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That's not my experience at all with US based airlines... I am aware of prospective PASSENGERS who got that wrong, thinking "Comfort +" or "Economy Plus" or whatever WERE Premium Economy- suffering the obvious disappointment and then whining........ but I never saw UA (for instance) advertise...

Maybe so... but if you CHOOSE to live in such a place , don't you have to accept the limitations that come with that choice? We seem to have a fair number of people in this country who voluntarily live in out of the way - or even remote - places who somehow expect access to all the same...

And then if they didn't get it for $999 they'd be all over social media talking about 'bait and switch".... ;)

I was watching a short youtube doco about Skylab...and (due to damage at launch) the first mission onboard was one of repair..... comments were made that THAT was the huge benefit of manned programs rather than unmanned. People can improvise and adapt....

All I could find was that route map...Ive been unable to find any more details...sorry! Edit: It appears that is a simplified route map of the 1935 route.... only showing MAJOR stops....not the 20 odd others...lol 3 and a half days to... Singapore..in a DH-86. great start to the 12 day trip!!!

How about this one...

https://binged.it/2BafASK Remembered this from some years ago....complex system!

Good point!

Can I ask why you think they should? There are plenty of comments on here decrying the fact that taxpayers money will be used to pay for repatriation... isn't it just as bad - or worse - to use (private) financial institutions funds to make people whole for something those institutions have...

Well...the OP must have been around a LONG time.... given that QANTAS moved its HQ from Longreach to Brisbane in June………………… 1930.

A terrific review... although your access to the QF F lounge and the benefits (like award availability) of being Platinum with QF have I think coloured your view somewhat. I was Gold Elite (now just called Elite) on NZ for a number of years...which gave ME benefits that would have coloured MY...

Recently flew NH ORD-NRT in F... (Lifemiles redemption) and it was every bit as good (better in some ways like bigger screen etc) as my CX F experience (opup) and WAAAY better - naturally - than the BA flight I did up front. I would find it hard to believe that NH F was affected in any way...

Every incident/situation which I have ever been actually involved in or had personal knowledge of.... that WAS reported in the media, was misreported to a lesser or greater extent. I'll trust jb747s comment. And wait for the report....

Flew back that way 2 weeks ago. The Polaris lounge at ORD was a nice start to the trip...and F on NH was.... damn good. (No surprise there! lol) Only 2 pax in F...and the FA made up the seat across the aisle into a bed so I could move from one to the other as desired. The problem with F...

Given the accounts here of QF charging an airfares worth of YQ on Y redemptions it is...ahem... interesting to hear THEM complain of "gouging"...no? :)

Slander is spoken... but perhaps you are right... I was reacting to comments not necessarily made by the OP... Sorry!

Why? Because THEY were pretty much claiming that folks with babies SHOULD get priority for those seats! Funny how that principle suddenly becomes flexible.... P.S. just where can you PAY to use a wheelchair parking spot?

Not me....... ORD-HND (F) then HND-SYD (J) came up just fine during a search on the LM site about 10/11 months ago.... Flew it a few days ago.... worth every cent..except for the strange feeling on sitting down in the J seat for HND-SYD and thinking.."Hmmm.... bit ordinary!" LOL

My only quibble with that (it is an opinion piece largely after all and well and clearly written) is the assumption that "society is governed by these loyalty programs"... I think your (our) experiences might colour our views on just HOW MANY people play these games... or even know or care...

An old friend was an AA pilot for many years (retired now). His main comment about the MD-80 was that it was a "rocketship" and you had to pay close attention to getting it slowed down! He doesn't have that problem with his own aircraft...lol...a Piper Super Cub with Alaskan tyres.... :)