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Just booked my first premium airfare using the platinum card. Etihad business class from CGK to UK. I was slightly surprised to read that the airfare component was ~$1200 and the tax component ~$2000. Still a good price overall.

I'm glad you mentioned Grange, because I was pondering this point in the shower this morning and decided 389 is good enough such that Grange isn't needed. This then made me wonder if you'd be happy with 389, as that isn't a particularly difficult or 'special' experience. The problem, imo, about...

Someone mentioned champagne. An interesting example. there are plenty of very good sparking wines out there. However, IME something that is true champagne has the benefit of being consistently good, regardless of price. You can spend $20-$30 on champagne and have good quality. An interesting...

Ok, you don't think the quality is acceptable. So what would be an acceptable for desert then, besides the Noble One Boytrytis? Hve you tried the Ulithorne Dona GSM? What is an acceptable quality GSM if that isn't? Maybe I might like a Rockford Moppa Springs GSM instead. But then if they...

Yeah, I don't really have an issue with that arrangement. Maybe I've just jumped to a potentially false conclusion that the AFR is running some kind of hypocrisy angle in the story and I reacted to my own potentially false assumption. 1741929937 Amazing for the wallet, not so much for the...

Is flying part of you earning money? Going on holiday? etc. maybe not strictly necessary but something that supports goals/activities/hobbies. Benefit vs risk or impact, how is that equation for your unnecessary flying? Only you can answer that one. My last trip, yeah I could've sat up from...

Great example of my point. People mistakenly think this is about controlling the environment. While people are stuck in this false narriative the actual point will continue to be lost in the wilderness. Until the thinking moves beyond the small scale, bespoke issues we will be doomed to...

I assume when the seat is full. But I don't know if that assumption is correct. Perhaps the fuel use per km divided by number of pax? Likely a theoretical number if the plane was full?

Although that would be business ethics about recognition of 'good' customers. Pretty sure most businesses do that. My local pub for example offers me a very good wicket - $1 off happy hour prices, happy hour prices at all times, and an honour system for payment where I count my beers and tell...

An interesting question. Just yesterday someone at work raised the fact that I've routed via Sydney on the outbound for an upcoming trip via Perth to Paris so I can visit the first lounge. Fair point, for a nice lunch is it worth the extra flight and the waste of my time? I could balance that...

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Just checked my email and this offer also includes double qantas business rewards points. Might have been nice to include that detail here. Registering for the double business rewards points also then put the business into the draw for 1 million points.

🤔 😂 Third party global systems that do not understand timezones. ok then (actually, this is precisely my point. These are global systems, it is illogical to suggest they can't do timezones) Maybe it's just you, 'cause I had no such problems in 2017, 2018 or ever.

A question for both of you: Do you understand how timezones work? Do you think that Qantas, an international airline, does not understand how timezones work? Are you seriously suggesting that Sabre, Amadeus and the other one have developed these systems used by 100s of airlines and they do not...

There is a weird school of thought around here that somehow Qantas set up the start time based on midnight UTC (not Midnight Sydney) but some how manage to set the end time based on Sydney and not UTC. It defines logic. But sure play it safe. For example: Really? so I can book flight based on...

Having got PC+ this year, I've come to realise it's worse than PC for me. I'm LTG and Platinum. The two lounge passes are more valuable to me for gifting to family than qantas club membership that cannot be used.

Always pays to get on top of VA's cough. Had my daughter's bag come out opened on arrival last year. This was departing Sydney. Went to baggage services to query. Superficial everything seemed to be there. the baggage services didn't say anything about submitting an incident report. Got home to...

I would've thought more like 4-5 mm for strength and rigidity per divider, 2 -3 per locker more likely 3. there are maybe about 10 lockers per side on a 737, so upto about 300 mm of divider per plane? One Bag? I'm really not sure what this would gain. we now have 3 or 4 sections per locker to be...

I wanted to pick up on the last point in the email. Don't Qantas already have free checked luggage on all fares? So what is the benefit of free check in at gate? Are they wanting to charge for checked luggage? That would take a heap of overhead space in total across the whole aircraft. Also...

Cheers I forgot the exact days. Yeah, Woomera is pretty much dead. Hard to believe they had something like 18 footy teams at one stage. I reckon the town opens up more in the cool months. I was there for a week or so doing work in 2023. That was around September/October and the flies had started...