being that Perths latitude transposed the northern hemisphere would align with Marrakesh in Morocco, so the weather here is truly fantastic, and we have the only warm water ocean current in the southern hemisphere, very best wishes, John, Scarborough Beach, Perth, Au' :)
@Hattonbank
22 күн бұрын
Totally agree. Brit here on my third trip to Oz and second trip to Perth Have stayed in all Oz cities bar Darwin and firmly believe Perth to be the best. Lovely city, location, people, architecture, great place, and the weather ain’t bad either!
@georgiehenleyfan251
Жыл бұрын
Done it 6 times now back to oz in feb again live the non stop flight qantas the best to fly to australia any day been with others
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
6 times that is amazing, we would do it again if we flew out of Perth again, can’t wait fir the out of Sydney ones to start up 😀 I do enjoy Qantas
@beachbum4691
9 ай бұрын
Wimps: the lot of you ;) 1973, Heathrow to Melbourne, 38 hours, tourist class, about 10? stops including Zürich and Rangoon with at least four crew changes (the only time I've ever landed in Rangoon) ex-Comet-4b BA crew here, even in those days there were much more direct flights, someone had changed our booking and we didn't realise that we had been moved to the local Air-mule? service.......
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
9 ай бұрын
Wow, yep wimp here😀 that would have been gruelling. Oh so lack of communication is not new😳 that would have been a big thing to readjust too. Where is Rangoon?
@beachbum4691
9 ай бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores ...Rangoon was the capital of Burma, I think the country has been renamed Myanma?and presumably the capital has been renamed also? . "to amuse" > Not so many decades before, in the 40s and 50s Empire flying boats would take 5-10 days to travel from London to Australia, that's kinda fun, in the 30s and 40s whenever an aircraft arrived typically one or two a week, there would be a small function at the embassy with a handing over of diplomatic mail and newspapers which course the stewardesses would be expected to attend, and it was while I was flying in the 1960s and 70s that the words "stewardesses are only allowed to take one ball gown on flights" was deleted from the cabin crew manual.., but there was also a sector between Cairo and Luxor/Karnac in Egypt and if you look at the Nile River at Luxor/Karnac you will note that there is absolutely straight section of Nile river 4-5 miles long, the flying boats would literally tie-up outside what is now the Winter Palace hotel, previously the Egyptian Kings Winter Palace (last-gasp of the age of Agatha Christie? ;) ) Very best wishes and thank you for posting :) John, Scarborough, WA
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
9 ай бұрын
@@beachbum4691 wow John, that is interesting. Thank you for the education and giving me a real glimpse into history I have had a brief understanding of, but now I have a real picture with way more detail then I could ever imagine😀
@copaloadofthis
8 ай бұрын
@@beachbum4691.. nice story, thanks.
@cherrytraveller5915
6 ай бұрын
I did that length flight in 2018. My dad immigrated in 1973 from London to NZ. Took five days. Multiple stops and I only know a few of them. LA and Hawaii.
@barrymiller526
Жыл бұрын
I hope you had a good time in London. I am heading to Perth in a few weeks on QF10 but sitting in Premium Economy.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
We had a really lovely time, this trip was only 21/2 days in London and then we headed to Ireland for around 12 days. Have an amazing time in Paris, are you exploring more in France? Enjoy premium.
@barrymiller526
Жыл бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores I'm not going to Paris. I live 90 miles from London Heathrow where QF10 flies from.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@barrymiller526 lol, sorry I missed read. Enjoy the QF10
@pauljackson3593
11 ай бұрын
I didn’t get any of that when I went last October! And the return flight an absolute nightmare of 30 hours delays and told the flight had already taken off! ( error by computer was the excuse) then after 3 hours queue, we had 15 minutes to board! Horrible experience!😢
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
That sounds so stressful. Qantas has had so many issues, let’s hope they find a better path.
@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers
Жыл бұрын
Whew! I flew on the Airbus A380 (huge plane best I’ve ever flown) from Texas US to Sydney. Over 17 hours…I walked 6,000 steps couldn’t sleep (felt anxious) walked up the stairs and all around. Looking forward to your watching your trip! ~Cara 😊
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
We have flown on A380's a few times and love the size. I am sorry you felt anxious, but well done on the steps (sorry did not see this comment until now. Hope you are well. Thanks for watching.
@WilliamHenryAlbert
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. Thank you.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 😀
@Stevegeta
Жыл бұрын
love your videos and they have inspired me to do more :)
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Oh that is so lovely😀 where would you like to travel too?
@kennethwong8165
Жыл бұрын
I guess it needs some courage within myself to take such a long ride. So far the longest ride I had took is from Perth to Tokyo and I barely could take it 😅
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hi Kenneth, Thanks for commenting, it is a long flight and having a spare seat did help. Tokyo is on my list for one day. I hope one day you will find a way the destination at the end of the journey is so worth it. Thank you for watching and commenting,
@cherrytraveller5915
6 ай бұрын
NZ is 17 hours just to get to Dubai. Then depending on the wait is another 7 hours to get to London. Unfortunately long travel times is what both NZ and Australia have to put up with to get to all that history. A bit of minor discomfort for a magical reward
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
6 ай бұрын
I did not realise it was so long for you guys from Dubai, I thought we had it bad at 13 hours from Sydney and then on to where ever in Europe… I will think of New Zelanders when I start to feel like moaning. Aussies and Kiwis’ are definitely committed to travel😀
@evangelinetala827
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this I've been trying to see what airline I should fly with to London
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hello there, I am so glad it was help. This flight was good and exceeded our expectations.
@Jimmerjimmer
Жыл бұрын
Just subscribed, really enjoyed the video! - I'm contemplating trying this next time I visit my best friend who lives on the Gold Coast - Flying internally but then i imagine would be 4 - 5 hours from Perth to Gold Coast?? Flew Emirates to Brisbane via Dubai and Singapore - but this looks like a possible alternative Thanks
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jimmerjimmery thanks for subscribing. We live in Sydney and flew to Perth and met Phil (he works in WA). It would be be around 5 maybe 6 hours to GC but at least the major sector is over😀. We liked this flight more then expected and would consider again.
@foodandtravel6853
Жыл бұрын
Great video! 17 hours seems like such a long time to be in a plane, would you recommend the direct service or prefer stopping over in say Singapore or Abu Dhabi?
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
We did not mind this trip, not sure it would have been as good without a spare seat giving us some extra room. To be honest it was not to much worst then the flight to Dubai from Sydney. Our next flight to Europe will be via Dubai.
@rosequartz7841
2 ай бұрын
Im doing this same trip soon x
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
2 ай бұрын
@@rosequartz7841 I hope you have as good a flight😀 Have an awesome trip, I hope you have lots of exciting adventures planned😀
@train-king460
2 ай бұрын
Perth to Heathrow is the only non stop service from London to Australia
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
2 ай бұрын
@@train-king460 it is great
@CricketEngland
Ай бұрын
We did it in 2018 (both ways) to Melbourne and mum who usually gets jet lagged and takes 2/3 days to get used to being in Australia was fine when she flew direct and had no problems. It’s certainly much more convenient that having to get off in Dubai or Singapore and we only had a 2 hour stop in Perth before getting back on the same aircraft to fly onto Melbourne
@paullewis2413
11 ай бұрын
For me, 17hours in economy would be hell on earth, or maybe more precisely hell in the sky. Anyway you survived, lucky to have that empty seat, quite rare these days. However rather you than me 😁
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
We did it was way better than our flight home. Getting from Australia to Europe is a long way and to be honest the 17 hours was not much harder then the 13 hours that one leg of a Europe flight is. I guess the flight is a something we are ok with to enjoy Europe and the uk.
@cherrytraveller5915
6 ай бұрын
Pop a pill and sleep most of it.
@smarthydroponics
7 ай бұрын
Its a long flight I normaly travel Sydney to Jakarta only 7 hours Great video
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, Joe often do you fly? glad you enjoyed it.
@RFSTuberYT
Жыл бұрын
Nice Video!
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@narellezealey1049
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Really enjoy watching your vlog, very informative. Could you tell me how long the border security takes in the International departures? Thanks again
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hello and thank you At Perth it was fairly quick on the day we were travelling. Some factors to keep in mind are how many flights are leaving and how full the flights are. Other airports can almost always be busy. I am a get to the airport as early as possible girl so if security is busy we have some time to navigate that.
@narellezealey1049
Жыл бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores Great thank you, yes I am also a get to the airport early girl.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@narellezealey1049 only way to go 😀
@pauljackson3593
Жыл бұрын
We didn’t get any of that in October, infact we couldn’t find the gate as it wasn’t listed! The food was awful coffee cold and breakfast disgusting! Delayed 3 times coming back and told the flight had already left, once we got through we were told it was a computer error! 3 hour check it and after 36 hours delay we got back! Bloody frustrating and pathetic customer service!
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Oh no, what an selfie experience🥹 Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience, again I am sorry to hear it was not good on any level.
@lyndamcdougal3300
Жыл бұрын
My brother lives in Perth, I’m a wheelchair user and will be travelling alone. Would Qantas be a good airline to use for disabled passengers. Did you have a good time in the UK.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hey there, I think you are best to chat to the airline about your specific needs. I have seen people in wheelchairs boarding, but as I said your best bet is to go direct to the airline and ask them about their policies and discuss your needs. We love the Uk, this visit we only 2 nights in London before heading to Ireland. I hope you get to visit your brother. At least the QF10 London to Perth does not have a mid flight transfer so you would need to board and disembark once each way. Have a great day.
@lyndamcdougal3300
Жыл бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores thank you very much, valuable information, rather than talking to people that have never travelled. I have never been afraid to travel alone, I lived in Whyalla, before going to New Zealand for many years then returning to the UK, as a child with my parents. So travelling is not a problem. However now I’m in a wheelchair due to a car accident, I get anxious at not knowing the system. Thank you again. Xx❤️
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@lyndamcdougal3300 I really hope you get the answers you need and you will smash it I am sure.
@littleowlbooks8514
11 ай бұрын
Those seats must have been a bit squeezy for people with a certain BMI. How did you guys go?
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
We had an empty seat, but I think if we didn’t it would have been tight.
@azr6288
9 ай бұрын
So brave such a long flight , are you perth or mel based?
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
9 ай бұрын
Hello. We are in Sydney, but hubby works in WA
@jvicars1225
Жыл бұрын
My cousin is on this flight ✈️ right now, with covidnit been 3.8 yrs
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Oh nice, I hope they have a great time
@RiverDanube
11 ай бұрын
The spare seat makes all the difference.
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
11 ай бұрын
It so does, not sure our experience would have been as good without the empty seat.😀
@swedishbob_7315
Жыл бұрын
My wife and I did the Adelaide to London with Qatar 4 weeks ago on a 777-300ER to Doha / A380-800 to London, we found the A380 much quieter than 777... can you say cabin noise on the 787 is less or the same as the 777? Cheers
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. To be honest I did not notice the cabin noise on this flight, but had my headphones on most of the time to block it out. London is a great city isn’t it?
@swedishbob_7315
Жыл бұрын
@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores Yeah... it had been 24 years since the last time there so it was slightly different 😁. Going back next May, so deciding which airline, class etc... ✌
@SapphireBlueTravelExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@swedishbob_7315 I beat a bit had changed, we love London and this was our fifth trip, never sad to add it to an itinerary. May will be a lovely time of year. We are planning our next trip and looking at Japan Airlines maybe, but it will come down to price.
@_w_w_
11 ай бұрын
I am a frequent flyer and 777 is the worst widebody plane in the sky these days. As far as quietness is concerned, it's A380 followed by A350, A330neo, B787, B330ceo, B777, B767. Cabin humidity wise, it's A350, B787, A330neo, A380, B777, B767. Airbus aircraft are superior to Boeing's when it comes to passenger comfort. I usually get hate comments but I am an American so there goes honesty. I pick A350 and A380 any day of the week and it takes a lot to get me onto a B777 or B787.
@crowmob-yo6ry
7 ай бұрын
Meanwhile in the USA, way too many people are stupid and choose to rent a car vs. take a train. I hate the uniquely American obsession with driving.
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