Recent content by pythonisman

Does anyone know why yesterday’s QF2 was delayed by 3hrs? I asked the operating crew who weren’t sure. The flight was delayed late Friday 18th evening. The operating aircraft landed 10min early at 0455 19 February. I know there were a lot of delays / disruption at LHR on the 18th (I was...

It looked like the OP bid with cash rather than points, but equally that'd be a logical starting position. "I wouldn't have bid had catering not been part of the experience" perhaps. While this was on a 330 and the hard product is substantially different, catering is a marketed point of...

Is there a current issue with shortage of / refusal to hand out / top up water on J flights (specifically to/from LHR?). Doing this end of next week and drink quite a lot of tap water normally through the day- doubly so on aircraft!

Does anyone know of a recent review or recount of the QF Long haul experience (in J) recently? I've got QF2 / QF9 coming up soon and was interested in what I needed to plan on bringing - do things like PJs still get given out, or is it best to plan ahead and BYO?

Thanks, Serfty. I think what you’ve said is I’m all good provided the fares are revenue and not classic award, which is the case. They’re I class paid fares being quoted back at me. I’ll push the button and should all be good, assuming I can’t find anything better in the next day or two.

I've got a related question that falls into the same "four eligible flights" question. I'm solid on retention for this year, my new year starts 1 August. I live in the UK now so unless I'm careful it's not hard to miss out on the all important four eligible flights in a year. I'm planning a...

But JL's SYD-TYO flight arrives into NRT, which I think was the statement made. For the OP, I flew from NRT-BNE this year and there was zero flexibility for checking in early. Absolutely none. Myself and a fair few others waited in a queue for check in to open (I was there about 3hr30min...

Yeah, impersonal is the right word. Perhaps the two crews I had were just flat on the day. I try to connect, and I don't just "expect" service - I like to smile, be friendly and I'm always very, very polite to cabin crew - They're doing a hard job often in quite challenging situations, and...

If you're in a refundable economy bucket you've likely got more chance of landing an upgrade, but I echo the "if you buy economy be emotionally prepared to fly economy" sentiment. I recently flew CX J on their A330 and 777. The CX Hard product (in my opinion) was outstanding, particularly on...

They look great. Pity I don't have a QF long haul flight booked during those dates!

I've never had luck getting VA to interline anything on separate tickets (nor other "partners" to interline onto VA, or issue boarding passes either). I haven't tried SQ->VA but have tried VA->DL, VA->VX, and the reverse a couple of times. Will try again for VA->DL for an upcoming trip but...

Agree re: a single PNR giving you through checked bags. I had no issues getting AA to issue me international QF boarding passes, as well as Australian domestic boarding passes at MIA last year. If you're transiting LAX now, from AA->QF, the airside terminal connector means you shouldn't have to...

A few more from me. Got some internal flights sorted today. Thursday 21 Username Flight # DEP Airport Lounge Time Guest/s pythonisman DL227 LAX DL Skyclub T5 ~0730 1 pythonisman DL5800 SEA DL Skyclub (maybe - 30min layover?); AMEX Centurion if enough time After...

+100 for the *A lounge at TBIT. It's an excellent lounge. I'm WP and wandered through the F section, I'd only really have a meal there and then make my way to the terrace. The last time I was there, I was literally the only person on the entire terrace for about an hour, before another couple...

I'm on 9-Aug VA8 (LAX-BNE) at present showing new seat map. Keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way :)