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Tempted to book a quick up and back award flight on one of the Melbourne to Sydney 747 flights. It will likely be the last chance I get to fly on the queen. Edit: question for the AFF brains trust- what are the odds of the specific domestic 747 flights changing between now and then?

OT, but do you know what time window these unused slots are for? I would presume one of them would be the old midday QF9 arrival time

Noticed in my points statement the other day that I'm 20,000 points richer! Pretty happy with how easy this offer was.

Never heard of anyone trading it back to QF for points. Should all else fail, it could be a forum giveaway for the ages!

I would prefer the departure sector. I would be able to get to my destination and bit the ground running. I find the return leg of any trip is always a huge blur for me anyway, and the outbound leg drags on forever, so I would much rather be aware enough to enjoy the experience.

Virgin Blue CSM many years ago: "Unfortunately, the radios in your armrests are out of order. If you find yourself needing music to listen to, our cabin crew would be delighted to sing for you".

One of my favourite DYKWIA manoeuvres. Hang back 5 minutes and let the priority queue get processed, then once they're working through the conga line of NB's, you waltz right to the front, making sure you make eye contact with as many people as possible. Works best on VA where they're really...

Never ventured into the OT subforum. The f1 fanatic in me is pretty pleased to see an F1 thread :) Great to see Raikkonen win in Austin. What's more, he's now pipped Mika Hakkinen to hold the record for most wins as a Finn with 21.

Hallelujah! I wonder if this will mean a slight lowering in standards at the existing lounge when it changes from an intl mixed class lounge to a J + QC lounge.

Don't know what you're complaining about. Looks pretty gourmet to me! :rolleyes:

Large impairments, but $109M underlying profit up from -$3.7M last year. load factors and revenue per pax up in domestic business with $500M EBITDA. International not doing that well. Not entirely doom and gloom. You'd hope so considering they operate in a virtual duopoly though.

Got project Citizens yesterday after a week of no surveys. 100 points for 5ish minutes. Pretty easy. Crossed the 4k point mark with that. Not as large a haul as some others here, but I'm still pretty happy with that from just under 3 months in the game :)

I agree. We've all read our fair share of rants and exaggerated recollections, but when a member of 13 years with 40k posts raises an issue, it's probably best to listen.

Thanks for going through the numbers for us Matt :) Lots of really interesting bits and pieces you posted. I had no idea that the QF Chile flights got such massive loads. I always thought that if it was only 3x per week, it was just breaking even for them. I wonder if we'll be seeing an...

Something I discovered a while back: if you don't have access to a QP corporate scheme through your employer, have a look at your university's alumni page- Monash for instance, run corporate schemes that give pretty hefty discounts- $250 joining fee and $350 a year in their case

Hi JB. Longtime reader of this thread. You've made your thoughts on EK clear in past posts, but I still would like to ask you- As someone who's flown the MEL-DXB sector quite a bit, what would the fatigue situation be like for the guys at the controls, since it's come out that EK will be...

Here's the 240min ETOPS for the route on GCmap. Only requires the slightest diversion north to make it work if the GC route were followed..

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this / bumping an old thread. The first of the A380s to be repainted (VH-OQF) has rolled out of the paint shop, and I reckon it looks fantastic. Will be back in SYD on 12/4 in the morning according to a post on 'airline secrets exposed' on facebook (photo...

I agree with others above re. SIN being a much nicer place to transit through than DXB, however, I will sorely miss the one stop connections to just about everywhere in Europe.

Could someone who flies on an aircraft with these installed in the future grab a picture? Curious as to how comfortable they look.