I can't find any news articles about this change even though the ABF website has been updated to reflect the new rules, so thought it would be worth posting here.For many of us that used to claim Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) when departing Australia, back then we could bring the goods back into Au...

I was in the Business lounge in MEL last Thursday and saw that there was a sign outside the QC lounge saying that it was welcoming back travellers from Thu 1 Apr, just in time for the Easter rush I suppose.

So 24 hours after WA “opened” their border to SA, it’s shut again because 3 cases of community transmission were detected today, the first in months. Have they got no confidence whatsoever in their ability to trace and treat COVID cases? What confidence does that instil in anyon...

Just wondering if Qantas would still consider classic upgrade rewards even if the pax is already checked in through OLCI. Friend is travelling PEK-HKG-SYD, with PEK-HKG on CX and HKG-SYD on QF. Since CX opens OLCI 48 hours in advance, and they would be checked in all the way to SYD, would QF stil...

I'd go Vietnam Airlines over China Southern any day. Their long-haul fleet is modern and the service is friendly - I consistently find that the onboard service delivered by VN to be excellent. Are they on par with CX, JL and NH, no, but for the low fares that you can score with them you can't com...

We were just travelling from Madrid to Marrakech and thought I'd share the grossly incompetent service offered by Iberia to their premium customers.At check in, we queued up in the Business check in queue, where a single check in agent took 8mins to process a group of 3 passengers travelling on a...

I found the Sama Sama to be way too expensive for what I needed it for - essentially a bed and a shower, so last time I decided to try out the Capsule Time capsule hotel at klia2 - I found it to be cheap and functional - about $40 for a 6 hour stay includes luggage storage, shower facilities and ...

I do wonder how long it would take QF to recognise W on MU as an eligible booking class though.I guess Premium Economy is not even mentioned as a thing on MU's own website.. and they don't seem to think they have any A350s themselves..

I've had this happen before on Finnair where I was credit 0 points and SCs as the flight was identified as a charter flight even though they were regular scheduled flights. An email to the QFF service centre with the boarding pass and it was usually fixed up pretty promptly.

Not sure about credit cards but for flights, if the surname and initial of the passenger didn’t match the QFF account then the points would fail to post, so as dimi suggested, might as well open an account (lots of free signup links out there) and then do family transfers.

Seems like Express Path departures at SYD isn’t the only thing gone from Sydney Airport recently!Just found out this evening that they’re temporarily running a reduced menu while the kitchen is being renovated - the most noticeable change seems to be the hole on the menu that used to ...

I was wondering the same thing. But having said that, the A330 has pretty much the same seats just minus the inflatable seat controls.

Can’t speak on the lounge aspect, but assuming you’re in transit to a 3rd country in Guangzhou (i.e. not NZ), you’re eligible for a 144 hour transit visa on arrival which allows you to get out of the airport to the city, so it should be fine as 10 hours is ample time for a quick...

Have you tried to select seats by entering the ticket number instead? (081-xxxx). Not sure about CZ but that works on China Eastern (sometimes). What you’ll find is that you pretty much can’t manage anything on mainland Chinese carriers’ (frustratingly useless) websites unless t...

I've flown QF107/108 SYD/PEK services at least 5 times in the last year, with number 6 in 3 days time, they've all been on the 1-2-1 layout, which I'd say is well worth the upgrade for you considering the flight time is around 11.5 hours.