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So, to confirm, if I'm travelling F on QF metal I can access the Emirates lounge? The QF website doesnt say so, comments earlier in this thread imply that I can!

Its uncharted territory, however given the extreme uncertainty the Euro is likely to decline. Until there is clarity that Greece leaving wont cause major European banks to become insolvent(or until they get bailed out, again!) the Euro is likely to come under pressure. Extreme pressure if it...

Greece is interesting. The EU/Merkel will always say that they are prepared for Greece to leave the Eurozone, right up to the moment they change their mind. Greece is a small part of the European economy but nobody really knows the impact of Greece defaulting on their euro denominated...

swanning_it your reply to me that "drsmithy was targeting all those nasty people who are striving to own their family home" was obviously incorrect, that is not what drsmithy was saying at all. You lose credibility when misrepresenting other's views. And you've offered no real response to...

drsmithy is correct. It is not good for society long term if a large proportion of the young are unable to capitalize on the economic success of a country. Its not just about house prices, but education/job opportunities/high value high wage jobs/super tax breaks/capital gains breaks etc. For a...

Re: Air New Zealand What a lot of condescending replies in this thread to the OP. NZ clearly should have handled this better, with effective communication to affected passengers, regardless if they contract out their staff in MEL or not. Having pax hanging around waiting for an excessive period...

When did you buy the 80k+45k miles? After the latest extension to the current offer or back in late Oct/early Nov when this offer first appeared? Cheers

Thanks both for your replies. Burmans - when I go to do a dummy booking, on the screen where you enter in the CC details it says "The cost to buy 80,000 + 45,000 Bonus miles is $2,572.00 (including taxes/fees)*. Is this the screen you are referring to or is there a later screen? (Can't...

Hi there, does anybody know if the current buy/gift miles promo is considered a "new" promo compared to the previous one? I bought miles mid November and would like to buy again if I'll be entitled to the bonus.

Ta da! Thanks, this worked! Can't choose my seats on the Cathay site for some reason but thats fine. I feel a lot better now! Thanks again.

Hi all - did my first Dividend Miles booking over the weekend with a very competent based UK based agent. All up process took less than 15 minutes, I purchased the miles while on the phone to him and he immediately confirmed and ticketed the booking. Booking was for a UK > HKG trip. I was...

JB - I was recently reading about the QF2 flight which lost electrical power on approach into Bangkok. The issue was traced to a leak from the First Class galley and due to the setup of the galley & associated pipes the leak would only occur on decent. Thankfully this flight was close to an...

Curious announcement to make - would have been better if he said nothing amount remaining fuel! Back in 1997 I sat in the flight deck for many hours flying AKL>LAX and I specifically remember the Captain(one of those QF "Pacific Barons") stating they occasionally landed with only 45 minutes of...

I dont think anybody doubts QF were losing money on this route - the real question is why? With the Western Australia feed from QFlink and the potential loyalty of their massive Frequent Flyer base I'm amazed they couldn't make this work. Advice for QF - improve the product in J and Y so you...

Agreed. While LHR slots are extremely hard to get, QF will probably come up with a deal to sell them to EK. EK are on record wanting more slots at LHR. QF also leased various slots to BA early 2012 for 3 years at a very good price so they too will be available from April 2015. EK would pay...

Thanks for this - will affect what fights I transfer to/from at BKK & LHR. It still amazes me that some people make comments on threads which they see as having little value! Why bother! Move on people! If I see a thread which I don't care for I move on and read something else !

Similar thing has happened to me recently. I've flown sin/bkk to lhr in First 3 times in last few months and on every flight there has always been at least 1 item(normally more) that I have asked for and the response has been "sorry sir, it hasnt been loaded". Nothing major, and the crew have...

Yes, you can use the BA arrivals lounge. Just present your boarding pass. Interesting to note the last 2 times I have travelled into LHR on QF, nothing was mentioned on the plane about the arrivals lounge being available....