Air New Zealand’s Dreamliner Shanghai – Auckland Economy W/Skycouch

We had to get our boarding passes issued as Thai had been unable to do it the night before.  Although I had us booked in the best possible free seats, they upgraded us to a Skycouch!  Barring redeeming in business, this was the best possible outcome for a long flight in a Dreamliner!

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Purple is one of my favourite colours so I was pleased with the mood lighting!

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Here you can clearly see the layout of the economy cabin 3-3-3 configuration.

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Touchscreens made it easy to control the AV.

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In the 4th photo below, you can see the diagrams of how to use a Skycouch.  There was no way we were going to fit side by side so we went with the 2nd option for couples with 2 seats extended and one seat used as a normal airline seat.  My husband can sleep sitting up and I can’t but I did manage some sleep in the space of the 2 seat Skycouch.

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It was interesting how the mood lighting changed throughout the flight.

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The city of Auckland came into view and the flight was over.

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Gotta love bird paintings!

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We used my Amex’s Priority Pass to access the Emperor Lounge where I spent as much time as possible online.  They keep careful track and we were unceremoniously kicked out when the 3 hours were up!

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Oh joy!  Our flight to Rarotonga was delayed 3 hours!  At least they gave us food vouchers which we spent at the Burger King to maximize the value.

IMG_2147Since I have already blogged about the Cook Islands and the remainder of this trip was about visiting family, I’ll end this trip report here.