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Which I think that us what they did when NZ started flying SYD- LAX, being before they were shareholders in AN.

That was through QF website.

Ah okay. From memory yes they did appear in Trips, as did my JL flights. This was in Sept/Oct last year.

RJ and AT, yes I have. I was indicating the GDS host of the carriers rather than having seen in them MMB.

Others are JL,MH,AT,RJ,UL and (future member) FJ. AA is Sabre, AS and WY appear to Sabre as well.

A few days ago I accidently poached 5A when allocated 4A on QF A220. I counted 3 rows of Business class on the left side and instinctively took the window seat of the 4th row on the right. Much bewilderment when occupant of 5A came along and said 'you're in my seat' but happily sat in 4A. After...

AY will direct you to a 3rd party lounge(Plaza?). If you have status with Oneworld the CX or QR one is the way to go. I went on that flight in April, QR was shut and CX had just opened so not to busy as well.

No, Hinge Affairs is the relevant ministry for that part of ABF operations.

Staff instruction when I worked at SYD, an ICAO standard/ recommended practice apparently. Annex 9 on facilitation perhaps. Related to crew being on minimum rest, not being delayed etc. Pre- Smart gate days, QF crew were very aware of this.

You could be gazumped by another crew as well. They are entitled to priority over everyone in the crew lane, even if its a 'shared' lane. Some crews feel like a douche as well (fell its a bad look for the company) pushing in. Many use Smartgate too, which reduces the odds of gazumping.

And contains much the same information as on the chip, other than the photo.

The international standards for (e)passports, require that they use at least Basic Access Control (BAC) or higher level of security. The relevant part of that to scanning the MRZ to use Smartgate is that the check digits contained in the MRZ are required and be correct to be able to read and...

Main vendor under (or not delivering) stuff and lining up all the ducks from other agencies were the main causes. There was a much larger plan to replace/introduce a range of inter agency information transfer technology off the back of this project - some not traveller related, this tech...

Seems about right, you don't get points if you no show on a flight. Can't see why this would be different. Whether it's fair or not is a different question.

The arrival time in November is closer to 0700 according to BA, so w one be amongst the first arrivals.

Yes you do need to collect luggage at Sydney when clearing Customs and Immigration. 1.5 hours is quite optimistic, although I've rechecked baggage made it across to the domestic terminal in the early am in 45 minutes after getting off the plane. This would be very much the exception though. As...

No, but the amount of points charged will be the rate for the highest class booked, even if it is only one flight out of many.

While Quarantine is not Border Force, the term racial profiling gets used a lot for both. The were specific flights where certain nationalities would be selected particularly for quarantine checks. An example was (maybe still so) Hong Kong Chinese around the time of year the delicacy 'birds...

As a former Customs (aka Border Force) officer who worked at Sydney for awhile , the answer is no for nearly all of the staff. The remaining could be quite embarrassing at times, especially when the target is from a non English speaking background. And every large workplace has its 'problem...

I don't think the FAA (in reference to AA) mandates shades up for take off and landings for US carriers unless the airline has it in their standard procedures. Then they would get into trouble for not following their procedures.