Pre-cruise We flew on Qantas air points to Rome. The flights were Qantas Brisbane to Singapore, British Airways to London, Heathrow and Alitalia to Rome. Our London Alitalia connection was a potential problem as we only had ninety minutes between arrival from Singapore at terminal 4 and departure from terminal 2, and so it proved to be.

Our seats on the Qantas A330 were pre-allocated - 28J &K. If you ever have these allocated get them moved. There is no window at 28K, just wall. We even asked as we were being checked in as we had checked on seatguru.com and were assured 28K had a window. It really was no big deal, just odd. Qantas service continues to improve and it was a good flight - good food and really great cabin crew.

I had already checked-in for the BA flight prior to leaving home and had requested (and had boarding passes issued) for a pair of the 'two seats' at the rear of the 747-400. There are three rows right at the rear of the plain. These seats were confirmed at the transfer desk in Singapore. Waited in the Qantas Club at Changi until the flight was called. Read more