Hi Chris, thanks this is a very timely article. I have just posted about this issue over in the community forum. Qantas cancelled my flight a few weeks ago for departure on 21 April. I have requested a refund but Qantas is trying to charge people requesting the refund a cancellation fee which wou...

It took months and several phone calls for me to get my points. The first two people I spoke to at CBA tried to tell me that I was ineligable because I didn't explicity "opt-in" to receive the points, which I knew was incorrect but they refused to budge. I eventually found a screen shot I'd take...

Good point, would be interesting to see the poll broken down between transit and stopover. For me, I prefer Hong Kong for BOTH transit and stopover, but like yourself others may not mind one of the ME airport cities if it is just a transit stop.

As a oneworld flyer, Hong Kong is my preferred city for a stop over or transit, with the option to go QF to HKG and then CX/AY to Europe, or CX all the way (with multiple departure times). I tried the QF-EK partnership to Europe last year, but was thoroughly disappointed by the Dubai/Emirates pa...

This is great news, making transfering to a domestic JAL flight so much easier! Earlier this year getting to Sapporo involved flying to NRT and then enduring a long bus ride in traffic for the domestic flight. We almost missed out connections on both the outbound and return legs.

"TAM will join the Oneworld airline alliance next week". As a QFF I used to enjoy reading about new oneworld airlines, as they expanded the Qantas network, and allowed me to attain/maintain status more easily.  Now as a QFF with the "enhancement" and "simplifications" annouced yesterday th...

That is odd that you say Japan flights are exempt... I didn't think they were given that when I selected my exit row seats the Qantas website noted the $90 fee. They just haven't charged me yet.   When I've selected pre-selected non-exit row seats in the past for international flights, the...

I'm just QFF Silver. Which I know allows me free advance seat selection, but thought I'd still be charged for the exit row seats. Oh well, not complaining! 

Great, thanks for your feedback Nick and Hutch!

It is a shame BA are configuring their economy class 3-3-3, unlike the reported JAL configuration, which has window/aisle pairs. From a passenger comfort perspective, the pairs instead of 3's make a big difference.

All flights between LAX and JFK are now 747, however they are not all are refurbished. I flew back JFK-LAX-SYD in late March this year, and the business class still had the first generation Sky Bed (i.e. angled lie flat) and a less comprehensive in-flight entertainment system than on the flight ...

This is a serious annoyance. I've been with Westpac for years, and until now haave heavily used an Earth Platinum. I have another card which I can use to earn QFF points, however it does not offer a bonus when purchasing Qantas products, nor is its travel insurance offer as good. Whilst Westpac...

Agreed. It is quite hard to decifer sometimes, and will be interesting to the Qantas FF accrual rates if flying on MH. I was disapointed to earn no status credits on an all oneworld booking (which I would think should QFF earn points and credits?!) - still not quite sure how it all works: ...

I am a big fan of Finnair and taking this quick route to and from Europe. Whilst I have only used Finnair once (return SYD to Copenhagen via BKK there and HKG back) I was very happy with the service. The ability to earn QFF status credits is a big plus. Given I usually only get to travel in...

I'm not too clued in on Emirates schedule for flights from Dubai to Europe, but my understanding is that most don't leave until around 9am in the morning, at best. This would mean a frustratingly long overnight layover if wishing to travel QF to Dubai, and then EK onwards to Europe. Is it likel...