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I think it’s completely unreasonable for a multi billion $ corporation to charge someone $15,000 for a flight and then inform they they are unpaid on call for the next 15 hours in an unfamiliar environment. Then next time I’m asked in advance (as opposed to helping in an emergency) I will...

If we are talking about EK or anything to do with the Gulf States I’d be very, very happy to stay a “Mr” which is what I will do in future. I’ve heard stories of pax being told they might be asked to remain with staff (?detained) after bad outcomes and some bad stuff happens in Dubai itself to...

This is kind of a weird development but I had heard that Emirates had started routinely greeting pax with “Dr” in front of their name by saying (basically) “welcome to the flight, we will contact you for any medical problems during the flight”. I thought people were being precious and then it...

It’s been fine but depends entirely on the property and you need to be careful not to get so attracted by the price that you go somewhere less than great. Lotte Arai was not great (Tripadvisor’s 1-3 star reviews explain why) and they are readvertising it now. Did the Tokyo Hilton which is also...

Hi! I need to fly from Melbourne to Vienna for a meeting starting early on the 3rd of June 2018 and stretching until the 8th of June. I am QFF with no status but we get 300,000 points a year and fly to NYC every couple of years in J (i.e. getting a few status credits by flying QF or CX won't...

I'll get plenty more QF points eventually (thanks ATO), especially if the top rate goes back up to 49.5% .. so I can live with less of a sign on bonus as long as Altitude is an OK program. I think I saw they are scrapping the Amex mid-next-year.

I can't find anything specifically about this although someone must have asked? I was just sent a Westpac Platinum card + Amex due to a new home loan, no annual fee so I said yes (I think there was a sign-on bonus)? I chose the non Qantas option because I want to explore Singapore/Virgin but...

I thought the airline would treat a pram as checked luggage and substitute an airline (or airport) supplied pram after the security barrier (ie. pre-cleared). Nope, I have a Japanese travel pram that folds up as small as a briefcase. You sling it over your shoulder up the stairs or skybridge...

With 4m flights per year, if they need staff members to manually process each refund, including several calls to each customer (and when it happened to me they must have tried to reach me six times before I was able to take the call) - I'm not surprised they have staffing problems. I just...

I am travelling MEL-HKG-Newark and want to take my little Launchkey keyboard on board to record some music on my laptop (with NC headphones on obviously). My family is insisting that it will be confiscated. Surely it would be OK? Here's a picture: Novation Launchkey Mini Mk2 USB/MIDI keyboard +...

I need to get to a shop somewhere in town tomorrow to buy a bag for a trip. I have the privilege/scary responsibility of about 50 hours of flying around the world with small children. So I will have my laptop, my little MIDI keyboard/sequencer, an iPad for each kid, four sets of headphones as...

thank you

I'm doing MEL-HKG-Newark on CX in J in April, with a 3 year old. I know there were issues with line of sight to kids previously in the J configuration but had heard the cabin had since changed. Someone told me that in 2016 they still had trouble communicating with the kids. The flights are CX134...

To clarify, I just want the normal AA flight. I'm aware that the QF metal on that route involves all kinds of weirdness. The website won't let us book the AA flight and QF on the phone only want to talk about the QF metal.

I have MEL-HKG-JFK and then LAX-BNE booked on QFF points but still need to get JFK-LAX tickets. QF tells me that I can't do that on points because it isn't part of the JFK-LAX-MEL direct flight? is it really not possible to book a one way ticket domestically on AA using QF points? Admittedly...

Cathay were planning to start flying direct from hong kong to israel sometime this year - is this happening - has anyone heard? Trying to book for 2017.

We have an open jaw trip on QF/CX FF and need to make our own way from NYC to LAX. I'm with QF FF but no status, so AA would be an OK option. I am Gold on VA though and we have family pooling so maybe Virgin is an OK option too. Unfortunately QF won't let us use points to get on the QF metal NYC...

Sorry, I realise there are already a few posts in this thread! I don't even know what some of these cards are that you are discussing -WOW? world of warcraft? At the moment my business is paying up to 300k per year to the govt and not earning points. I want to buy J (rather than upgrade) on...

Big difference between the two cards?

I was stretched out on one seat reading, with a baby happily playing on the same seat with her toys.