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the 777-200 business class is quite spacious in the 2-2-2 config

yes that is get a room territory - cheap hotel near the airport which has flexible check in/check out times is Holiday Inn Express - they have a shuttle - it is 'sort of' opposite Terminal 3, but not easy to walk to - although from memory I walked back from the hotel to the airport through the...

SYD MEL Sat evening QF491: Choice of: Rueben Cheese plate Mushroom soup Choose the Rueben, was a bit soggy and not great - probably should have gone the cheese plate. Tea/coffee served on relatively short flight (not down back according to the announcements...)

there is a quiet sleeping area on angled couches in the EK first class lounge - I would not bother leaving the sanctuary of the first class lounge....

In Vic, you can 'stack' the 4c WW discount with RACV 5c discount at EG stations, and get the everyday reward points. Similarly at Shell, you can 'stack' the AFL 4c with Coles 4c and get flybuys points also. Just a bit annoying flipping through different apps...

given no headphones at seat, didn't bother to ask - headphones handed out after cruising attitude reached 'oh i forgot...' very slow service (nearly 3 hours for meal and drink) and meals not great

Not offered on QF35 today...

use a overseas friendly card - such as 28Degrees or HSBC - you will get pretty close to the bank exchange rate on the day for all FX transactions. Using your 'normal' visa or mastercard will provide a poor FX rate plus additional charges

AY normally tickets pretty quickly in my experience if booked online. If it a non-online route and was booked over the phone (ie some domestic Finland destinations) it can take longer as the system may not have the taxes correct. Note AY taxes and charges are pretty low compared to some other...

ferry is the way to go Tallink seems to have the most luxury vessels, although depart from Harbour West which is a little bit out of CBD (10mins by Uber) - normally around EUR30 one way and if you do day trip is around EUR45 return - so may be cheaper than the taxes on the AY flight. Viking is...

un-ticketed bookings seemingly do not longer appear on the web version of MMB, only on the app

Got some domestic seats released for travel in June, but towards end of conversation the agent indicated that there would be a service fee of 4800 points. I said that this is incorrect as we were completing a transaction that could not be done online. She then said I could do it online, somehow...

To/from DXB is often higher airfare than to/from EUR - hence stopovers generally not allowed on QF as part of the joint agreement with EK - however you will find that EK itineraries/rules are more flexible but you will miss the bonus points and credits that you get on the QF codeshare.

VA FF Boss quoted in the AFR today: “There’s still a seat to London every day in July with one of our partners. It might be a different partner every day but because we’ve got all these different airlines, there’s a variety of routes,” he said.

flight number entry would be great

I have always had error message searching awards ex Dxb (perhaps because Qantas no longer serves UAE direct and does not deal with AED currency)?

note the article referred to financiers seeking advice, so Bonza saying no (direct) contact with KM may be correct

you need to be careful regarding intra EUR reward seats, sometimes the taxes/charges of the partner airline exceed or are very close to the fares available for cash... EG KLM seems to have very high taxes/charges

suggest you dispute/do a charge back on your credit card if getting nothing out of merchant

article on the AFR that Bonza’s financiers have called on restructuring advisory KordaMentha to provide them with advice about the ongoing operations...