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  1. Basalt

    QANTAS booking made, but I don't seem to have paid

    It was a QF only booking, good to know that in theory it can stay held. However the agent was very assertive in saying that the booking was going to drop off the next day and I had to re-book. She said she couldn't even take my CC over the phone and 'enable the booking'. Take home point is that...
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    Double Status Credits (book by 5/2/18, fly 12/2/18 to 20/1/19)

    I think things are a bit of a mess behind the scenes. I was chasing up an issue re this DSC via online chat and the agent said I wasn't registered as she could see on her system that I had registered on the 6th, the day after the promo closed. I was telling her I registered on the 1st and had...
  3. Basalt

    QANTAS booking made, but I don't seem to have paid

    Just to add a data point for fellow AFF'ers, I had a not-dissimilar experience last year - I was logged on and made a Qantas booking for 7 pax from MEL-CNS. It appeared straight away on my QFF login, PNR, manageable and all, however nothing off my credit card. I called and the QF agent said it...
  4. Basalt

    Qantas’ 787s [range discussion]

    Personally, I'd prefer to see Perth-Munich or Perth-Dusseldorf than Perth-Paris or Perth-Frankfurt or Perth-Helsinki. Munich and Dusseldorf airports are both modernised, easy to use and centrally located in EU. Fits the bill in my book :) Though what I really want is MEL-HKG-somewhere central...
  5. Basalt

    QF Catering sold

    I thought the yard stick was smashed avo... Edit: soz, somewhat o/t :p
  6. Basalt

    Qantas Award Charges Outrageous

    I think it's entirely reasonable to suggest the excessive QF reward surcharges are excessive and disingenuous to the spirit of a FF reward program. The excess charges unquestionably devalue FF points and with QF's notorious lack of international reward availability, it does make a mockery of the...
  7. Basalt

    Point Collectors Anonymous

    Been there - got 4 * J rewards for the family from HKG to LHR with BA and there were 4 * F available and I had the spare points but thought, nup, need to keep some points in the piggy bank.
  8. Basalt

    Point Collectors Anonymous

    Yup, I've definitely noticed cash stays in my wallet longer since I first caught the points train. And yup, I can't seem to get off it :p
  9. Basalt

    Qantas Status question

    Or effectively 1100 flown SCs if you mainly fly QF or JQ and factor in the 50SC bonus every 500SC...
  10. Basalt

    Qantas F Awards seats for 2

    Agree, as only a SG I saw 4 * F award availability when I booked our family of 4 between HKG and LHR and return J award for later this year, from memory I saw 4 * F on both BA (HKG-LHR) and CX (LGW-HKG). Of course I was only able to get 4 * PE between MEL-HKG, but that's day time flying for the...
  11. Basalt

    Double Status Credits (book by 5/2/18, fly 12/2/18 to 20/1/19)

    I cancelled a booking last year for a voucher and the voucher had the same PNR. When I then booked a new flight down the track, the PNR was still the same. The original booking wasn't made during a promo, however I'm pretty sure that if it was it would have been just fine.
  12. Basalt

    Double Status Credits (book by 5/2/18, fly 12/2/18 to 20/1/19)

    That's what I thought, hence the phone call! The QF rep was surprisingly emphatic that the double promo would over-ride. For me it was no biggy, either 50% or 100%, it's all a bonus. By the same token, I may as well follow up as a second QF rep, in writing, confirmed I'd still get the double. As...
  13. Basalt

    Double Status Credits (book by 5/2/18, fly 12/2/18 to 20/1/19)

    I've had a slightly unusual experience, I had a targeted 50% SC offer the day before the double SC promo, so of course I registered thinking the double SC was a good month away. When the double SC promo appeared the next day I phoned QF to ask if I register for the double promo that that would...
  14. Basalt

    The Operational Upgrade Thread

    My better half and I got a Y (red E deal) - J op-up at the gate the other weekend, BNE-MEL 717. Funnily enough I had wanted to try for an upgrade but it was supposedly a 1-class 717 so computer said no. Flight was re-scheduled 30min and voila, 2-class 717, only SG.
  15. Basalt

    QF 717 experience

    I had it once, on a MEL-BNE flight about 18 months ago. I had an upgrade on a 737, can't remember which flight, but it was around 16:00 ish. Was the best J domestic service I've ever received, table cloths, surprisingly good food, several decent wines, and most importantly the staff were great...
  16. Basalt

    QF 717 experience

    Was a proper op-up, full J service, meal options all available. No table cloth, so domestic standard service, swmbo had a really nice soup in a proper size bowl. Really quite a large bowl actually, for a domestic plane lol. The new wine glasses are a lovely change, no Pepe Saya butter for the...
  17. Basalt

    QF 717 experience

    We flew the 717 BNE-MEL on the weekend. Very nice experience as we received an op-up. :-) We were booked on an all Y class 717 according to the QF seat map, however they must have sub'd it as I got a txt at T13 saying the flight was pushed back 30min. Only SG so very happy with the op-up for...
  18. Basalt

    New domestic J glassware and cutlery

    I do rather like that cultured butter and the sour dough (I presume) bread.... Our family are doing our bit to bring real butter back into fashion. :-)
  19. Basalt

    Is QF considering Lifetime Platinum?

    100% agree, those who sail past 28k I doubt QF thinks they need to insentivise. The many who make it to 14k slow and steady are the ones QF needs to entice to 28k (or mid-30s).
  20. Basalt

    Is QF considering Lifetime Platinum?

    Fixed, typical late Sunday arvo, one has a few bevvies under one's belt and inevitably the odd 'brain fart' slips in. :p Edit: despite MEL being my home port, I've made that typo on here I don't know how many times!
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