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I'm 100% in the 'book the night before' camp too. Yes it costs a bit extra but especially for London arrivals which are often pre-7am, having a room ready as soon as you arrive at the hotel is more than worth it. As others have noted, just make sure you let the hotel know you're arriving early...

For pure over-the-top-ness, the presidential suite at THE Hotel in Vegas (now W Las Vegas) was extraordinary. Having dinner cooked for you in your kitchen while someone plays your grand piano in the corner as you look out upon the Vegas strip was pretty much the ultimate in Hollywood-Vegas...

I get the same every time I'm on QF1/2, from about a week out it'll switch between those two aircraft types. I assume that one of the A380s has been listed slightly differently to the others and as the assigned aircraft changes operationally it triggers the seemingly pointless alert.

I've commented a few times across the various threads here, especially the F menu one, but I agree that the food and wine service is what lets down QF F more than anything else. On most of the other premium airlines the food and beverage offering is what makes F so special. Krug or Cristal on...

Airside is your best bet, and if the flight gods are on your side then 1:45 is plenty of time. I made a 1:25 connection from QF1 to a BA flight to FLR in July with enough time to get breakfast at the lounge in T5, but everything had to go perfectly. Booked separate tickets as it was tighter...

I covered this a number of pages ago (it was from a trip in July) so I won't recap the full details, but essentially I was sitting in the lounge area opposite the escalators and felt like some lunch, so asked the attendant for both the regular and the specials menu. I was told that the specials...

Considering I've been rejected asking for these items as a pleb platinum despite actually flying First I'd suggest the answer is no.

Friday 4th? I was in 5K. The beef that I enjoyed was on the LHR-SIN leg, on the way to SYD I had the same garoupa you had. I had the salt cod fritters as the starter on the first leg, nothing special but I didn't want a steak starter followed by steak main.

It had been loaded on QF1 on the way over (when I was joking with one of the staff about the non-existent Signature coughtail she went and grabbed the bottle of the negroni to show me). I don’t like negronis so didn’t try it.

QF2 SIN-SYD

Actually disagree on that one. Menu in the LHR lounge yesterday was pretty average. Squid isn’t ever as good there as the other lounges, the only other à la carte meat option was a curry chicken leg that was pretty unexciting. No red meat options. By contrast the steak with potatoes and sauce...

QF2 LHR - SIN. They’ve finally taken the non-existent signature coughtail off the printed menu.

First time transiting SIN in F as a P1 yesterday, had a host waiting for me in the aerobridge who walked me to the lounge. Asked if I had a preferred seat, I said no so she brought me to the magic green chair area. Offered to walk me back to security at boarding time but I went for a wander...

QF1 SIN-LHR

Your trout looks good, mine this afternoon was oil with a side of trout… still tasted great though!

Only the toothfish, which was quite tasty. Lamb tasting plate was disappointing, was mainly cold beetroot with a few slices of meat. The crab tortellini is a much better starter. Dessert affogato was excellent.

QF1 SYD-SIN today. Still no signature coughtail loaded.

2 months into my P1 membership and I've already received 2 event invites - one to the Socceroos in Canberra last month (which I accepted too late so missed out on the tickets) and last week to a Teddy Swims concert (which I can't make as I'll be overseas). It's a shame I haven't been able to...

My recent experience with the Sofitel on Denarau: Arrival 1: Free shuttle provided by the hotel Departure 1: Taxi organised by the hotel, $55 fare paid $60 in cash as I only had $20s Arrival 2: Grabbed a taxi who had just dropped off another passenger, agreed $30 fare Departure 2: Organised by...

Tuvalu is still 100% cash across the entire country. Very strange experience using cash again, especially for things like hotels, restaurants and even the government telecom office. They have their own currency but thankfully they’ve pegged it 1:1 with the AUD so the Aussie dollar is...