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Many gated stations have an open gate which you can pass through along with the fare evaders. 🤣 If not, show a staff member who will let you out. The third option is tailgating, rare, but I think I had to do that once at Footscray (where I was connecting between Vline trains and trying to...

The talk of early arrivals is really not that relevant to sunrise unless Qantas decides to operate completely different schedules during summer vs winter. Due to LHR constraints assuming a take off of 10:30pm at the latest during Australian summer landing time would be around 5:30am but during...

I wonder when (or rather if) the train comes to MEL if they’ll have a bus that routes via Keillor East so people can avoid the invariably extortionate gate fee they charge at the airport itself. 🤣 (like Mascot).

With Wise can’t you just the ACH (routing) number and account number for USD transfer? No need for SWIFT code with ACH. Or for EUR transactions just the IBAN number? We did the latter for recent claims with Vueling.

I think I've mentioned it before, if you want to avoid purchasing a Myki and your travel in Melbourne will last longer than 2 hours, you can get a ticket from Vline (for example Beaufort to Melbourne on first train of the day). It will be cost $11 and can be purchased using credit cards...

I think even without them stating it, we could assume they wouldn't as it would defy logic to operate sunrise to/from WSI. In aiming to command a premium for non-stop I don't think it would be in any plans to dump passengers 90 minutes from the city in normal scheduled operations. Would...

Do they have three evening slots? Going back to the days when they used to fly via SIN x 2, BKK and HKG connections to LHR, QF2(BKK/SYD) and QF10 (SIN/MEL) used to depart in the evening, whilst QF30 (HKG/MEL) and QF32 (SIN/SYD) used to depart around midday. But who knows, they might to...

And if you want further complication, throw in plane rotations with the JFK service, although I think most of us suspect the schedule for JFK will be similar to QF3/4, except leaving SYD later and arriving back earlier.

But it's also about choice, what drives traffic is both product and frequency. EK, SQ, QR all have multiple options out of LHR, having a 2-3 options could aid QF in the market. For some a 3pm departure equate to leaving for the airport at midday, so more or less writing off the day, whilst...

It could also be the other way around, it has been argued that the A380 is too big for the market following sunrise, so you could turn the A380 around in SIN and deploy it elsewhere, such that the A380 from SYD meets up with a 787 from BNE but the SYD flight number continues on to LHR (or the...

They could of course downguage the flight to suit a smaller market and even originate it in BNE. Also there’s a matter of timing - the Sunrise flights will be unable to operate out of London in the evening and arrive in Sydney early morning (at least for 6 months of the year). During the...

Luckily last time I passed through KLIA2 it was a same plane return on Sccot. Transit security was a breeze ! But have been there a couple of years ago with some time to get through.

I've always taken the view that what is printed on the boarding pass (if it is) as the time the gate closes is the most important metric. Leave the "be at the gate" timing to the rarely travel crowd or those travelling with the kitchen sink in economy class. So it seems you had the timing...

SQ need a 6th daily to MEL ASAP! Even in economy saver awards (and sometime advantage awards) are difficult to come by and comm tix also going through the roof.

Don't think it changes the maths around the plane requirements but flying time SYD-LHR should be <22 hrs and LHR-SYD <20 hrs. If you add SYD-PER + PER-LHR it comes to about 21:40 flying time (and 20:10 or thereabouts in the other direction). Repeat these calculations with SYD-DXB+DXB-LHR or...

Rome is barely served by SQ, and isn't by CX, which would suggest the premium traffic perhaps isn't that compelling. Would have though FRA or even ZRH might have supported more premium traffic. Seattle and Vegas surely wouldn't need Sunrise aircraft, if the 787's can go to DFW, they can...

Perhaps JFK as well? ;)

Yeh,, Qantas has consistently said that about PER-LHR and I agree that it certainly looks like remaining on the back of strong O&D traffic. But it remains to be seen with the sunrise flights, how much will they cannibalise existing premium traffic on QF1/2, how much they will steal from...

To an extent. Although there is also an argument for a single long haul with a short hop bejng more flexible than a one stop mid journey, in terms of sleeping patterns (thinking the J/F cabins here ). I know out of SIN (as my origin point) if involving overnight trip I prefer non stop to...

Marriott have terminated their agreement with Sonder hotels and these are all now gone from the booking system: https://www.reuters.com/business/marriott-terminates-licensing-agreement-with-lodging-rentals-company-sonder-2025-11-09/ Very sudden as we were looking at NYC hotels on Friday night...