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Thank you. I forgot about expert flyer - I have an account that I can reactivate and search for award flights. I haven't used this function before so will see how I go. We will be travelling with a baby so most direct route is preferable although I agree that Singapore is a much better airline...

Hi there. Long time no post for me having had our travel plans put on hold for a while due to me having a baby this year! I was debating whether to put this under Virgin or AMEX so mods please move if you think it is better placed elsewhere. My husband and I have over 400k AMEX points which...

Another one is related to carrying a baby through security. In Adelaide you are allowed to keep the Baby Bjorn on with baby in it and walk through. In Melbourne they make you take the Baby Bjorn off and put it through the scanner while you carry the baby through in your arms. Certainly not the...

Thanks for the tip!! I have just put in for DH to upgrade to J/Y+ on MEL-LHR-MEL later this month. I am travelling Y+ (work is paying) and he had banned me from putting in for an upgrade to J because he had a non-upgradeable fare and it would be 'unfair' for me to travel in J and him stuck in Y...

The Quality Inn Presidential in Mt Gambier does this .... they even make sure they look in at you and say 'good morning'. A bit far from Brissy though.

Just a quick question this morning. I've got to book a flight to the US on 20/2 and have been looking at going premium economy. Given the late booking there's not a lot of choice in seats, particularly as I'm travelling with one other person. Based on expert flyer. QF11 looks choccas in Y+, and...

This happened to me today as well. I thought I must have accidentally clicked something to take me there. Strange that they've picked up the address.

For anyone who is still following this thread, here's another update. I spoke with the QF FF desk and was told they are not able to block seats. However if someone is allocated to that seat between now and departure we can ask at the Qantas Club to see if they can be moved. She was not overly...

Thanks for all the advice. I think Sprucegoose is right in that we have more chance of getting the 3 seats between 2 of us by keeping A & C, as they will hopefully fill all the window and aisle seats before the middles. If someone does get allocated to B we will offer them the aisle and...

Thanks for the info. We're in 53A and 53C (which I swapped from 52J,52K) so I'm guessing we will end up with a random next to us given we are so far forward in the cabin :( I might try giving them a call tomorrow to see if they will block it, otherwise I might request to be put in 53A & 53B ...

Hi, just a quick question today. We're on QF93 next Sunday (10/10), in discount economy on a non-upgradeable fare. I've been into expertflyer and seen that the flight is virtually full in business and premium economy so fairly sure we won't get a phone call to see if we want to use our points to...

Thanks for the feedback. I guess we will prepare ourselves for economy then ... the upgrades were awesome while the loads were lower, but I'm not going to wish another recession on the economy.

Last year we were called 2 days before our flight from SYD-LAX and offered an upgrade from Discount Economy (red-e-deal) to Business using our FF Points. I was QF Gold, and husband QF Silver. Of course we accepted the offer, particularly as it was on the A380. We are heading to the US for...

When my husband and I did LAX-SYD last year on the A380 we chose an aisle and window in the same row in the very back section of economy hoping for some additional room, however the flight was full and we ended up having someone in the middle seat between us. Fortunately we found out at checkin...

I had a similar thing happen to me, but with the chauffer car drivers. I had booked a car, and saw the driver with my initial, and surname near the carousel so went with him. I was going to Melbourne CBD, and he thought he was meant to take me somewhere else (I should have twigged then). Half...