Also consider the TI implications on a misconnect. Based on my reading of the Amex insurance terms, they won't pay out on a delay of less than 4 hours, so your separate ticket would need to depart after 0955 for insurance cover.
Reminds me of the lady in her 60s to 70s in the MEL International J lounge who was proceeding to call her entire contacts list at a volume the entire lounge could hear, albeit not on speaker, to inform them that she was in the lounge and off on a holiday to the US for several weeks and to not...
Personally I can't imagine driving 4-5 hours to get on a Dash 8 when you can be in ADL in an hour on Rex. I flew ADL-CED on ZL for work a few years ago and it's no better or worse than any of the QF Dash flights I've been on.
QF pulled this carp on us a couple years ago. It took a formal complaint to get us back on the original flight, which was then cancelled on the day 🤦🏻♂️
I have no issues with using my phone, but IME handing over a stack of paper BPs is infinitely easier when wrangling children than trying to scan multiples off my phone as the children do not have phones.