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Just a minor point that you definitely can receive notifications when disconnected from the Internet (or app logged out or other problems). The way this works is, the app schedules the notification in the phone's operating system. They remain there , queued, until the scheduled time. In the...

Lifetime Platinum on Qantas is likely considerably similar or higher, if you can average $20/SC regularly that would be about AUD $1.5M. But I suspect the kind of regular premium flyers that have a chance at LTP would be spending more than this, per SC, so actual cost of LTP is likely to be...

To answer this question, it's just that those airlines use the same booking software backend as Qantas, a global system called Amadeus. As a result, you can pull up Qantas PNR's (booking references) on those sites, even if you're not flying on their airline at all. For reasons unknown, Qantas...

That's not an Australia Post issue. It just means that the shipper has started the process of fulfilling the order, and has uploaded the barcode into the system, but they haven't actually handed it over to Australia Post (and probably haven't actually packed the item yet). The tracker will say...

On balance, it's not a newsworthy event most likely. There are numerous innocuous warnings or minor failures that might result in such a turnback out of an abundance of caution. This, coupled with the fact that returning to a major base (instead of continuing to an outstation), is much more...

Sorry, but realistically none of those concerns are any different whether you leave at 6:20am or 6:55am, and you did book the original flight at 6:55 am (I assume?) so I don't think your argument is that strong (I'm assuming this flight gets into LHR about 1.5 hours later so plenty of time to...

What was the original departure time? You could try arguing that the new departure time isn't suitable because public transport isn't running (although, I'm not sure that's actually true after a quick check of the airport and bus company web site... that's annoying). But in general you can...

Given this thread includes discussion of connecting itineraries in US locations like SFO, I think that's a rather long bow to draw. The TSA would certainly have laws/regulations that require airlines to do everything they can to offload luggage when the passengers are not on-board. Does this...

I had this happen on Korean Airlines once at Seoul, when my inbound was late. I was near the front of the plane, I breezed through transfer security and the new gate was close by. They were incredibly apologetic about it but couldn't fix it as they had already boarded my replacement. I was...

My comment was not about duty travel or deadheading by flight/cabin crew, which as you note can have operational priority. My comment was solely about "staff travel" which has specific meaning in the Qantas world - this is discretionary travel by any company staff, and is not usually carried...

It is interesting to note how much is in fact at the agent's discretion, compared to how US airlines work. I suspect US airlines learned the hard way that having it all computer-based - making upgrades and standbies totally transparent, even showing on screens at the gate - is a fairer...

There must be precedents/caselaw about this (for MC99), for example if you are a large domestic airline like Qantas and have ZERO standby crews at a major hub like Sydney, how is that "reasonable?" As KF points out, it's totally foreseeable that on any given day, something will happen to *some*...

Yes, definitely. It's quite clear on the web site: "Charges will apply for any baggage carried in addition to your checked baggage allowance. " (Therefore, it follows charges don't apply to the amount that's included in your allowance)...

Carbon credit prices can vary quite a bit, so this may just be the market price changing, and maybe they only update this occasionally. The cost of $1.80 for 99.81 kg is about $18/tonne and $2.55 is about $25.5 per tonne, whereas current spot prices are around $30-$35 per tonne (based on ACCU's...

Here's a link to the ATSB summary page where you can also download the full report: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-006

I heard the increase in weight was due to increased fireproofing to make the belly tanks safe (since they're right under the cabin). Do you know any more about how that was resolved?

I mean, they have , and so have tourism booster groups. But this appears to have fallen on deaf ears, as government can stand behind the environment justification and it's seen as an appropriate progressive tax (i.e. taxes people according to their level of spending - particularly the uplifts...

Does that method attract Fringe Benefits Tax? That was always by my company's accountants as the reason such allowance method wasn't allowed for travel expenses.

Ultimately all PER services will be single-aisle (737 or A321) as the A330's will be withdrawn from this route as per chat in other threads. So enjoy the rare A330 while you can.

I also recently flew on an AA 737-800 that was 20+ years old and was impressed with the good state of the cabin furniture. I guess they realise that's what passengers actually pay attention to - did their seat work right and have useful features like USB charging ports and upgraded overhead...