Recent content by ButFli

You only go down the stairs at Gate 3 if you are boarding from there. Boarding passes are scanned at the top.

An A380 can only carry 10t more payload than a 747-400 (150t vs 140t), but weighs 185t more. Consequently, you're burning a lot of extra fuel to move a lot of extra plane around, for only 7% more cargo. Not worth it except in the most specialised cases.

Nope. I am Gold, but I was not logged in during the booking process so status was not a factor.

It was for the Canberra flight - I got a J seat. Very very limited numbers - all of upstairs, all of the nose section and part of the main J cabin was blocked from sale. Only 4 J seats left by the time I got in at 12:02.

Yes, as a scheduled stop on the tour. Sorry if my post implied otherwise. The Captain's Choice charters generally make a stop at Easter Island even from South American cities where Qantas has had non-stop RPT flights.

Qantas 747s have flown to Lima before as part of Captains Choice RTW charters. Not sure they've ever flown non-stop from there to Australia. They often stop at Easter Island.

Is there a reason why you won't consider Areolineas Argentinas for the flight to Ushuaia? They have a lot more flights on that route than LATAM. Ushuaia isn't that bad. I wouldn't spend a week there but there are plenty of things to fill a day. There are quite a few half day tour options...

Yes I have flown to USH for Antarctica. It is probably a little too early to be searching for flights for February 2021. Generally they only become available about 300 days in advance. That explains why you can find more availability for December 2020. 1:35 would not be enough connecting...

You're examining people's boarding passes closely enough to determine what status they have? In what way does a Gold frequent flyer's conversation differ from Silver and below?

How do you know the priority lane was ignored? On some routes, more than half the passengers are entitled to use it.

I use this strategy with rental cars.

All of those, plus the Oneworld equivalents, provided they are flying on QF9 or QF10 (with the exception of passengers flying QF10 PER-MEL as a domestic flight). It’s not like excluding the Silver passes is without precedent - they aren’t valid at LAX either.

It's a service specific to SIN. You don't even need to have the luggage checked all the way through when you check in for the first flight. If they are only tagged for SIN, you can show the transfer desk at SIN the luggage receipt and they will arrange for it to be re-tagged for your final...

Well... If this is the lounge pass you receive as a Silver frequent flyer then it is only valid for Qantas Clubs and Qantas International Business Lounges. Qantas has branded the new Perth T3 lounge as an "International Transit Lounge" - neither a Qantas Club nor an International Business...

I would have thought Tamworth would be a very strong contender. The RAAF move its flight training away from Tamworth in 2019, leaving a hole to be filled. The community understands that aviation brings jobs and are comfortable with a busy aviation training airport being in their midst. There'll...