I never had a problem with upgrades as Platinum. Usually it was PE to J. As gold, much more hit-and-miss. Still more hit than miss!I agree that mid week works best. 380s seem easier than 787. No experience with 330 (international) but 330 domestic a few successes.

Just hope it's a hell of a lot quieter than the current 777.

I am not a regular at Hiltons, however a few years ago I stayed at a Hilton (I assume there is more than one) in Washington DC. Bloody awful. The staff kept apologising for what was wrong. (Nice touch, but didnt help the overall stay!)The Palmer in Chicago was the opposite (also 3x the cost!)

I have rented through Enterprise and had the toll plus fee charged. Last time I got a weekend pass. Yet to see if it works...

I do wish they'd been around a few years ago. Living in Calgary (for my sins) westjet PE yyc to hnl then pe to Australia would have been faster and more cost efficient than via dfw or lax....

I wear my Qantas jammies every long distance flight regardless of airline! Never had any (voiced) complaints!

My fantasy QF route: mel/syd-nan-yyz. Code share with Air pacific and you'd have eastern canada tourists to fiji and australia, and a business connection to toronto/montreal. And no US stopovers... and no air canada (slimy bastards) competition! 😆

You could always upgrade your son to business!😆😆😆😆

Given Air Canada manages almost daily flights to three Australian cities year round, does anyone have insight why Qantas can only manage a seasonal flight twice a year and that to sydney only?

Originally Posted by aniljak From 1964 to 1974 Qantas flew a 707 on th3 fiesta route: Sydney - Nadi - Papeete - Acapulco- Mexico city - Nassau (Bahamas) - Bermuda- London.Anybody able to advise what loads were like? Given it lasted 10 years must have been good!This would be a very interesting ro...

Flights into the US seem to be "pick the number you were last told and double it". YYC to DFW, 6:30 am dep. We were initially told we had to check in and bag drop 2 HOURS before dep. Eventually we got this down to 1 hour when we proved One World Emerald status and a Nexus card. But still...

Flown few syd more times than I care to recap. Very few flight delay issues everr. However the chaos that is transferring in and has certainly caused delays / confusion / angst.

Priority tags have worked for me where there has not been a conectingflight. As soon as there is a connecting flight, you are back with the unregistered. I do agree; AA into LAX and DFW, priority does mean priority.

 I am tempted to agree with others: if Trump said it, I'd disagree. However in this instance there is some truth. While TBIT after security is improved LAX as a whole is a hole. SFO and DFW, are good. Washington Reagan is interesting. LGA is passable as is JFK. But with these few exceptions ...

To some extent alliances do this "matching the mismatched" with a seperate rating system. Hence in One World you are rated ruby, emerald and... spandex, or somethin else i dont recall. Now while i have platinum in Qantas, I have an american friend who is platinum with AA. His Platinum is Ruby in ...