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  1. Mattg

    Article: Singapore Airlines A350 Upgrade for Cairns

    Looks like the weird Advantage award pricing to/from Cairns is back :(
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    Virgin Australia orders 8 Embraer E190-E2 jets for delivery from 2025

    Yep, parked over the other side of the runway.
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    Sydney dinner on 6 September 2025 (after the AFF MasterClass)

    The restaurant won’t split the bill at all unfortunately, so please keep track of any extra drinks you order from the restaurant and add this to the $55 cash that @DejaBrew (who helped organise this dinner) will collect at the end of the night. :)
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    Sydney dinner on 6 September 2025 (after the AFF MasterClass)

    The booking is under AFF and we have two long tables at the back of the restaurant. Just walk in.
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    Ban on Kids for F Redemptions

    This thread comes to mind: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/emirates-need-customer-service-wake-up.84473/
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    Early Bird airfares for 2026 Europe travel

    It's that time of year again when airlines start to offer Early Bird discounts for people wanting to fly to Europe next year. This thread is a place to post and discuss any 2026 Europe Early Bird offers you come across. To start with, Cathay Pacific is running an Early Bird sale until 15...
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    New Qantas promos including double status credits (book by 3/9/25; travel 4/9/25 until 22/8/26)

    IMHO, Qantas really screwed this one up by saying at the start that the status credits earned from this promo wouldn't count towards lifetime status. I do also think that it hasn't been long enough since the last promo for people to get too excited about this. That said, I'm sure some people...
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    AMEX QANTAS ULTIMATE CC

    This article might help you: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/credit-cards/credit-card-travel-insurance/
  9. Mattg

    Op-ed: Airlines Must Take the Seatbelt Sign More Seriously

    Looks like SQ has modified its seatbelt sign policy a bit. I’m on a SQ flight now and the seatbelt sign came on after some very, very light turbulence. The captain made an announcement immediately after, asking passengers to fasten seatbelts but adding “cabin crew, please continue your service...
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    What are your air travel micro-hacks?

    One that I unfortunately had to put into action last night: if the cabin temperature is unbearably hot (or cold), and everyone around you agrees, you can ask the cabin crew to adjust it.
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    Sydney dinner on 6 September 2025 (after the AFF MasterClass)

    Yes, you just need to RSVP here.
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    FlyPelican adds Canberra-Avalon

    I wonder how many pollies (and their staff) based around Geelong will choose this over flying to/from MEL?
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    What are your air travel micro-hacks?

    Most of the passengers on my last overnight flight in Y seemed to be going to the bathroom in their socks. Yuck.
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    Service flow on airlines

    I flew Air Astana last night on a redeye flight departing at 00:15. The meal served after take-off in Y was breakfast, for some reason. (Then a small sandwich before landing.) To make it more strange - the menu (which was specific to this flight) listed a wide range of alcoholic drinks...
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    Passengers clapping after landing

    On the occasions when passengers in the cabin clap after landing... can the pilots actually hear this, and do they appreciate it?
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    Ask The Pilot

    On the occasions when passengers in the cabin clap after landing... can the pilots actually hear this, and do they appreciate it?
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    African airlines in general

    I'm flying DAR-NBO in a few weeks and chose Kenya Airways. Have heard mostly good things but I haven't yet personally with with them.
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    Immigration fast-track services

    Arriving in Dushanbe very early this morning, there was a man at the bottom of the stairs as you walked off the plane holding a sign that said "CIP $30". If you took up the offer, you were taken to a private minivan (instead of the crowded bus with everyone else) and got to wait in a private...
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    Bonus points for QBR members with Qantas Wine until 31/8/25

    Qantas Business Rewards members can earn up to 10,000 bonus points on Qantas Wine orders until 31 August: https://www.qantas.com/au/en/business-rewards/earn-points-on-business-expenses/qantas-wine.html These are the T&Cs:
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    Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

    So far, this new program looks quite promising. Now, if only Amex would add Atmos Rewards as a transfer partner :)
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