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...and even then, I'll believe it if they're still running 12 months after that! We've played this game of knifey-spooney before.

I think you kind of answered your own question quite well there; there's no financial upside to policing it, yet there is a reputational downside to p*ssing off customers before the flight, especially when it is the flight crew that will be stuck in a metal tube with them for the next few hours...

I couldn't care less about weight, it is bag size that people take the Mickey on, especially with oversized wheelie suitcases. For some reason families with small children always seem to be the worst offenders. Ironically Jetstar actually police this quite well.

According to the QFF wrapped-style email, my wife earned 136k points last year's and was in the top 10% of points earners which really blew my mind. So even the Points Club basic tier is less than 10%. I'm assuming the terms "points earners" and "members" aren't being used interchangeably too...

So long as it isn't a backdoor to devalue status credit earn overall, I personally support it. The days of frequent flyer "miles" is long dead, and I would argue even the idea of a "Frequent Flyer" and customer loyalty being seen as valuable are long dead, with the way status credit are so...

They already do in effect sell Gold status with Qantas Club. It wouldn't be a massive stretch to create "Qantas Club Premium" that offers many of the benefits of Platinum (Business lounge instead of Qantas club for e.g)

There was a brief period where they tried to establish Darwin as a hub for Jetstar expansion into Asia, using DRW as a scissor-hub for A320 flights from southern capitals to several SEA destinations with a bunch planned (from memory Bali, Singapore, Manila and either coughet or Bangkok). This was...

My spine hurt just looking at those Recaro slimline seats! 😫 I've flown a 1.5h flight on one of those model seats overseas and that was bad enough, I genuinely cannot imagine 7h! The seats on city buses and trains are literally more padded and comfortable! Really surprised they didn't use the...

I'm a little surprised by the negativity here (I think lingering jadedness from previous Enhancements). It will be interesting to see how routine availability works out longer term, but it certainly seems a better alternative to the ridiculous P&P/Anytime joke, and the better value of a Classic...

We used to fly CNS-DRW-SGP route (connecting from POM) through the mid-late 2000s. It was primarily a 767-300 or A330 (depending on the timeframe) Normally CNS-DRW were old all economy 737-400 in that period so it was a nice change. I remember Malaysian Airlines innauguraed their KL-DRW-ADL...

Just had our flights for our wedding changed to an A220 flight from a 737, and am completely stoked! 😁 Surprised they aren't prioritising these for the longer thin routes first though (e.g Darwin) as a on routes the E190s don't have the legs but 37's are a bit too big.

Definitely agree the ratios are changing at least somewhat in the last two years (have experienced the same personally) but it is still definitely a thing (just go into any domestic lounge on Monday morning; Stevie Wonder could see it is mostly business travel) Also, don't discount the "bump"...

It makes sense, I've always thought that travellers in that bracket roughly equating to silver status were where airlines and hotels were leaving a lot of money on the table. The lack of any real benefits to silver (equiv.) mean the airlines are effectively freeing still relatively frequent...

It's always going to be a fundamental issue of scale; when you've got one or two flights a day between Point A and Point B, losing cancelling one of those is much more impactful than the intercity bus-service like schedules the bigger airlines will have. I couldn't begin to quantify how many...

The issue was Tiger Australia simply had too few aircraft for their schedule and route network (from memory they started with 5x A320 and worked them hard). So as soon as there was any delay or technical issue with the aircraft, it would have huge knock on effects on all their flights for the...

True...

While I'm happy with the restriction, especially after being stuck next to some wannabe "influencer" on a flight once, where they spent half the flight talking into the camera (and with multiple 'takes' for just about every idiotic comment and "spontaneous" action and thought) The part that...

It's not about disclosure; if you are reviewing an experience, and you replace some of the worst aspects of the experience that people would be buying, it defeats the purpose. It would be like a food critic reviewing McDonald's but having a Michelin chef come and cook a separate entree and...

These "reviews" really need to review the *actual* product sold. Using the reviewer's Platinum/P1/Diamond/Unobtanium status to get lounge access and take advantage of the priority perks is cool for him, but it is not reflective of the actual product, and I dare say that had the reviewer been...

For me simply: 1. Reducing the "carrier charges" to a reasonable level, i.e not approaching cash ticket costs. 2. Fix 'Points & Pay' to be something that is actually a viable option, not hundreds of thousands of points for basic domestic flights. I don't understand why they reduced the points...