Recent content by aus_flyer

Still no sign of mine

This is not correct: In fact, to get AAdvantage status, you don’t even really need to fly with American Airlines at all. You could theoretically get AAdvantage Platinum status (Oneworld Sapphire) by transferring 337,500 Amex Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy (at a 3:2 rate) and then...

Given the government (admittedly, the previous one) was happy for Virgin to collapse into nothing, I think it'd be a bit rich to now get all high and mighty about a foreign owner.

I wonder when they'll update the schedules to reflect this

I don’t understand why it’s taking so long for these planes to enter service and start operating flights

It's pretty simple - make more classic award seats available on routes that people actually want award seats on

Qantas has previously (a long time ago) included DSC for QF marketed flights on EK but I don’t think it’s ever included AA. And as far as I can recall there has never been DSC on JQ.

No, they don't.

As I mentioned, forward loads are looking pretty poor - particularly to the US. Both LAX and JFK are not looking good. Not surprising given QF's crazy high fares on these routes.

LAX

Fare buckets for sale and empty business class seat maps* * Yes, seat maps don't tell the full story as not all passengers get a seating allocation at the time of booking. But a 787 flight departing in a week with J9 C9 D9 I9 and only a handful of seats allocated in the J cabin is a fair...

Because some of their forward loads on international flights look terrible

Your status doesn't impact what seats your daughter can select unless you are also travelling in the same booking

I've been emailing Amex Travel all week and they haven't replied

As long as Optus isn't running the teleport