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JB - what discretion would a Captain have in situations like this? While QF would never knowingly fly over dangerous territory this is a unique situation - as mentioned on the other thread Russia could conceivably force a western aircraft to land and check/confirm paperwork etc as an act of...

If Putin wants to further embarrass/harass the west all he needs to do is force a western aircraft to land due to "paperwork" issues and keep them for a day or so. An easy way to embarrass the west without itself escalating things too much would be to pick on a western country which really...

I remember the days when QF had very cheap F fares from the EU - fly BA to LHR, and then pick up the QF flight to SIN/BKK/HKG. About £2500 pounds ex Germany back in 2007/2008. Bargain compared to the domestic J prices quoted here!

Princess - perhaps this may come under EU261 denied boarding compensation? Little Fokker - if the airline incorrectly denied you boarding, despite you having all correct paperwork/visas etc in hand then technically you were denied boarding due to the airline and in theory you could be eligible...

Out of interest Milehighclub do you know how many crew QF had in the 1980s/1990s on the 747s? I'm surprised its only 20 cabin crew on the 380!

Serfty - would they save money not operating that cabin, even if it was used to provide J service? Crew numbers would be the same no?

@jb747 any appreciable difference between flying the different models of the 747 classic? i.e. did the 747SP have different systems or processes compared to the 747-200?

Or, if it happened during one of the Antarctic sightseeing flights!

How does that make a difference? Qantas collected the airport charges from passengers and isnt passing it on. Regardless of their own profit(or not), using airport charges for working capital is not the purpose of airport charges! QF and Perth Airport currently under arbitration to determine...

This. (they could leave it going via Sin however given its a hotspot prehaps not) I think they may postpone the Chicago route, use the aircraft to go to LHR. US air travel declining similar to 9/11 levels.

Not so radical....gov spends more on Super tax breaks than it "saves" by not paying aged pension to some, most of those tax breaks go to highest earners who would be saving for retirement anyway, and the Australian superannuation industry is one of the highest cost in the world compared to other...

So no 2nd meal service as they couldnt keep the meals chilled? Was their milk with your muesli or no! I'd be pissed if this happened.

Thanks, I was more wondering about how they would have handled the Wuhan part of the trip! Presumably they had enough food/supplies for a few days if anything happened, I assume they'd be reluctant to leave the plane?

JB - with the recent Wuhan flight do you know how they would have handled fuel and maintenance? Is it likely they fueled for the round trip and possibly had a engineer on board, given they'd likely want to limit exposure to any local maintenance staff, and of course minmise the risk of being...

A lot of the Indian based outsourcing providers are cheap for a reason! Compared to the Big 4 I'd be surprised if the travel policy for outsourcing staff were as generous, sure some staff may go Business however the vast majority will be in the back (I dont have any experience with them in the...

Not too bad for a shower and decent meal.

Agree. Also ridiculous that flights to the US and UK do not have the same gate liquid restrictions, who would if anything be under a high threat level than Australia.

Thanks all. I'm a mere bronze on QF however I've also been looking at availability via the BA site(I'm a silver) and AA(platinum). I'm curious if there is a QF policy of no award seats on these flights, except by request from a QF platinum? Has anybody been able to redeem in J or F on these...

Hi all - I've been trying without success to find a J or F award seat on the new London flights - QF1/2 or QF9/10. I havent been able to find any F/J award seat - in either direction - from September this year to February 2019. Has anybody seen any availability in the premium cabins since the...

The QF web site is/should be the primary interface between QF and its customers. The web site should at least be reliable and functional, that spend should not be controversial within QF. Earlier this week myself and some colleagues tried to price up some itineraries for the new LHR>PER...