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Major security changes coming to Melbourne, Brisbane Airports
Apr 19, 2024, 03:18 PMBody scanners don't belong in airports.
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UK lifts business class ‘flight tax’ to $430
Mar 08, 2024, 02:59 PMThe APD accounts for connections. If you take a short flight out of the UK to connect to the long haul in Europe, you're paying the longer distance price. eg, if you use Turkish Airlines and connect in Istanbul, a Band A location, and then connect to Australia, you pay the Band C APD.You only pay...
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HK Airport Express won’t get credit card payments until 2026
Jan 05, 2024, 04:46 PMI'd rather keep using the Octopus card.
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Price hike: Australian passports soar to almost $400
Dec 13, 2023, 04:52 PMThey owe us a 20% discount on renewing passports valid while they prevented us from leaving.
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Hawaiian Airlines to merge with Alaska Airlines
Dec 06, 2023, 04:10 PMThere is a 4th oneworld option that you didn't mention.It isn't just full member, oneworld connect or nothing. There is also affiliate membership, like QantasLink, American Eagle or Horizon.
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Qantas: more new international routes to come
Nov 22, 2023, 03:30 PMI'd be expecting JQ to do just that when they get the A321XLRs (then hand the 787-8s over to QF for AU-Asia routes)
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Qantas axes Melbourne-Perth 787 flights
Oct 31, 2023, 09:08 PMThere are 3 787-9s available in the process of being returned to their owner as Bamboo Airways exits long haul flying.Maybe QF should pick those up, at least on an interim basis.
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Qantas confirms rumoured A350 feature, and not everyone will be happy
Oct 27, 2023, 04:46 PMAgreed. Those windows are the worst part of the 787s. Especially the central override control system.
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Is Qantas Lifetime Gold status worth aiming for?
Sep 18, 2023, 03:12 PMI stepped up from yearly LONE4 trips to DONE3's around 2008. I had LTG by 2010. Then QF rolled out the "simpler and fairer" changes in 2014 which drastically reduced the earn rates. I went from earning 2200-2800 SCs in a DONE3 trip to earning around 1300-1800.
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What’s next for Qantas in the post-Alan Joyce era?
Sep 06, 2023, 08:46 PMAgreed. They don't need some so called "famous" chef to design meals.
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What’s next for Qantas in the post-Alan Joyce era?
Sep 06, 2023, 08:45 PMI had never heard of Neil Perry before Qantas started screaming the name everywhere.The only time I hear that name is in connection to Qantas.
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Reviews: best Oneworld lounges at London Heathrow T3 [2023]
Aug 03, 2023, 02:34 AMI haven't used the LHR T3 BA lounges since the QF lounge opened and they moved out of the BA lounges.I've only used the AA lounge once, and that was because I was flying out of LHR on AA and the flight was delayed. I moved from the QF lounge so that I'd have info about what was going on with the ...
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Reviews: best Oneworld lounges at London Heathrow T3 [2023]
Aug 02, 2023, 07:10 PMThe mentioned lounges can be used by anyone with the required status/cabin class flying on any oneworld airline. The Emirates lounge can only be used while flying QF.
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Virgin Australia is finally jetting off from Cairns to Tokyo
Jun 29, 2023, 07:58 PMANA and JAL both use 787s for the HND-SYD flights. (2x ANA, 1x JAL)Qantas uses A330s for SYD-HND, which will change soon to 1xA330, 1x787.Qantas uses A330s for MEL/BNE-HND, which will soon be changing to daily A330 from each to NRT.JAL has 787s on NRT-MELANA will also be using 787s when they resu...
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Cathay reopens The Pier, Hong Kong’s best first class lounge
Jun 21, 2023, 03:52 PMI thought it had already reopened when I was connecting through HKG just over a week ago.A bit disappointed that it hadn't, but went in to the Business lounge as it was the closest lounge to my gate (with The Bridge lounge gone) and I didn't have long enough to go to the Wing after a delay on my ...