This is a Trip Report from the Upper Class cabin
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headed for the gate, almost everyone else had gone through so no queue, waited a bit as there was some delay prepping the plane, then on
once pax were settled, bubbly offered and taken, pulled back and taxied to end, then held several minutes before takeoff
UC cabin was busy, don't think there was an empty seat, i could see 1G had a faulty screen, my seat had the lefthand panel hanging off a bit, and various other parts seemed loose and/or a bit skew-whiff
got out my laptop to do some work, another bubbly, then the meal: started with the salad, then for main the chegtu chicken as the menu said 'spicy', but it was bland and the chicken managed to be both squidgy and rubbery, followed it with the cheese and biccies, the feta was really nice
then disaster struck, they ran out of bubbly, let me say that again, THEY RAN OUT OF BUBBLY
i tried the prosecco, but it just didn't taste right, so my flight was rather more sober than outbound, probably a good thing though as i needed to head out immediately after getting home
finished off work, then converted to bed and lay down to try and have a snooze, but couldn't manage it, ended up listening to an audiobook for a few hours until time for sandwiches and cakes
the pilot said we'd had 100km/hr headwind much of the way, which made it a long flight, but in the end landing was only about 20 minutes late, short taxi to gate, queue-free immigration, baggage arrived at the carousel a few minutes after i did, then out to the limo desk and a much quicker ride home than the outbound
overall a good trip, the crew were cheerful, and the lack of bubbly didn't really bother me, as with the outbound no AU welcome, but that seems the norm
the a330 cabins are quite worn now, a real contrast to the shiny new dreamliner cabin i'd enjoyed back in january