Correction. There were 12, but 2 were destroyed, which I expect Qantas now regrets. 2 are currently in Abu Dhabi for service or refurb and Abu Dhabi is taking forever with its work, so that effectively leaves 8 in current active service, all of which have been refurbed.

Originally Posted by Joe I've never understood why Emirates and Qatar A380's operate like clockwork nearly every day out of Sydney, yet Qantas A380's nearly always seem to go tech or are delayed. But then just yesterday I watched QF1 pushback early.

The official government statistics (Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics) shows that on-time performance by Qantas is better than Virgin, with fewer cancellations or delays. The detailed report is on the Qantas website, updated monthly. The reality is that every airline ha...

It depends on your Status with Qantas.

A quick search with Google reveals the following news from SydneyAirport's website:"Sydney Airport has today (16 Feb 2023) announced that it will demolish and redevelop its P1 domestic car park which, at 54-years-old, has reached the end of its useful life.The demolition of P1 is expected to be ...

If you're going to Paddington Station, then there are showers available there. From the Network Rail website:"Showers including accessible showers are available on platform 12 at the public toilets. These can be accessed via our toilet attendant from Monday to Sunday 07:00 to 23:00. Shower toke...

Another option is to get one of the free Hotel Shuttle buses to a nearby hotel, and hang out in their public lounge area and enjoy their amenities.

And if you got your wish you could no longer enter any British Airways First Class Lounge, and so on.

Be careful what you wish for. If Qantas excluded Emeralds from its First Lounges, other OW First Lounges might follow. That could leave you as a Platinum unable to enter any First Lounges anywhere except the 4 Qantas First Lounges unless you're travelling in the First cabin.

With option 2 I wouldn't risk the on-time departure of MEL-SYD as well as a prompt transfer between terminals. I'd go to Sydney the afternoon before, relax overnight and have a pleasant breakfast in the QF First Lounge.

One solution is to take one of the twice-weekly QF61 BNE-HND flights that arrive at 8pm.

Music was removed from the IFE some years ago. I expect that it's largely due to lack of use. Most people have a phone and many have some music stored on it.

Apparently the menu only list of cocktails is the new normal, and has been for some months.

It would be good if your website software had another level of User, so that users with a known history could be raised to a trusted level not requiring moderation.

Not correct. I've just looked at the Qantas website and it says: "Current opening hours are: 8:00am to 9:05pm." I was there 10 days ago and I enjoyed my evening meal there.