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    Apple Airtags

    I had a similar experience with British Airways, they were not interested in using the Airtag location to help them find my bag, I just had to wait for staff to eventually locate it and send it on its way. Once you've filed a report with the airline you should be able to check any updates on...
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    New Qantas route - Perth to Paris from July 2024

    They've been talking about direct flights to Paris since at least 2017, is it officially going ahead now? Alan Joyce previously blamed Perth airport and the French government for stifling his Paris plans.
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    Why You Should NOT Book flights with Booking.com or GoToGate.com

    Also a reason not to use Malaysia airlines if that's how much they charge for 2x <20kg suitcases!
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    Cash or Card? Countries where you still need cash.

    Had the same issue in Milan travelling with some Aussie friends, their Australian cards were declined but my UK-issued card was accepted. I ended up buying the tickets for our entire group...
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    Electronic authorisation required for EU travel from 2025

    Not necessarily, as it could speed up processing at the EU border and allow use of the e-Gates. Currently non-EU passport holders need to queue to get a stamp. That's correct. Australia charges $20 AUD
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    Qantas, Virgin, Qatar called to assist with Israel repatriation flights

    Possibly crew related because for QF1/QF2 A380 the crew that work the LHR-SIN sectors are UK-based (and paid less than the Australian-based crew who operate SIN-SYD).
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    Qantas, Virgin, Qatar called to assist with Israel repatriation flights

    Can see ASY1168 has just left TLV heading back to LHR. Interestingly has been a few repatriation flights today. Canada and France are both flying their citizens to Athens. Switzerland and Brazil are taking theirs home - to Zurich and Rio De Janeiro.
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    New controversial work travel policy

    Moving from Australia to the UK some years ago, I found it quite unusual that sharing rooms on corporate travel to conferences has been the norm in most of the companies I've worked for here. What's surprised me more is that most people seem OK with it - they see it as allowing more people to...
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    Cancellation Compensation

    I was pleased to see in the Senate Committee report the recommendation for Australian consumer protection reform, to require airlines provide compensation to consumers whose flights are significantly delayed or cancelled, similar to the schemes that exist in Europe and North America
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    Qantas frequent flyers unleash over ‘almost worthless points’ in submissions to Senate

    Alan Joyce mentioned in one of the Senate hearings that the French government denied Qantas' request to fly to Paris, but they do have a codeshare partnership with Air France that may help?
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    Qantas frequent flyers unleash over ‘almost worthless points’ in submissions to Senate

    I was watching part of the Senate inquiry where one of the politician's was asking the new CEO to explain why Qantas points expire and if she thought it was unreasonable to have points expire. Not sure that's the best use of their time, on either side. It's also not unique to Qantas or airlines...
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    Article: Reward Seat Release Patterns Have Changed Fundamentally

    Depends where you're going. I have regularly flown to European countries on one-way tickets and no one bats an eyelid. I also fly back to the UK on my Australian passport and have only once been asked if I was a resident of the UK or if I had onward travel from there - that was flying back from...
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    QF76 29 September - when your business class flight arrives at the Qantas Freight terminal

    Maybe I've become desensitised flying around the northern hemisphere... bus gates are very common in this part of the world. BA at Heathrow are particularly bad at it, sometimes feels like getting from the runway to the terminal takes longer than the flight did.
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    Article: Qantas’ Mysterious Downgrade Compensation Policy

    If only the politicians running this Aviation Senate Inquiry could step back and look at the bigger picture and consider something like this. Canada and the US have similar laws too.
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    QFF Bonus Status Credits/Points gift on back of Aug 2023 profit

    I got offered 1000 points or 30 SC. I've already retained Platinum this year, so don't need the 30 SC, but 1000 points seems even more useless to me. Hard to choose.
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    Optus new $50 SIM only with roaming

    They moved me from a post paid plan to a plan which is automatic direct debit in advance, and due to this I lost access to the old billing page where you could pay manually, and now I can't figure out how to pay my overdue bill from the old plan that they keep sending me SMS reminders for with...
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    Optus new $50 SIM only with roaming

    Optus offered to move me onto the Qantas $79 plan (with 5GB/month included roaming data) with a $30 discount for 12 months, which I accepted to resolve my TIO escalated complaint. This was after weeks of back and forth with a "customer resolution expert" who initially just said everything I...
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    Optus new $50 SIM only with roaming

    12 months is the length of the $20 discount being offered. Hence, some would stay until that $20 monthly discount expires.
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    Optus new $50 SIM only with roaming

    They don't, but as part of my complaint resolution I was told at first that my roaming inclusions would be moved across to the Choice plan, then they backtracked and said the system doesn't allow roaming inclusion add-ons to the Choice plans, and they are the only plans available now, so bad...
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    Optus new $50 SIM only with roaming

    My "expert" has come back saying he found the Qantas plan (after I sent him a link to it) and he tried to switch my account onto it, but says "the system would not allow me to change as it needs a Qantas customer ID which only comes from being a new customer which unfortunately rules this plan...
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