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5 years ago I planned to go to the US for a golf tournement at the end of a holiday in Europe. I had a J ticket booked. I changed my mind and decided to head home instead and being the stubborn so and so that I am I was determined to come home in J and flew ATH - AMM- DXB - AKL- MEL - HBA.

I usually enjoy a few beers in whatever lounge I'm in. I don't overindulge and have about 3 at most. A few years ago, we flew from Townsville to Sydney and due to a storm at Sydney airport with lightning we were stuck on the plane for 3 hours. Being very claustrophobic I was very relieved...

My first flight was in 1952 when I was 3 months old from Hobart to Sydney. My mother was from Sydney and moved down to Hobart with her parents after the war. Her parents moved back to Sydney and Mum stayed and married Dad. As I got older, we would semi regularly fly back and forward between...

Makes sense. Living in Hobart we have always departed o'seas from MEL or SYD.

I'm also looking at September 2023 to ZRH or AMS. How can you tell which is the short haul A350 and which is the long haul?

I'm retired and check mine on-line nearly every day! Not good last few days with the US markets in free fall.

Haven't looked for a few days but I was consistently seeing around 2 days of AMS-DOH-CBR on QR for June/July 2023.

If a booking is made pre 5 July at the old miles rates and is later cancelled (not changed) post 5 July would all miles be returned without penalty?

Moderators: I suggest that TTL (ticketing time limit) be added to the Abbreviations list.

Well done. I'm hoping to do the same flight for September 2023 in either direction depending on what scraps QF offers up in the other direction.

Fair call. I'm moving into my 70's this year and we've seen as much as we want to overseas. One more to the US and then a train journey through eastern Europe and then it's domestic only. I have just enough KF miles and QF points for J seats for 2 so I'm not worried about burning them all.

I'll be booking for travel to or from Europe in September 2023 using Krisflyer miles. Personally I'm happier to wait until the flights open up and cop the 10% extra miles (hopefully in J Saver seats). I rather do that than go through the hassle, risk and stress of booking now and trying to...

Do you know where the call was answered?

Last week I called 131313 twice between 7.00am and 7.30am and both were answered within 5 minutes. I was hoping for Hobart to answer but both calls were taken in Fiji. The outcome wasnt great but acceptable. BTW it is a holiday in Hobart today.

That sounds like good advice. Thanks

Thanks. In hindsight I should have thought of that. I think I was in shock from getting answered in minutes. Had I done so I may have got a Hobart agent and got better flights. We've got 4 hours in Sydney and being on Jetstar will have to move between terminals to use the Qantas Club Lounge.

HUACA? The best I can find is "Huaca has a meaning that is widespread throughout the pre-Hispanic world. According to the Quechua dictionary by Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás, it means "temple of idols or the idol itself." In other words, huacas were ceremonial centers where pilgrimages, rituals...

I also had a reasonably pleasant experience on Thursday with the call centre. Based on advice here I rang just after 7am and after about 5 minutes got through to someone in Fiji. I had flights booked from Townsville to Hobart in August through Brisbane where the second leg was cancelled...

I reckon I'll be in the same boat in a few months. At 150,000 x 2 J Advantage awards I have just enough miles. Same going the other way with Qantas points. Good luck getting J seats to/from Europe with them. After that we will stick to Australia and drive and fly. I'm just about over with the...

I've been watching J Saver awards from Europe back to OZ.