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    LHR shutdown due to substation fire Friday 21 March

    QF Agency https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/nz/en/agency-news/agency-news-march-25/commercial-and-reward-bookings-policy-for-customer-impact-by-london-heathrow-airport-closure-on-twenty-first-march-twenty-twenty-five.html
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    LHR shutdown due to substation fire Friday 21 March

    LHR web site (very little information) https://www.heathrow.com/ BBC links https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c680y55m121t
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    Fiji Airways becomes full oneworld member and adopts AAdvantage program

    FJ to adopt AAdvantage from 01 April. Maybe 1 (unpublished) step to being a full OW member https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/partner-airlines/fiji-airways.jsp
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    Senate Inquiry on Pay on delay

    If airlines "sell realistic schedules and try to recover faster from any delays"(Mattg) ,have good maintenance, good staffing the cost is zero or near zero. EU261 delay payments, due the airlines control, are from 2 hours. Exceptional weather (not ordinary bad weather) are a let out. Such as...
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    Six million people a year would use train to Melbourne Airport

    More PR spin from Fed govt, State govt & the airport management. ABC --> MoU a 'significant' commitment to Melbourne Airport Rail Link, govt says
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    Fastest circumnavigation by scheduled flights through exact antipodal points

    https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/australian-man-uses-auckland-airport-as-start-and-finish-point-for-a-world-record-attempt.116835/
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    Qatar qsuite booking - who to credit?

    So BNE-DOH with QR flight number on VA operated aircraft (but operated by QR as a wet lease for VA) Then DOH-LHR QR flight number BA operated As VA is not a Oneworld airline will not credit to QF...
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    Booking a round the world fare on points

    The OW RTW product *ONE* - *GLOB* is a cash paid product. Cannot be paid for by ff miles/points/avios from any airline freq flyer program. https://www.oneworld.com/round-the-world The individual OW airlines offer award flights on themselves and partners. Rules and cost in ff...
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    A330s out of life

    But cars & trucks on club plates can't be used for commercial purposes. :)
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    A330s out of life

    Not so much age, since manufacture, but number of takeoff-landings. Hours for engines and air frame a different measure. Both determine maintenance requirements. Some engines now can have many thousands of hours on wing. (continuous monitoring)...
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    The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

    If in AU, one of the easiest way to keep a QF ff account alive is link to BP and buy some petrol-store items once in the 18 months. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/partners/bp.html Losing 200,000 QF points not good. Info on challenge--> How to Reinstate Expired Qantas Frequent Flyer...
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    J Oz to UK help with fares

    A little off topic AF/KLM are ff partners of QF, so could earn to the QF freq flyer program if that is a consideration.
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    Qatar codeshare Australia domestic?

    Only as a tag on to a QR international flight. Not as a standalone QR marketed VA operated AU domestic flight.
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    Amora Hotels buys Hilton Adelaide tower with plans for $40m makeover

    Sept 2024 https://www.cbre.com.au/press-releases/hilton-adelaide-hits-the-market
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    Qantas double status credits: Register & book between 12-18 March 2025

    MEL<--->CHC is my regular route. Mix of J & economy. Some times via BNE OOL for more SC's if worth the cost~effort. Real taxes MEL-CHC ~AU$142 AU has a $70 departure tax CHC-MEL ~NZ$68 Then the fare for the airlines.
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    Help with calculation of "within 90 days" Loyalty Bonus to coincide with new anniversary year

    My understanding is date of the flight is the key. Not date booked. Does WB mean "want to book" or something else? :confused: Do not over think this.
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    Recent Experiences with Qantas' terminal transfer at SYD

    Yes. 100's of people arrive at T1 QF domestic check-in desk from international flights [or by foot, taxi, uber, train car or what ever] and have separate QF domestic reservations. Same for VA T1 check in desk. With no domestic Skyteam or Star alliance airlines this is very common.
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    Booking dilemma

    A travel agent will have an incentive to book the airline that pays the most commission. A single PNR, even if multiple airlines, gives a level of protection and baggage interlining. All about risk vs savings. Savings can be considerable with separate PNR's as posts above. Is collecting freq...
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    QF Bookings originating from NZ incur a higher CC surcharge

    https://www.qantas.com/au/en/book-a-trip/flights/schedule-of-fees.html https://www.qantas.com/nz/en/book-a-trip/flights/schedule-of-fees.html Easiest way is to manually edit the url : - au to nz. I do that frequently.
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    Help me get to Canada...

    Cash or award AU Canada? In days after schools close and to Christmas day will be 100's - 1000's trying to get flights out of (and into) Australia. Some what similar in Canada-USA, but Christmas is not as big for family meet ups as in AU. Airlines from AU will be expecting to sell all seats for...
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