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I was unable to get it by calling when I flew earlier this year, but I was successful asking them on WhatsApp. I think it's just random chance whether you get an agent who will do it or not. I was on a cash J fare.

I wouldn't be sure if the newer 3-4-3 configuration is better in Economy, although it sure is better in Business. It really is annoying (experienced this myself last year when I went to the US in ANA) that ANA seems to still be flying quite a few aircraft transpacific with the old configuration...

I don't think so, it was increased from $65 to $77 in 2013 (QF Change fee increase from 18th Sep), can't currently find when it got increased to $99. Anyway, I'd like to see Qantas reduce the cost of purchasing a flexible ticket on their domestic flights - I wouldn't be worrying about changes...

Is this a return search, or two one-ways?

The scanners at Hobart are on the sides of the lanes, not between them, so she couldn't see my boarding pass as she was standing on the other side of the economy queue from me.

To be clear, I was in the front of the priority queue - it's just nobody was there, and when I got the attention of the person handling the economy queue, she just gestures at the economy queue.

I mean, it's possible it's a bug, but I find generally the explanation is one of; Your GPS location is a bit off and is near the station but not in the station. It thinks you have to go all the way around to a crossing to get to the train station or something stupid, so it decides it's better...

Dinner on last night's VA1537 (HBA-SYD) Food was great, although wish VA did 3 choices instead of just one VG and one non-VG FA was nice and friendly, although when I declined their offer of alcohol / wine, they followed up with a lot of "are you sure", "it's still sunday" etc. - I'm sure...

From looking at the code, it looks like Qantas Hotels passes coordinates (30.516281, 103.992002) to Google Maps for display, not the address. As noted previously, Google Maps displays this with an offset due to the obfuscation of map data used in China mentioned earlier, but this doesn't explain...

OK, in that case it sounds like a genuine delay then and not due to potentially landing before the curfew, since if it was just the curfew then they should've still arrived on time.

Did it arrive on time though? If so I reckon it doesn't really matter. I find JL51 never leaves on time but still arrives on time because their schedule is so padded. If they leave at the scheduled time, the padding means they arrive too early for SYD as the scheduled arrival time is already...

I'm basing this on what analyticflying has claimed in their article here and they seem to know what they're talking about. I think @evanb is the writer there so could comment more here.

As I understand, the regular 321N will be a bit limited for transcon ops (and maybe Queenstown/Wellington etc.?) when taking into account freight etc. The LR has reduced freight volume due to the fuel tank placement, hence Qantas deciding on the XLR which doesn't have this limitation.

Especially if they're (presumably) codesharing with AA and customers are booking through AA

I assume you're looking for Business Class. Generally if you're looking at less than a year out, there'll be no availability unless JAL has just done a random drop of award space (happens rarely). However, you can generally reliably find JAL award space if you look at the end of the calendar...

Yes, although this should be a surprise to nobody given they're also very popular routes (and you can't book CR+ unless CR is sold out)

I wonder if it'll be a new approach for additional domestic rewards, given Classic+ doesn't cover domestic at the moment.

If they're going to operate this on SYD-MEL or any other 1 hour-ish route, surely they're gonna need more staff serving business class if it's full with 20 pax?

I hope the new WiFi hardware can keep up with everyone streaming video. The current 737 WiFi can sorta do it, but not reliably. I admit I'm disappointed. I was hoping for seats closer to what Cathay have in their A321neo - not lie flat, but still a lot better than a basic recliner.

It's possible, but I've flown routes not in the calculator and had it credit correctly. For instance, I flew Matsuyama to Fukuoka last year on JAL