Recent content by Laptop Jockey

I'm a little surprised by the negativity here (I think lingering jadedness from previous Enhancements). It will be interesting to see how routine availability works out longer term, but it certainly seems a better alternative to the ridiculous P&P/Anytime joke, and the better value of a Classic...

We used to fly CNS-DRW-SGP route (connecting from POM) through the mid-late 2000s. It was primarily a 767-300 or A330 (depending on the timeframe) Normally CNS-DRW were old all economy 737-400 in that period so it was a nice change. I remember Malaysian Airlines innauguraed their KL-DRW-ADL...

Just had our flights for our wedding changed to an A220 flight from a 737, and am completely stoked! 😁 Surprised they aren't prioritising these for the longer thin routes first though (e.g Darwin) as a on routes the E190s don't have the legs but 37's are a bit too big.

Definitely agree the ratios are changing at least somewhat in the last two years (have experienced the same personally) but it is still definitely a thing (just go into any domestic lounge on Monday morning; Stevie Wonder could see it is mostly business travel) Also, don't discount the "bump"...

It makes sense, I've always thought that travellers in that bracket roughly equating to silver status were where airlines and hotels were leaving a lot of money on the table. The lack of any real benefits to silver (equiv.) mean the airlines are effectively freeing still relatively frequent...

It's always going to be a fundamental issue of scale; when you've got one or two flights a day between Point A and Point B, losing cancelling one of those is much more impactful than the intercity bus-service like schedules the bigger airlines will have. I couldn't begin to quantify how many...

The issue was Tiger Australia simply had too few aircraft for their schedule and route network (from memory they started with 5x A320 and worked them hard). So as soon as there was any delay or technical issue with the aircraft, it would have huge knock on effects on all their flights for the...

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While I'm happy with the restriction, especially after being stuck next to some wannabe "influencer" on a flight once, where they spent half the flight talking into the camera (and with multiple 'takes' for just about every idiotic comment and "spontaneous" action and thought) The part that...

It's not about disclosure; if you are reviewing an experience, and you replace some of the worst aspects of the experience that people would be buying, it defeats the purpose. It would be like a food critic reviewing McDonald's but having a Michelin chef come and cook a separate entree and...

These "reviews" really need to review the *actual* product sold. Using the reviewer's Platinum/P1/Diamond/Unobtanium status to get lounge access and take advantage of the priority perks is cool for him, but it is not reflective of the actual product, and I dare say that had the reviewer been...

For me simply: 1. Reducing the "carrier charges" to a reasonable level, i.e not approaching cash ticket costs. 2. Fix 'Points & Pay' to be something that is actually a viable option, not hundreds of thousands of points for basic domestic flights. I don't understand why they reduced the points...

The fundamental issues are that the staff aren't empowered or authorised to solve problems. Now one can argue if it is a chicken-and-egg problem with not intending to give the power so they can use minimally trained/knowledgeable staff, or because they are minimally trained/competent that they...

I feel like this is another attempt to get more status holders over the line to keep the golden handcuffs on. Given the very poor recovery of international travel, I suspect they've run the numbers and there is a very high number of people who will lose status (particularly gold status where the...

We do all our grocery shopping online once a month except for the occasional small top up at the local (not a Woolies), so we'll definitely be cancelling our subscription as that 10% was the only reason we subscribed. Another great "enhancement"... 🙄