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It'll be a long time before I fly in a 787. The problem for me isn't so much JQ but the 787. I don't trust Lithium batteries in the air. They are a major fire risk. The FAA requires that all Lithium batteries on passenger flights to be carried in the passenger cabin, not in checked...

You'll also get a set of Gold-coloured Qtags with your new card.

At SYD keep in mind that you can now check-in at any time of the day of your international flight, which gives you ample time to enjoy the benefits of the fabulous Flounge. The food in the Flounge is very good, but keep in mind that you'll also eat very well onboard. There is a "fine dining"...

Your Gold FF card will arrive close to 2 weeks from qualifying. It'll be Gold in colour, and will also double as a Cash card *IF* you activate it. If you're not already aware, you now have 12 months membership of the Qantas Club.

This is great news for those who are on this Vodafone plan, AND travel to these destinations for short periods, especially if you're moving between these countries at a fast pace, and need to keep the one number. But, if you were in one of these countries for more than about 5 days, you'd be...

Yes, you'll have at least 30 mins in the lounge. The first challenge after deplaning is to get through the security screening, so don't bother taking off any bottles of water. What fare class are you in?

My first flight was in 1960 in a Cessna, piloted by my uncle, on a joy flight around Newcastle. My uncle was vice-president of the Newcastle Aero Club, which was then based at Broadmeadow, the site which is now the Sports Centre & Stadium, though the original hanger still exists.

You're right. American cafes and restaurants are so cheap compared to ours. But that's because the wage given to waiters is miserable, and that's why they work so hard to please customers, for they need your generous tips. Given the lower cost of restaurant food there, and the paltry wages...

And as Australia gets fatter, the armrests mostly do a decent job of keeping people within their own seat.

Richard CdC is an impressive man, and very communicative with passengers. He's one of the very few QF captains who insists on doing a walk-through of the passenger cabin, and is very happy to stop briefly for a chat, as I have done with him. A must-read for any QF fan is his book "QF32".

It was the leading news item on 7 tonite. Why? If they'd collided then probably 600 people would have died, AND Channel 7 was able to get passenger reactions at the airport, to make it even more sensational. It makes a great story. What we all know is that TCAS alerted both crews to the...

I see that QF1 VH-OQF is back in the air, having been at DBX for 3 hrs (usually 90 mins), so I trust that the water problem was solved there. Princess Fiona or Chesty, please let us know how the rest of the flight went, and what sort of compensation they eventually offer you.

Longyearbyen, on the large island of Spitsbergen. It's a territory of Norway, but a 2 hour flight from the Tromso which is the most northern town of Norway. Longyearbyen is about 1,000 km from the North Pole, or about 2,600 km from the top of the UK. It's about 2 degrees Celcius in Summer...

Re: QF Chauffeur drive - multiple pax and luggage My recent experience with QF cars was mixed. In London our car was a Mercedes E220, and our luggage consisted of 2 suitcases, plus about 4 smaller bags that all fitted into the boot. The driver was helpful and courteous, etc. On arrival at...

It depends on your interests. If you're into techie stuff, then you can't beat a short cab fare to Fry's Electronics at 3600 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, a 10km ride from LAX. It's a huge place that has every conceivable gadget. Tip: cabs won't stop outside Fry's for the return journey, but Fry's...

Yes, the Woolworths EDR CC is excellent value for QFF. Their annual fee is low, they give 1 point per dollar, and there's no annual cap. What more could one want? The only serious problem I've had with them is that their initial credit limit was just $7k, despite providing evidence of...

Big online systems like Qantas.com.au don't do upgrades during weekday business hours. They'll do their upgrades overnight, and preferably late on Saturday nights. Today's outage of much of their website will be due to a serious problem that can't wait till tonite.

Yes, you certainly can buy duty free alcohol at SCL airside in the duty free shops. Just don't try taking it onto a Qantas plane yourself, as it'll be confiscated at the last-minute security desk after check-in as you're about to board. Buy it early enough so that the duty free store can take...

On 10th August, if you're on QF 11 to LAX then you arrive at 9.40 am. AA has 7 flights LAX-SFO that day from noon that you'd be able to catch, and surely one of them has an empty seat for you.