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  1. anat0l

    Spice bar at Melbourne Qantas Domestic Business Lounge

    I was guessing it may be part of the chicken broth that has mixed in with the chilli (e.g. the broth was ladelled on top), causing it to turn that colour. While there are a few variations of chicken rice, traditionally it is served as rice (sometimes plain, sometimes flavoured), white cut...
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    Brisbane dinner Friday 24 October

    Have never been to either of those. People say many good things about Donna Chang.
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    A bit of humour

    https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/BBE5gFfUpZ
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    Cathay Pacific Cancel Free within 24 hours of Booking - Caveats!

    What an odd condition to put on something like this... using a voucher or discount code? Cathay has had a number of sales recently, including for premium classes, or just for lounge access on a ferry transfer to/from the Greater Bay Area cities. So participating in one of those nukes the 24...
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    Air New Zealand Sky Couch Discussion

    Here's a couple of trip reports with reviews: https://thepointsguy.com/airline/skycouch-air-new-zealand/ https://www.bloggeratlarge.com/air-new-zealand-premium-economy-v-skycouch-review/ Overall, I think people see Skycouch favourably, as there is a tangible possibility to lay flat, but...
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    CA139 inflight lithium battery fire

    Aren't all battery banks travelling from Chinese ports subject to the 3C certification check? I know that doesn't guarantee quality, but that's what the authorities wanted to believe. Then this happens. I wonder if the passenger who owns the bank will be arrested.
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    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    They did a very long time ago (viz. Borghetti years). Guess that was part of their saving dollars and not seeing that it created a huge point of difference with the competition. Probably not helping in a time now that people just abandon them, or in some cases (pun intended) they are only...
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    Enhanced Cathay Membership Programme 2027

    That seems to be the gist of whatever part of the article is available, viz. "prioritising top tier members". I didn't know the mid-tier benefits were of tangible benefit to lower tier members.
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    To pull things back on topic, let's go back to opining on the effect this policy will have. It's actually pretty tempting to think nothing will happen, especially nothing too adverse against VA. Why should a subtle cut in the cabin luggage allowance, even with active enforcement, dissuade any...
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    I'd go with visual, thrown in with a bit of along the lines of the same stereotyping that gets some people a second or third look by security screening or border control staff. Maybe they won't weigh 300 pax worth of cabin baggage, but that could well be because doing so is exhausting -...
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    Enhanced Cathay Membership Programme 2027

    Airlines seem to struggle making a name for new higher statuses - Platinum One, Platinum Plus, and now Diamond Exec (not even Executive). One symptom of this sometimes is that what used to be top tier, e.g. CX Diamond here, will start to feel sidelined (no doubt QF has experienced this to a...
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    Paying for Hot Breakfast

    When I last stayed at the Doubletree CNS, they have continental and full buffet breakfasts available. I get free continental being a Gold, which was acknowledged at the front counter (and an upsell was offered for the full buffet, but I declined). The hot buffet items are placed in one area. It...
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    Qantas Business Class meals & menus

    Locked in corporate contracts? Blind unconditional national patriotism? Status credits? Jokes aside, the market seems to suggest that people are indeed paying that. They can't all be idiots and suckers. That doesn't mean the food is worth that, but you did ask why people pay the extra anyway.
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    That's pretty crazy. Still, having new limits or rules may not discourage this until enforcement happens, e.g. at the gate, not on board. I guess that once people are forced to check in bags once on board the aircraft, they are not charged for those, even if it goes over their limit (viz. had...
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    They could start, both officially and unofficially :D
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    Qantas 787-9 flying PER-LAX non-stop

    Putting aside the mad flight timings, does anyone even think this would be a good idea, i.e. to introduce into mainstream business?
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    So a weigh in at the gate will solve this... add on top that if you're not ready to board once boarding has finished and departure time has passed, offloading starts. Again, it'll depend on how far VA want to take this, viz. how far will they go to annoy pax with this process with the risk that...
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    Qantas Business Class meals & menus

    I've had a couple of surprisingly good beef experiences as you described - well done cook and yet tender, and a decent to great sauce to go with it. There's been other times when the beef is both done well (not well done) and has the texture of dry cardboard (EK F was a notable culprit), which...
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    Qantas Business Class meals & menus

    I agree, pre-COVID it was definitely much better. In fact, when QF did their own catering, they did much better. I think what we are seeing is what used to be somewhat the domain of Economy is now in Business, and Economy is getting something very cheap. That said, we seem to be almost the only...
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    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    Not according to the website, so that's why I'm saying this is a change. Unless the website is wrong. Why wouldn't you allow your Platinums to have 32 kg bags?
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