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I've only been in old Suites - several times. I would rate them much higher than any F - and that's OLD Suites. For half the points they charge now, too. *Cynical sneer*

Well I just booked. FRA-SIN-MEL. 5 hour layover in Singapore. Still "only" in first class, not suites. Less taxes than out of LHR. Not eligible for LH F lounge, only their Senator lounge.

Qantas points to me have far less value simply for the fact that available premium redemptions in Qantas are next to nil. Qantas business class is also inferior to a lot of other business classes. That's not an insult, that's an objective statement.

Yes multi city tool was used. also F not J. Late May early June.

No, going from HND to DXB and then onto Europe. Works for just about everywhere in Europe but not the UK.

I have noticed that it is not possible to get a F redemption via Dubai on QF on my list of approximate dates to any airport in the UK. Dublin in Ireland is okay. Is this intentional / a universal experience?

How long away is this? When I was in Shanghai in mid-September last year, it was 35 degrees with humidity. August would be considerably worse. The eateries along the river bank at the Bund do have good food, at a premium, but nothing exorbitant by Western standards. The extremely tasteless...

Thank you for your work. This is a very useful reference document. It would be good to also release an estimate of the worth, for airline miles manipulators, of each Amex MR point in Ascent/Ascent Plus, and Citi Prestige rewards, etc.

Oh, the irony!

Just looking at the SQ inventory for 2026, for the time I hope to be traveling, the rarest of hens teeth has popped up: an F saver (not suites) redemption from LHR-SIN-MEL. The SIN-MEL leg is on SQ217. There is an overnight (~ 13 hour) layover in SIN. I have not flown SQ in F since 2013...

I know the points required is the same. But how different is the hard product (would you, for example, be willing to pay a 20% points premium on it had the airline asked for it).

In your view, in terms of points value, how much percent difference is there between the "fair value" of regular and game-changer EK F? (ie. do you think objectively there is 20% premium in fair value for game-changer?) I am still trying to cobble together my redemption itinerary from Asia to...

An international business lounge in the second most airport of its network - and it has one measly protein entree which is so watered it is obviously made with the intent of cost cutting - NOT a good look.

Taiwan and HK in March isn't great. It rains a lot. October and November much better

Is there a significant chance (10% or more) of Emirates flights to Japan and Europe being disupted or canceled due to volatility in Middle East in spring or summer of next year?

The museums in Sharjah open at 8am and they are not that far from the DXB terminal. Are they worth a look?

Last time I was in the Marhaba lounge the food was just fine. They had a nice selection of dim sum from my part of the world. The last photo of food on offer from the QF lounge did not seem appetizing at all.

That looks mediocre at best. I feel Qantas is deliberately keeping it this way to let mere business class passengers know their lowly place in the hierarchy.

When you say you've slept in the quiet room, is there a bed (or at least a stretcher-like device) that you can sleep on?

I remember I found the St Mungo's Museum of Religious Art in Glasgow really informative and entertaining.