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It's nothing new, they've been doing this since the A380 introduction. Each new fleet change is an excuse to create more entities, more agreements, and further confuse everyone, all in an effort to lower the average pay.

Here's an article about EML: https://www.edisongroup.com/research/storing-up-value/28051/ If I interpret that correctly, EML has already been the supplier of white-label services to some stored value cards, but partnered with Heritage Bank to issue them in Australia previously, perhaps because...

I'm not across the details of why, but the whole international transfer sector seems to quickly be moving to an array of non-banks, with newish players like Wise, Revolut, etc offering modern products with much lower spreads than the industry had been accustomed to. Whether Qantas takes the...

I spend enough time with my colleagues (whether it's work colleagues or travelling for international aid, which I have done also). Unless I was specifically trying to use this time to get some discussions done, why would I care if I sat next to them? I'm mostly going to be reading, watching...

That's definitely not the case today. Five years is a long time in technology, there have been plenty of upgrades since then for all the major carriers.

When I was *Platinum* I'd estimate my upgrade success rate was about 20-30%, and that's including routes that aren't as premium-heavy, such as PVG-SYD or BNE-NRT (pre-Covid). And I only was on upgradeable fares because that's what was available through the work travel portal. I would never...

Problem is that the A350-1000's for Sunrise have extra belly fuel tanks, and extra armor to protect those tanks in the event of hard landings/crashes, that they would be uneconomic to operate unless you have the supposed high yields that Sunrise flights will generate. My understanding this this...

But aren't poms notoriously tight with their money? Are they really the in market for high-yield premium services, or are they more likely to be on the lowest fares on the ME3? (They'd also more likely to be going to other cities besides London, with good connections to places like Manchester...

I believe this is a legacy of the fact that Japan Airlines Domestic used to be a separate company , itself a legacy of Japan Air System which merged with JAL in the early 2000's. JAL historically used the Axess GDS for domestic bookings, which is a Japan-specific platform owned by JAL, and is...

But doesn't AA actually answer their phone in a reasonable amount of time with reasonably competent agents? Or is this something that even competent agents don't have the authority to resolve (as we've sometimes seen with QF when you do reach a rare competent agent at say, Cape Town, who knows...

Eh, if you check the threads on Qantas IT glitches, I think Hanlon's Razor applies here - Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Qantas's IT systems are old and creaky (polite terms), and AFF'ers compare the company's expertise level to work experience kids...

Fairly sure Scoot is quite strict about not doing this. You must go through arrival immigration and then depart again if you are arriving from another airline; you can only connect if your arrival was on Scoot or one of their authorised partner airlines. I know this isn't a Singapore...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Sometimes they only fly from Sydney to Mebourne once a day at 8pm!

Fixed, sorry. Muphry's Law in operation.

Exactly, and for those who who like to blame the Airbus fly-by-wire as putting too much control in the hands of automation, it's worth noting a similar incident occurred on a B777 as well, which is not as well known - Malaysia Airlines Flight 124 on 1 August 2005, a Perth to Kuala Lumpur flight...

Hi ferntree, just a small terminology note, on forums like this and in the travel industry in general, Singapore Airlines is normally referred to as SQ (their IATA airline code) or SIA (their ICAO airline code and corporate abbreviation). SA is a two-letter code for South African Airlines...

Flew recently LAX-SYD on DL economy (which was doubly painful as had I been able to afford QF on this trip, I might have kept my WP), and the process of cabin crew encouraging or even enforcing this during mealtimes is something I did miss from QF(*). I am not the smallest guy around and need...

Don't get operating subsidiaries and codeshare mixed up, these are two different things entirely. Flights to Cody and other smaller airports that are under discussion here use UA codes and are treated completely as UA for revenue purposes, thus reward seats may be available, even though they...

I was on DL40 (SYD-LAX) departing Saturday 23 Dec. The flight was only 45 minutes late into LAX which isn't notable on its own, however if you check the radar you can see we tracked towards HNL for a time. This was due to a medical emergency , however the diversion was later cancelled and we...