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For Mel-pek as an example I get TLNEA QF T Round-Trip 1953.00 TLSSA1 QF T Round-Trip 2304.00(AUD) for Mel-HKG i get TLNEA QF T Round-Trip 1460.00(AUD) TLSSHK QF T Round-Trip 1772.00(AUD) So not much...

Mel_traveller - don't be sorry. Premium Economy (the T in TSSA1 gives that away). No problem to book Australian Capital City to Major Chinese city via HKG on a return PE ticket. HKG-China City will be in economy. It can usually be on CX/KA/MU/CZ etc. Try to make it KA or CX if you want...

Does any one know the rules for purchasing a KA upgrade at check in? I am planning to buy ADL-PVG WF tickets in TLSSA1 with a stop in HKG. The problem is that it means that the HKG-PVG sector is in Economy. I'd happilly pay the difference in price between the economy fare and the business...

The unpublished advantages of 'private exchange' are the likelyhood of getting dodgy notes and the possibility of getting free board and accomodation courtesy of the Chinese government. The currency is controlled and restricted - while the Chinese have limitted control of what happens with it...

Be careful and aware for sure. If your holiday would be soured by receiveing a few fake 100rmb notes then do not go to China. Though I have never had one that has been noticed by the person that I may have inadvertantly passed it onto. On my first trip I paid 100RMB for a 20RMB taxi fare...

I take a couple of credit cards that have my saving account linked to them. If you look for the ATM with a Visa logo on it, it is likely to accpet your card and hand you RMB at good enough exchange rates. It is not completely relieble and sometimes capped at 2000/3000 RMB per transaction and...

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Just to give you an update. They agreed to charge 550 for the refund. Apparently made up of the 450 flat they quoted on the itinerary which they now claim is a QF charge. A little research shows the QF charge is $HK2000 so they make a little on this...

We spend about $50,000 PA on flights per year so we were approached by Flight Centre Business Travel that tried to distance themsleves from their retail outlets. We gave them ago. Well after the first booking it all fell apart. Things came up and had to cancel several days before. On the...

I meant that there idea of tight does not allow me to have a shower in the domestic lounge before the next flight which by my ethical standards is a basic human right.

Quark999 You have to immigrate completely to get to either the transfer desks or the train. And the transfer desk is where you will drop your luggage off and get your onward boarding pass. Getting the boarding pass in advnace wont help much any way as you still need to drop the luggage...

Unless your a bit on the meaty side like me. Anything left in my pockets and the recline button gets inadvertantly pressed and is generally very uncomfortable on a long flight. My pockets are empty when i sit down.

You could try for an Apec card and not worry about Visa's for 2 week business visits for the next 3 years.

I too have been diverted from the Domestic checkin in the international terminal out to the bus collection area. It was very badly done. We were just told to go through a door and a bus would come. Well a huge line of tied up Trolleys restriced where we could go so we had to stand in the...

Thanks for the heads up that the first letter of the Fare Basis is not always the fare bucket. On expert flyer how do you tell the Fare bucket from the Fare Basis? Also I use YLFFA1. Does any one know what the FF and A1 are. I guess they have no official meaning and it is just a coding...

Check out www.qantas.com.au Available for departures: In Business to: - all destinations for this offer - from 6 May to 30 June 2009. In Premium Economy to: - Buenos Aires: from 1 June to 31 October 2009 - San Francisco: from 4 July to 31 October 2009 - all other destinations for this...

Qantas must have read my post - I just got a Red-E-Mail and they have just dropped their J and Y+ pricing (admittedly special only). Some good offers there now.

Too true. I have this problem in China - the local carriers will leave the Seatbelt sign on the whole trip while they are serving drinks and food and people are getting up to the toilet etc. Then they seem to have like a pinball machine tilt switch that activates a recording "Ladies and...

In my humble opinion the biggest issue here is the ratio in pricing between the J product and the economy product. Maybe the fastest thing they can do is reprice it. A business seat probably takes 3 x area of an economy seat but picks up about 5 x the revenue (if it sells). Would people fly...

What do you suggest they advertise - "Due to the financial crisis please sit at home and wait for the lights to go out." The truth is it is pretty easy to use points at the momment even with the reduced flights. Using them to upgrade to Business and First is particularly easy at the...

Please do not tip in Hong Kong and China. It is not the US, these people are paid wages. Tip only if the service was truly exceptional - much like in Australia. I pay taxi drivers a little extra if I ask them to slow down and they do as the are foregoing money making time. Often in...