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In Dubai, lounge is whatever cabin your next onward flight is in. Your arrival cabin doesn't mean anything. In other cities, Dubai uses a single lounge so it doesn't matter if F or J. EK/QF Plat will get F lounge regardless of cabin.

How do you all manage all of these pre-clearance type approvals? I frankly have too many floating out there and keeping track of them is a pain.

It's not that BNE is bad -- it's that deploying the set of aircrafts on other routes produces more than BNE. This is why BNE/Qld has to offer incentives to airlines. Do you really think United and all these wierd routes airlines fly in/out of BNE are because airlines have high yield traffic...

Interesting scenario that will transpire now.... Brokered seats via QF on EK F will increase. QF booked redemptions can't be touched by EK. EK is fantastic at identifying broken seats and cancelling tickets at the airport for maximum disruption (as they should). QF... less so, although they're...

$10,000 spend puts you in the top 5% of flyers globally. If that $10,000 is business class, it puts you in the top 2%. statusmatch.com will do EK Silver

An airline looking after its own best customers. ...shocked.

Good move by Emirates.

Imagine using points to try and save money, only to be stung with 10% of a one-way business class fare. A fare, that you would never otherwise ever in your life ever consider buying (one way biz class with cash). Pricing & Revenue management are the downfalls of airlines, not the saviors. Come...

Not serving alcohol reduces premium passengers' willingness to pay by 30%. There have been numerous studies on this over the years, starting with when Royal Brunei cut alcohol overnight, which resulted in 50% of tickets being cancelled. So if Riyadh Air doesn't want to be a 'Cashed up Saudia'...

Hotel room keys. Got 1000's of them!

You're fundamentally on a QF flight. EK can't/won't sell you the usual cash upgrade rates as they'd need to pass a cut on to QF...which logistically likely doesn't exist, so you'll be out of luck. You are right in that the price will be the ticket different rate...keeping in mind...you'll be...

At that cost saving, who cares about miles?

I recommend you try to get status with them....

Yes. And BNE-MNL that I did recently with PR on 321neo is a 5hithaul.

In my mind, long haul is anything with twin-aisle aircraft. You won't convince me otherwise. Just like, New Zealand and Indonesia don't count as 'international travel'.

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I've only ever redeemed for J. The other upside for Etihad is that their fares ex Asia to anywhere are usually lower than any other airline. Asia to Europe return J can be found for AU $3k regularly. Etihad seems to have found its place in the world as an 'Emirates lite'.

I've transferred almost 1M miles into Etihad over the past couple of years. Here is what most people don't understand. Forget 'classic awards' as you compete against millions of others. It blows my mind how set in stone so many people are on redeeming the lowest possible cost redemption while...

It will come down to the check-in staff at Perth. If they give you some nonsense policy excuse, tell them you're not legally allowed to enter Malaysia, and thus, bags need to be checked. It might raise an eyebrow... but those bags will be checked through!

Highly suspect. This article from The Times is super interesting, with some incredible quotes and numbers!! 800% interest in BA members wanting a status match elsewhere: Travellers are obsessed with status — and airlines are going into battle for their loyalty