Recent content by Rae

My year with Qantas ends March 31 and I presently have 1130 SC's. Qantas kindly comped me, but didn't need to as I was going to take one more flight in March anyway, which would have qualified me again. I've been platinum for 4 years now, and have never been comped as I've maintained status...

Thanks for that. Quite a loss in SCs and points really. Too late now anyway as I've booked and paid for it. I haven't done a long haul with CX before so it will be good to see what they're like.

My thought exactly! One less flight and no hassle at LHR is worth losing the double points I think. I noticed that Qantas is starting MEL/LHR A380 flights in Jan but I can live without the A380 too I think.

Thanks both. We're not LTG yet - I need another 4,000 SC's to get there so this trip will help. It sucks that we won't get double points on Cathay but I think I'll stick with the direct flight in that case. Regardless of the burn rate I can't bring myself to join the AA program since I hate...

Hi all, Hubby and I have a DONE4 coming up in March. I've booked us to fly CX MEL-HKG-CDG but there's also an option to fly QF MEL-SIN-LHR-CDG. Obviously with an added leg there is more status credits to be had on the QF option, but since we've both requalified for Platinum anyway that's not...

Nah - I'm still red according to my account. Must have just been missed in the millions that were sent out. Shame really, I think they would have stolen some business from Qantas for sure.

Hubby, whos last name starts with A got a retraction on the same day. My last name starts with H and I'm still waiting for my retraction. We are both platinum with Qantas and were discussing how clever it was of Virgin to create this email and wondering how they managed to access the Qantas...

There's no ethics to it and most serious collectors get them from anywhere they can, with the ones most revered being out of the way / unusal ones like small villages in northern Canada etc. I used to collect them and had about 1500. The most desired are the vintage plastic ones with name...

I stayed at the Holiday Inn one time too and found it did the job and was cheap - around $85 from memory

OCT Nothing! Total flights 0 Total miles 0 Total QFF points 0 Total Status Credits 0 2009 YTD Total Sectors 39 Total miles 47,665 Flying/loyalty points 124,424 Status: Platinum Status Credits 1,315 Airlines: QF (26) JQ (6) DJ (2) BA (3) AA (2) QFF MEMBERSHIP YTD (April...

I booked MEL/LHR about 3 months ago and got exactly the dates I wanted, Dec 09 MEL/LHR and Dec 29 LHR/MEL but for what it's worth I had a similar experience as you, trying to get to Auckland of all places, on Nov 1 & 2. Absolutely no flights when I tried 2 weeks ago. It's the first time I've...

Hah! You should sit with me! Size 10, 5"3. ALWAYS go to the toilet before I fly so I don't disturb the aisle passenger and try to get on the plane first so I'm in my window seat without having to ask aisle pax to stand up to let me in. I lean into the window and try to sleep, not using the...

I think I've worked out another way to do it. I have to do a RTW again within 12 months. So I book them both at the same time. On #1, I start it in March and fly MEL/LHR then drop it, then picking up #2 booking to go RTW back to MEL Then in Sept I fly MEL/LHR on booking #2, picking up booking...

Thanks for that. I've also been looking at BA due to the pound taking a hammering and it seems that booking with them is cheaper again, but that perhaps it has to be ex-London in that case. Has anyone here booked via BA ex Australia? It seems you can book with AA ex Australia but when I tried...

I know many on this forum book their RTW tickets with American Airlines. I usually book with Qantas in J and go for upgrades to F. However, with the dollar the way it is, I wondered if I should book with AA this time. It's a really simple schedule: MARCH 2010 MEL / CDG / LHR / YYZ / LAX / AUS /...