I'm now in Minneapolis in the US!
The flight over was all good. The only hitch was a 3 hour delay for our flight from Melbourne - LA but all in all not too bad.
I watched almost all of season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender on the plane. It was a good choice. Avatar remains a fantastic show.
Each episode is ~25 minutes so give or take it was about 8 hours of video watching.
I also spent a bunch of time in the terminal coding and looking things up to kill time.
At the end of the flight the computer was sitting at ~30% battery left.
This MacBook Pro is an absolute battery beast. It is the perfect companion for a long haul flight.