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It's worth noting that most of Joyce's most controversial moves (pilot lockouts, deferring fleet investment, refusing to payback Covid subsidies, protracted engineers' union disputes, etc etc) have all been done at the Qantas board's behest or approval. It's the Board, not the CEO, that sets...

US airlines with "Economy Plus" or similar (normal economy seats with slightly more leg room), generally have the overhead lockers in that area marked with stickers saying it's reserved for those seats. It doesn't always work out that way in practice.

Has the industry learned nothing from the United "doctor dragging" incident? They need to be running their operations in a way that people getting bumped is an extraordinarily remote occurrence. Does that mean they might have to hire more staff and have them on standby, at places like...

Well, I'm a bit out of touch on this one! Thanks folks for clarifying, somehow I never saw this discussed before.

A Circle Pacific fare is only available for cash, it doesn't relate to classic reward bookings at all. You might be able to use points on a "points plus pay" basis, as with any commercial fare type, but this is terrible value and extremely strongly recommended against. The Qantas fare that...

Interesting, I didn't realise Qantas had fifth-freedom rights to carry Singapore-origin passengers to non-AU destinations? Is that a new development?

I don't think that would appreciably affect the B787 fleet - those flights are never cancelled when Sydney airport is on single-runway operations, it's the domestic schedule that suffers. Yes there might be short holds of 30-45 minutes but if the schedule can't absorb those, that's indicative...

There's enough USA/AUS capacity at the moment that I think they should be able to get you there the same day, or by the next morning, if QF7 is cancelled in advance, though it might require creative re-routes. This is assuming your connecting flight to NYC is on the same booking reference as...

Are airlines better at putting on more flights at short notice these days ? I know it can be a challenge to crew them at times, but if it were otherwise not a busy time of year it seems it would be in Qantas' interest to cancel a bunch of SYD-MEL's and run a few more MEL-PER flights to cater to...

I would HUACA (hang up and call again) - you need to complete the payment, or as you say, the flights will not be ticketed and the seats lost. You don't need to mention it was Paypal - just call and say you need to make payment for a booking.

I don't see that the Qantas modifications to the A350-1000 make any sense for freight - they are having to add a huge amount of weight in aramid shielding to protect the fuel tanks in the cargo hold, all of which impacts commercial payload. Freight doesn't complain about refueling stops so none...

How is it horrid for the airline Board? It has good economics and punters continue to fill up the seats at a premium price. Sure it's not the most comfortable for all but when has that *actually* been a requirement particularly for Y? They aren't going for comfort, they are going for the...

Can you give an example? The only bonus points promotions I use are the ones for store branded items (including produce) which don't usually go on sale.

Surely they jest? Qantas' piddly order of 14 B787-9's is one of the "most influential" purchases? You've got to be kidding... Also, Airbus winning the Sunrise order is no great coup given the expensive bespoke modifications which will render the planes uneconomic for any other operator, it's...

Well I'd put the pans in the checked bag and take the clothes and whatever else in your carry-on... problem solved.

I've had a hunk of wood rejected at a security screening point due to being a possible "club" type weapon, so I wouldn't rate your chances with the pans. But it may depend on the screening officer on the day. Is there a particular reason you don't want to check your bags? There shouldn't be...

How is it "irregular operations" when the rebooking happened a month in advance? This is a schedule change... Qantas could argue that they had offered the OP a QF option (QF 38) and it was OP's choice to choose the EK option which doesn't earn SC's (which is standard/expected on such an...

It should be noted that by "airport" in this case what I think is meant processes that occur in the close lead-up to the flight . These actual systems certainly aren't located at the airport, rather they are in the HQ office or data centres or "cloud" etc. It's only the technicians who are...

I'm not sure what SYDT means, but assuming you're referring to the Sydney International Airport (T1), I would recommend arriving around 2:00pm for this time of day (2 hours before departure), as a base case if you're walking to the terminal from the Rydges and have no risk of transport delays...

I haven't gotten any in say, 6 months or more. But I still get them from Coles consistently, always 10,000 points over four weeks and the spend target is relatively low ($70 when I spend around $120-180 each week). It's working, I rarely shop at Woolies now.