Recent content by vt01

Having been caught out by Silent announcement when Ansett was around, I'm still for no announcements BUT then they must page a passenger or contact them by phone if they are about to miss their flight. I only had carry on so it was very easy for Ansett to just have the flight depart without me...

Yes and the bar is open 24 hours even though it's a domestic lounge!

Henrys, I think you're missing something. When checking in international (I think I remember what it was like) I was always asked to put a name tag on my carry on. As I had 2 tags from qantas and used to travel a fair bit international, one went on checked bag and the other on carry on. These...

The QF first lounge used to have a self service little fridge full of Haagan Daaz ice cream. So I used to stop off for a few of those and then head to the pier for everything else. It is my fondest memory of the lounge!

I've only ever done a few status runs but all but one of these was part of my work travel. The last one was solely mine and cost $1800. If I throw in the postitioning flight to Hawaii it was $2800. However, this was to achieve lifetime Gold status with Qantas. I received 810 SC's and also had a...

Congratulations Princess Fiona. I'm at 13304. Thanks to a short holiday in January to HNL, I'll be doing a status run to PTY from there to get the SC's I need for LTG. Pity the exchange rate of AUD to USD is so low!

The portable wireless router I first bought was cable connect only. I think I had to connect to it wirelessly with my PC and logon to configure it including any password. Which is why I only used it in the room. The new one is 3G modem/router rechargeable and needs a SIM card.

Clean shirt and undies. Good if your luggage goes missing, or you spill your meal on your shirt or just to feel refreshed on arrival after a long flight especially if connecting. I've only recently discovered the idea of taking a powerboard with me and a single adaptor.. I can't believe I...

Ah yes.. there they are now. Just took a while for them to be available online. I didn't select a particular date when searching, I asked for cheapest around the dates and there was no sign of the sale fares. I just thought it was strange to email your customers about sale fares and then not...

Hi Redroo I was wondering when these flash fare are put online for sale. I received the sale email at 6:15 am and tried to look up 1 seat to Dallas for travel in the January period at 8:15 am but there is not a single flash fare available! The cheapest one way to Dallas was $1053 and one way...

Thanks Red Roo. I just received the email. Is it really the 2% of late checkin passengers that delay flights or is it the people wandering around the airport or Qantas club and getting to the gate at the last minute that cause most of the delays? Thanks

I remember when I first qualified for LTS thinking I'll never have to use economy checkin on QF again. I thought it was business class counters back then (10 years ago? IIRC). Glad to see the benefit returning.

Hi all I haven't been around for a while since my travelling stopped 4 years ago. Finally going to do some personal travel but alas, no more SG status and my QF club expired last year. Hoping someone can guest me on up and coming flights to Singapore (the long way round) 19th June SYD...

My work funded flying stopped in 2012 when I was at 13000 odd SC's. I'm now at 13300. Another 700 SC's to LTG. My paid QF club ended at the end of August and I haven't renewed. I've looked at options to get the last 700 SC's but the expense is just not worth it. $300 per year access to QC when I...

I received a 50% SC offer yesterday. As I haven't flown much lately so haven't been keeping up to date I thought I'd look at ASA's but now realise they no longer get SC's. So then I thought of points+pay Make your next journey on Qantas even more rewarding with 50% more Status Credits* when...