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This. (they could leave it going via Sin however given its a hotspot prehaps not) I think they may postpone the Chicago route, use the aircraft to go to LHR. US air travel declining similar to 9/11 levels.

Not so radical....gov spends more on Super tax breaks than it "saves" by not paying aged pension to some, most of those tax breaks go to highest earners who would be saving for retirement anyway, and the Australian superannuation industry is one of the highest cost in the world compared to other...

So no 2nd meal service as they couldnt keep the meals chilled? Was their milk with your muesli or no! I'd be pissed if this happened.

Thanks, I was more wondering about how they would have handled the Wuhan part of the trip! Presumably they had enough food/supplies for a few days if anything happened, I assume they'd be reluctant to leave the plane?

JB - with the recent Wuhan flight do you know how they would have handled fuel and maintenance? Is it likely they fueled for the round trip and possibly had a engineer on board, given they'd likely want to limit exposure to any local maintenance staff, and of course minmise the risk of being...

A lot of the Indian based outsourcing providers are cheap for a reason! Compared to the Big 4 I'd be surprised if the travel policy for outsourcing staff were as generous, sure some staff may go Business however the vast majority will be in the back (I dont have any experience with them in the...

Not too bad for a shower and decent meal.

Agree. Also ridiculous that flights to the US and UK do not have the same gate liquid restrictions, who would if anything be under a high threat level than Australia.

Thanks all. I'm a mere bronze on QF however I've also been looking at availability via the BA site(I'm a silver) and AA(platinum). I'm curious if there is a QF policy of no award seats on these flights, except by request from a QF platinum? Has anybody been able to redeem in J or F on these...

Hi all - I've been trying without success to find a J or F award seat on the new London flights - QF1/2 or QF9/10. I havent been able to find any F/J award seat - in either direction - from September this year to February 2019. Has anybody seen any availability in the premium cabins since the...

The QF web site is/should be the primary interface between QF and its customers. The web site should at least be reliable and functional, that spend should not be controversial within QF. Earlier this week myself and some colleagues tried to price up some itineraries for the new LHR>PER...

I was at this lounge last week waiting for the 7am CX flight to HKG I wasnt expecting much but to be honest I thought it was quite reasonable - various hot dishes to choose from (eggs/sausages/bacon etc), barista coffee. I'm pretty sure there was only the CX flight leaving at that time so...

So for those airlines operating to Perth, who do not carry enough fuel for an alternate operate with a significant competitive advantage ? Given alternates can be required not just due to weather conditions (i.e. aircraft blocking runway, or in the case of Perth - both runways), its quite a...

I fly Comfort+ regularly across the Atlantic, its essentially Economy class with extra leg room. You get first choice of drinks/meals but I dont believe the menu is different from "normal" Economy. Its nothing special, but the extra leg room makes a different on long flights. You get extra FF...

Re: Perth alternates Thanks andmiz for your comments. Yes, the main point I was trying to get across in my earlier posting is that aircraft may need to divert for non weather reasons. It seems the QF SIN>PER flight in 2006 that landed below legal minimums was lucky that it was "only" fog. If...

Good overview. Given how depressed the British pound is it might be a good time for me to transfer some AUD into GBP !

Re: Perth alternates Thanks Aviator. I guess my original surprise was the QF Singapore flight I mentioned earlier didnt carry any fuel for diversion to an alternate, and while the original forecast had no prediction of Fog plenty of other reasons could have caused the airfield to close...

Re: Perth alternates Maybe. However legally they didnt need to hold enough fuel to get to Kalgoorlie , given they declared a Mayday and went under legal minimums to get into Perth I wouldnt think Kalgoorlie was an option! I didnt realise Australian carriers dont need to hold enough fuel to...

Perth alternates JB Catching up on some of the information around the proposed 787 service London>Perth direct. I see there have been some posts on AFF previously about alternates to Perth which I assume will remain for the proposed 787 service(Learmonth, possibly Pearce/Kalgoorlie) I was...

Totally agree! What works elsewhere seems to fail in Perth!!