Recent content by falconea

It only applies to bookings made after you have registered for the offer.

Argh - this is a month earlier than expected! We need to travel to Bocas del Toro, Panama in August but the trip is not yet confirmed. I was going to book it with DSC in March and I haven't even worked out how to do route the trip yet. What's the advice? Just book to LAX and book the other...

In MEL they make a gorgeous hot chocolate.

Thanks for this - this is precisely the sort of thing I wanted to know about!

Plan was (pre-pandemic) to use those points for a big RTW when we retire from work - now planned for the end of this year. Not yet comfortable enough with the pandemic to consider booking it yet, I'm afraid. I know too many epidemiologists.

How did that work? I'm interested....

My Platinum expires end of July 23 and I've only earned 615 SC and not likely to earn more. In normal times I would have done an overseas trip in the northern Winter which would have renewed my Plat but it wasn't possible. I do have lifetime gold if that makes a difference. I just miss the...

I had a booking on SYD-HKG on 11 Dec in F. It's just changed to a 747 so no F. (It's part of MELxSYDxHKG-TPE-HKGxSYD-BNE-MEL.) It was in part booked as a status run so changing voluntarily to the 787 MEL-HKG is annoying. Plus I booked at the Premium Companion rate so there wouldn't even be any...

Well, this has annoyed me mightily for a different reason to most. Let me explain. I'm partially deaf and can't understand voices over phones. For this reason I never give out my mobile number, because I don't want to risk someone attempting a voice call with something moderately important...

Exactly this happened to me as well. My booking was a paid J booking HKG-SYD and I had selected seats 1A and 2A for My Falconea and myself on the A380. I lost those seats and was very unimpressed. Qantas refused to reinstate them (and didn't provide a proper explanation and kept saying that it...

Catching QF29 (departing 11:25) on Tuesday, and I am still QF Plat (alas, Mr Falconea has dropped back to Gold) and want to make the most of the FLounge. What time can we check in? Have in the past been caught by the F check in not being open. Mr Falconea called QF and they were unable to...

Re: Classic awards showing without the need to check box? Oh, good, it's not just me. Absolutely bonkers! If J costs only a little more than Y then I'll book J. Got to book a flight to CBR on a Monday morning late in September and I know loads will heavy and that Y won't be much cheaper than...

I booked a trip MEL-BNE in J a while ago. Got confused as to what the baggage allowance was at the time, went and checked it today and found that it's been clarified, and we get no extra allowance for being SGs! Colour me peeved. We're taking a full marine biology lab along - a large Pelican...

Mr Falconea and I have been losing weight after his health scare earlier this year. The basic rule to remember is calories in < calories out. We just eat a little less, I've substituted fat free milk for full fat in cooking (but not for drinking!) and we've significantly cranked up our...

Mr Falconea and I will join you for Saturday lunch and dinner. Audrey