A380 again

My return flight from Sydney was on the A380 again. I sat in nearly the same seat as before and wasn't able to sneak up to take a look at the suites. One of these days I know they are going to let me. The take-off is incredible. It just amazes me that such a huge aircraft can get up in the air and stay up in the air. You feel the difference on the takeoff but otherwise don't notice anything different about the flight.

The flight was full but not packed so I had an empty seat next to me. It is always nice to have that spare bit of room. The downside was that I was seated right in front of the bathrooms. It is the first time I've had a not pleasant seat on a Singapore Airlines flight. Although, I must give credit to the flight crew because they clean the bathrooms about once an hour to keep them fresh. Because of that, the smell was never an issue, instead it was all of the people standing in line right next to me. I can't tell you how many bums bumped into my arm this afternoon. And, at one point, a guy had his hand over my video monitor...while I was watching a movie. He then got annoyed when I asked if he could move it...wow!

Even with the seating assignment, it was a good flight. I had a nice chat with a Londoner who was sitting next to me. He was impressed at some of the areas of the city that I knew - said they were not typical tourist spots. He kept thinking I was from Canada because of my accent which made me laugh.

The very best part of the flight was when one of the flight stewards came up to me and gave me a pack of Singapore Airlines playing cards. How fun is that? They didn't pass them out to everybody, just a select few. Maybe it was my airline superpower status or maybe it was out of pity based on my seating assignment. Either way I thought it was pretty great!