The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[AIRwin]

It may also delay outbound QF749 to ADL... Neither FR24 nor FlightAware knows which plane will be serving it, so hard to say...

VH-VZM

 

[im.daniel]

Hi all, for the 1 (at most) following at home;

TK174 in a holding pattern for 30min. Was initially announced to land at 1910. That got pushed back to 1944.

Deplaned at 1950
Landside B arrivals at 1956
QF Transfer Bus at 2002
J Lounge DOM at 2011

I was the last pax on the QF transfer bus before it left. I can also walk quite quickly.,

So, normal QF Int-DOM transfer procedure that I’m used to. I kept hearing things about Gate 15 DOM being out of commission, landside busses etc for transfer, which had me a bit spooked. Seems like that is all fixed up!

Edit: Ran into work colleague I recognised at J Lounge - 2015

 

[Flyfrequently]

So sounds like you have made the connection and will make it home tonight to hug the fam @im.daniel

 

[ayebee]

Does anyone have recent experience in JNB who could help me out?

Maybe answered, but we went through JNB in November, and TBH I found it a bit confusing.
The QF flight details said departing Terminal B, and that was where we checked in.

We then found signage less than ideal to find our way to the security and immigration, which was on other side of the big central atrium, and (maybe) one level down.
Departure was from an "A" gate.
It is one continuous building so the split seems arbitrary.
We used the BA lounge after immigration, so I assume it was the "A" terminal.

 

[im.daniel]

So sounds like you have made the connection and will make it home tonight to hug the fam @im.daniel

I did indeed @Flyfrequently. Thanks for checking in!

Cuddles and kisses at home - 2245. Definitely better than the Rydges!!

 

[flyingfan]

A newbie-esque query about understanding the likelihood of seat releases. I'm aiming to snag a couple in business on DFW-MEL and the loads are J9 C9 D9 I9 U0. Before I ring QF, is I9 a good sign or is it worth trying to see if some in U are released?

 

[elanshin]

I did indeed @Flyfrequently. Thanks for checking in!

Cuddles and kisses at home - 2245. Definitely better than the Rydges!!

For future reference in case noone mentioned. Its generally always better for I > D to use QF's transfer. Mainly because they have a record of where you are.

I remember my lsst I-D where we were stuck crossing and there was 7 people on an imminent BNE flight. One got a call and said we've been stuck on the QF bus. The flight held for them.

 

[Seat0B]

Maybe answered, but we went through JNB in November, and TBH I found it a bit confusing.
The QF flight details said departing Terminal B, and that was where we checked in.

We then found signage less than ideal to find our way to the security and immigration, which was on other side of the big central atrium, and (maybe) one level down.
Departure was from an "A" gate.
It is one continuous building so the split seems arbitrary.
We used the BA lounge after immigration, so I assume it was the "A" terminal.

thanks a lot @ayebee, that is helpful to understand and makes sense of some of the comments offered by others.

 

[Captain Halliday]

A newbie-esque query about understanding the likelihood of seat releases. I'm aiming to snag a couple in business on DFW-MEL and the loads are J9 C9 D9 I9 U0. Before I ring QF, is I9 a good sign or is it worth trying to see if some in U are released?

U is an award seat. If U was available you could just book it.

I is required for WP to request a release.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Hi All, looking to get a family of 4 to Vancouver and back from CNS ideally which is Fiji Airways, or happy to fly out of Sydney also. Looking at 4-10th Jan 2027. I have been playing around with dates and availability. Am I right in thinking there is a bit of a black out from mid dec to mid Jan usually on reward flights around this time?

I have 600,000 qantas points and happy with economy. I am set up with gyoza and flight alerts for this time frame.

Any tips? is it doable? Happy/keen to do a few nights in Fiji on the way back if we can make it work!

Jan will be tight, as its school holidays, + QF only flies one flight a day there, and the same plane back.
Ideally, I would go with CX via HKG.
600,000 is good, but for that tight Christmas/New Year/snow season/school holidays, it might be more so your status that might give you success in getting premY seats, if you are happy to pay eligible Y and put in points upgrade to premY.
If FJ releases seats to QFF, you would be in luck, bypassing dom - int at SYD is a very good thing, if you can avoid it, esp with kids.
Good luck tho.
I am fearful of the CBSA/ADSF (Francais) agents, so have never made an effort to visit Canada, or the C&BPs to the US.