BRISBANE - MELBOURNE

We flew Qantas Airways from Brisbane to Melbourne. Initially, we were placed on "standby" as the flight was fully booked. .

We were told to report to the Customer services City Flyer Service Desk in the departure hall.

Luck was with us as we were given the boarding passes to board this B767 just 10 minutes before departure time.

For the Brisbane-Melbourne services, Qantas normally operates B737-400 or 800 series. I was told that they upgraded our flight to B767 to cater for overbooking. If they were to operate the normal B737, we would not be able to get to Melbourne on that day.

This cabin layout for this B767 is 2-3-2 - a comfortable seating arrangement.

Meal service was provided on this two hours and 25 minutes flight.

Coffee or tea or juice with a pack of sandwiches - either roasted beef or egg.

I selected the roasted beef while my wife had the egg sandwich.

It was a comfortable flight as the weather was excellent all the way. We landed at Melbourne airport on time.

Believe it or not, there is a AUD4.00 charge for using the baggage trolley. I did not realise it until I tried to get one at the arrival hall.

It was a long wait. Our baggage never showed up! There was no record of offloading in Brisbane when I checked with the Qantas Baggage services staff. The lady attending to me just asked me to wait for the next flight from Brisbane which was to arrive in 30 minutes time. To our relief, the "lost" baggage appeared on the conveyor belt of the next flight.     

View of the Melbourne city from where we are staying. It may look far but it is just a 30 minutes tram ride.