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To me, unashamed and unrepentant grammar snob that I am, I like to see whether someone has proof-read and edited what they wrote before posting it. Rightly or wrongly, it does affect (or should that be “effect”?) my opinion of what they’ve written…

Yes, mainly Economy. But I was responding to the post which claimed that there was no availability, "not even in economy".

Well, there are in fact incentives to fly Business Class apart from the SC earn! The food, comfort and legroom might possibly have something to do with it as well? Having said that, I think you are onto something if you’re saying that Business Class should have a higher SC earn rate. I think...

I’m not sure I understand what the issue/problem is. It’s a competitive landscape and you have the option of flying to London via any number of different cities and routes, depending on which airline you choose. I live in Melbourne and I do understand the frustration that so often Qantas is...

Have just booked SYD-BKK using Qantas points a couple of weeks ago. Plenty of availability for the next month.

I accumulate Qantas points for three things: Domestic routes within Australia, routes to NZ, and partner flights internationally whose origin and destination airports are not in Australia. Actually Qantas points are really quite useful for all of the above. As for using Qantas points to fly...

I got involuntarily moved from 2A to 1F last weekend. When I looked around to see who'd taken my seat, it was a parent and child sitting together. Fair enough.

July 2026 includes the school holidays. If you're after a seat outside of school holiday times, your chances are pretty good. But I have seen VA block award seats for high demand routes during school holiday times. How many seats are you after? Have you tried reducing the number of seats you're...

The only occasion I've selected the window and aisle for my wife and me was on a flight from Queenstown. I politely asked at the check-in counter whether the middle seat was taken and the agent told us that she'd block it for us so we'd definitely have the row to ourselves! I suppose that's...

I've just had a frustrating time myself trying to use Virgin Atlantic points to book an Air France flight. My experience is similar to yours: very sporadic availability on the Virgin Atlantic website (which I find clunky at the best of times), and often it's a struggle just to understand...

This is really annoying. Just a week or so ago I transferred points to Flying Blue for a redemption that was only available on Flying Blue. Are there any other ways that Australians can easily accumulate Flying Blue points, other than buying them? The question for me now is, which programme to...

I caught the Garuda overnight DPS-SYD flight myself just a few weeks ago. Clearing immigration with an Australian passport was very quick. I stopped at the duty free shop on the way out and still was out of the terminal within 30 minutes of landing. If that’s the same for you, you’ll be at the...

My hunch is that if you’re in Business on the Garuda flight and you’re one of the first off the plane, you have every chance of making the connection given you won’t have to wait for, or re-check, bags. I once had to call VA and beg to be put on a later flight and they did so, but I’m Platinum...

I’m not sure I’m understanding your arithmetic here. I have a Smart Awards Mastercard and it’s showing a transfer rate of 5 Commbank points = 1 Accor ALL point. 1 ALL point is worth approximately 3.5 cents. Therefore if you’re transferring to Accor, you’re getting 0.7c in value per CBA point...

I was going to ask the same question for a 4-hour layover I'm having there next month ... but can I add a supplementary question: which lounge has the best Asian food options, or are they all much the same in that regard?

The issue is that the T&Cs are ambiguous. Let me put my linguist/grammar nerd hat on for a minute... The T&Cs say that the insurance is activated if "you pay the full amount of your outbound ticket ... on your ... corresponding American Express Membership Rewards points or frequent flyer points...

Totally agree with your verdict. The lack of a protein/meat option in the VA lounges makes VA toasties clearly inferior. This doesn't mean that the VA toasties are bad (the relishes add to the flavour quite nicely). But QF toasties just come with more options.

Yes, the 15% drink discount will apply in Australia for groups of up to 10 people. This is one of the clear improvements of the new programme.

Thanks @Dvg I just watched "I've Been to Bali Too" on YouTube ... it's actually a catchy, affectionate, lighthearted homage to Bali tourism which has stood up quite well!

Post now edited. All the changes are in the right hand column below. For me, the changes are still slightly positive overall.