The jet lag management relies on having a flat bed. Not all aircraft have that. For example Narita to Vancouver on JAL is a 787 without a flat bed in J class. Although JAL are not in Star Alliance I am sure that there are examples in Star Alliance.

I traveled J class return from Melbourne to the US on Air NZ last year. I was happy with the flight and am about to do it again. The flat bed comfortably fitted my 191cm frame which is more than I can say about the bed on some Asian airlines. On the trans-pacific flights I spend more time sleepin...

I have flown Emirates business class on a number of occasions and consider that on the 380 it is very good. I always make sure that I have an A, E, F or K seat to fit my 192 cm frame. On one occasion my over-night flight was a 777. You can't find out the particular aircraft version until after y...

As a retiree, every year I travel overseas for a long holiday, usually in business class, plus several domestic trips. When it comes getting new credit cards, my applications are invariably declined seemingly because I have a very low taxable income. However, I have a substantial non taxable p...

The problem with the idea of keeping the free CBA card that comes with a mortgage and getting a better card from someone else is that when applying for a card the limits on all cards are added up and used to determine eligibility. Providers are getting very tough on who they give cards to. I have...

Not much hope for taller passengers as I suspect that all the Economy X seats will be snapped up earlier by shorties. I wish that we could return to the days when exit row seats were allocated to tall passengers at check in time.

Does anyone ever do the sums on these cards. Qantas points are worth $10 per 1000 give or take. If the annual fee is $250 then at 0.5 points per $1 you have to pass $50,000 through the card just to cover the annual fee. Even if you can find a card that gives 1 point per $1 it is 25,000 points...

I would have thought that it is a win-win situation. The passenger gets to their destination quicker and the airline has the possibility of selling the freed-up seat. So why isn't it offered to all passengers?

The proposed high speed limk would not be able to accommodate freight trains. It would be a much more sensible to build a 200km/h Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane freight and passenger rail link. It wouldn't significantly displace  Melbourne - Sydney air travel but would provide good passenger...

I would love to see more regional development, it is just that there are issues such as water to consider and the train proposal does not seem to consider them. Canberra will be a spur line from somewhere near Young and would take about an hour even on a fast train after allowing change time and...

The Sydney to Melbourne distance of 706 km quoted by mmaxwell is airport to airport. The train track distance city centre to city centre is given in the plan as 917km and it may be even longer when the final route is chosen. The train speed is quoted as up to 350km/h. The Chinese have had to re...

Peer to peer is the current trend for example Airbnb, Uber etc. Maybe  someone will come up with an app that bypasses the banks and foreign exchange rip-offs. It would need to be secure to prevent scamming.

I still have my Kindle classic with the physical keyboard and it has been around the World several times. The new model is tempting but the price is equivalent to a tablet. Now that charging points are common on aircraft and in lounges there is no real advantage in the long battery life of the K...

It is what Seatguru doesn't tell you. Not only is there more legroom in the A, E, F and K seats but the flat bed is longer when extended. If you are taller than 188 cm as I am then you won't fit in the bed in B, D, G or J seats

Size 3X is for short fat men.