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Well, I have not, but then again, I'm a Queenslander, so stone-motherless last on Alan Joyce's totem pole whereas Qantas, whose CEO conveniently forgets that Qantas, a Queensland airline, began a hundred years ago and made a such a success of it that the Feds took it over, forced it to move to...

Yes, Rooflyer, it is only an opinion he or she is espousing, and I agree with you. Gremlin does not appear to realise that Australia is merely a federation of states (or countries/colonies, as they were until the end of 1900), and that it is imperfect, yet it is five times as large as NZ, which...

How condescending. No one agrees with Jeannette Young, eh? No one? I do, along with a lot of other Queenslanders. She's struggling? Not noticeably, and I watch every news conference. She is constant, but she and I do not agree with you. Is that permitted? As already pointed out, QLD (pop. 5...

Clearly and obviously this is the answer,

Quite so; I once (in 1970) was in a Gwen 12 in Cabbage Tree Creek, which was swamped by the wake of a ship going not very fast for a ship. Those were the days.

RooFlyer left out Queensland in his/her mentions, but included WA, SA, NT, ACT and SA . What do we not know?

As a Platinum One was not told, what chance did those in paid J have, let alone those in lesser classes of travel? No notification.

FIFO is gross stupidity under the circumstances, and shoud have been suspended six or more months ago.

Not a bad idea, AIRwin, but I'm not sure AJ knows where it is.

The election Is actually a couple of weeks earlier, drron. I must presume that you're referring to the Queensland election, of course, not the Yank silliness. Of even more importance is the State of Origin, of course, which starts on the 4th of November, my daughter's birthday, so of course...

QF, which began in Queensland 100 years ago come November, and still bears the Q, never deigned to fly the A380 in Queensland. I believe that it is the only type they have not flown in the state which spawned them 100 years ago, except for a brief period a few years hence. Goodness me no...

Jolly good for you. As an Australian I prefer Australian wines, of which there are many.

"They haven’t actually put Brisbane back on the hotspot list yet." How ridiculous that they did. The IBIS at BNE Airport is a good hotel, although you may find the short vowels a but of a chellinge. 1599024487 That's your opinion, sport. Let us keep politics out of it.

Thanks Matt for the pictures, particularly. I'm glad the island is recovering well. I do hope the sheep who produce the milk for the cheese were spared, among everyone and everything else. I grew up with cows, and a bit later sheep, back in the late fifties, and found them both the gentlest...

He learnt his football down the street from me, in Wynn Street, Sunnybank, yet he has never played for his home town,, but first went to a Sydney team and then to Townsville. 1598340630 Well, the system has loused that up, drron .

Thanks, MEL-Traveller, but I have to be realistic at my age, and I have thought of other airlines, but of course we can't go anywhere at the moment, so far as I know. Status with QF matters little, as I don't have much anyway, and would have to be in J (probably with CX) because of sore back and...

No, Matt, it was not directed at you, but as a long-term member of AFF, I remain amazed at the number of members who have such enormous privileges, compared with most of us, who struggle to maintain miserly Silver and Gold, paying through their own resources. In retirement and in oldish-to-old...

Very kind of you, Serfty, but I have all the J pyjamas and amenity kits I will need - including almonds and biscuits, and my tea tipple is rather pedestrian, I'm aftraid, as I drink only Tetley, and All Rounders at that - for many years; if I ever fly again it will be in J, and quite likely with...

How lovely it must be to be able - so nonchalantly too - to get to First Class and Platinun One, both being far beyond my humble hopes. I pay my own way, and have a few pairs of J pyjamas, but have found them of extremely limited use.

All I was mentioning, Mr Orange, is that one does not have to be what HSBC terms a Premier Account holder; at least at the time I successfully opened my UK HSBC account, which was six years ago. Things change, as we know; e.g. I would be unable to open my Bank of Ireland account so easly as i...