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    Jury Duty

    Wasn't shirking in either of my call ups, no prosecutor wants a firefighter on an arson panel, and offered to postpone second time, but was effectively told no. I suspect I may have actually sounded keen to do it and that dissuaded the JD coordinator from giving me another bash.
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    Jury Duty

    You need to match your bias to the case during the preselection. I got called up, went to preselection and it was an arson case. Said I was a volunteer fire-fighter and might be prejudiced, received an instant see ya. Second time I got called up, phoned in before hand and said happy to do duty...
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    Double Status Credits promotion (Book by 27/2/24, travel 28/2/24-14/2/25)

    AFF threads are so predictable - does this mean the forum has evolved into a large language model AI? :-D
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    Heavy duty padlocks in cabin baggage

    Yep, fair cop with the occy strap, if I worked in security I wouldn't let that through either! My wife forgot to take a Swiss army knife out of her handbag once, so when that was found, rather than throw it out, she popped outside and buried it under a rock in the airport grounds. On her return...
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    Double Status Credits promotion (Book by 27/2/24, travel 28/2/24-14/2/25)

    It does say 'within 8 weeks' though they usually arrive soon after the flight. Last two DSC promos I received every DSC the day after the flight. Several of the promos before covid the DSC dropped randomly between 1 and 3 days after the flight for me.
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    Heavy duty padlocks in cabin baggage

    My wife had an occy strap in her hand luggage that was refused at security (in Melbourne). I once took a MTB hydraulic disc break through security - it was questioned but allowed, but that was 1999, seriously doubt it would be let through these days.
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    Double Status Credits promotion (Book by 27/2/24, travel 28/2/24-14/2/25)

    Flew MEL-SYD on March 4, still no DSC, flying return leg tonight, will report back when they do drop...
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    Anyone heard that Qantas are replacing check-in with self check?

    Or if you're carrying dangerous items.
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    B737 USB power

    I've tried to use the 737 J USB socket several times to charge my iPhone with zero success. I suspect they're rated to 5W but delivering a little less, and iPhones later than, realistically, the 3S are rather pernicketty about their supply current.
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    Would you still fly Qantas if it had no frequent flyer program?

    Agree, great question. Easy answer: No, nup, negatory. My partner and I are able to collect enough QFF points for a couple trips a year for our family of 4 with a mix of international and domestic every year, often with legs in J. Combine with WP/PC+ and things like Flounge experiences even...
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    Qantas extends status extensions until end June 2023 (previously December 2022)

    No sign of my partner's SC rollover either. End date was 31 Jan, the PC+ 100 SC appeared the next day, but still no sign of the rollover 500 SC....
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    Qantas Green frequent flyer tier

    Nup. Very annoying. I've got 2 leaves so far, though I should have 3 and I can't see which ones, unlike last year. And no sign of the quiz again...
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    Qantas brand badly tarnished

    No and yes. Not a storm in a teacup, I’ve flown 19 sectors this year and 17 were dysfunctional in some way. The two that weren’t was a status flight with no checked in baggage, so even those two come with a caveat. Unfortunately and, frankly disgustingly, Qantas does have a degree of Teflon...
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    20% bonus Qantas Points from credit cards [targeted, with personalised minimum points earn for 3 months]

    Nup, my card has swept and no bonus points yet either, minimum requirement was definitely met.
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    Qantas brand badly tarnished

    This exactly - I don't believe the current situation is even about genuinely saving money but it looks to me like an on-paper P&L improvement exercise to make the execs look better - the reason I suspect this is examples like the unlawful* sacking of those 2000 baggage handlers and aircraft...
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