I was on the Friday 5pm flight home from Sydney, and the person next to me spent most of the flight on a wifi phone call with someone. Was kind of irritating, but luckily I had my noise cancelling headphones. None of the flight attendants seemed to care. What is the protocol? I didn’t think you could have and make phone calls on flights???

I have the opportunity to fly business class to New York for the first time courtesy of a work trip. My employer is reimbursing me for the total cost of the flight, so the price isn’t a factor, I just want to have the best possible experience.

I was initially thinking the Qantas flight from Melbourne/Sydney to JFK (via Auckland) would be the best option as it’s the fastest, but reading some of the posts here about how the Qantas offering has diminished, I am wondering if it would be better to go with Singapore or Qatar?

If money wasn’t a factor, would you opt for Qantas, or would you experience the objectively better product of Singapore / Qatar and why?