Recent content by Pat2065

1. When purchasing a flight with cash for another person, there should be an option for the buyer to keep the points or to give them to the lucky recipient. if they are a QFF. 2. Once Lifetime Gold is achieved, not much incentive to go for LT Platinum (and too big a jump). It would be nice for...

This thread has brought up my two favourite QF topics - life after Platinum and self-funded loyalty. Like the original post, my husband and I have both been Platinum continually for many years and both are LTG. We travel for pleasure enough each year at our personal expense to keep this...

Thanks, but it was not Gmail, and not in junk or spam.

Same for me - husband got it, I did not, both Platinum. Maybe QF thinks men need a newsletter more than women, or maybe only one per household. I did not see great value in the newsletter but not sending it to everyone is unimpressive.

Both my husband and I have been QF Platinum for some time. he is also LTG and I will crack that on my next trip. As the large majority of my husband's travel and all of mine is self-funded, our financial stake in QF and One World is high. While we'd never travel just to get/keep status...

I am always jealous of anyone going to LDH. It's a magical place. KPC, enjoy your weekend although 3 nights is not long enough IMHO.

Maybe but we've had just about every type - J only, mixed fares, LAN direct and QF bookings and problem persists. Very tiresome. No TA involved. Will go through QF but I think in the past they've also not been able to get the preferential seating done.

We love South America and find LAN a good airline in the air but terrible on the ground. We are soon to take another trip and I cannot select the preferential seats we are entitled to as Emerald OW pax. We are on a QF ticket but the internal SA flights are all on LAN. The LAN website invites you...

I am committed to QF in my heart but I really prefer to fly CX. I only travel in J class and find the QF seats uncomfortable (even the newest seats) and they are not totally flat - there is still a small angle which I really notice. On CX, the seats are much more comfortable and I like the...

I am a Canadian living in Oz. My family tend to come on AC and I can confirm that the Aeroplan system is lousy, at least for J class. It appears Aeroplan has two J seats on each flight and that's it. My brother snagged one of these a couple of years ago from Toronto to Sydney. His partner...

It's a steal compared to the paid fare price and you'll love it. The 32k points should be for both seats (8k each way per person). Can only be a Dash 8s, and then only the small version, as the runway is very short. It's winter so the water will be cool but excellent for hiking and the views are...

There is almost endless frequent flyer travel advice. Here's a sample of mine, for what it's worth: * travel for the joy of it. * spend the time to learn about it as you are likely to get lots of advice that is conflicting or inappropriate for you. Ultimately, you will have to rely on your own...

I figured this was the case. May stay with our preferred routing to YYZ via HK on Cathay. Hard to know why QF are not using their supposed codeshare arrangement with WS for YVR-YYZ. I thought it might be because I'd asked for J class (WS doesn't have J) but same result if ask for Y class.

Yes, I was surprised it was not a Westjet connection given the announcement of WS making connections into Canada from US but connections (including from LA or DFW) to YYZ seem to be on AC. A few, but not most, connections to other Canadian cities such as Calgary are on WS. Still unclear if AC...

Qantas is now flying directly Sydney-Vancouver during ski season and northern summer. This is great for us Canadians who prefer to avoid going through the US. :p However, the scheduling on the QF website for Sydney to Toronto through Vancouver uses an Air Canada flight from VVR to YYZ. It is...