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Thank you for the kind words @Townsend and glad you've been enjoying the podcasts until now. For those who missed that announcement, you can read about it here. I'll still be a part of this community going forward and will probably do a bit of writing on AFF next year, but the last podcast (at...

I'm not seeing this - any chance you could post a screenshot please of an example?

If a hotel is making guests wait 30 minutes for a coffee, maybe they need another barista. ;)

I was offered one at the CBR J lounge today.

How is the customer supposed to reasonably know what the underlying fare class is when the Jetstar website does not show it?

Did you receive maybe an electronic ticket receipt attached to the email confirmation? Does this receipt show a "Fare Basis" at all? E.g. checking one of my LATAM tickets from last year, I cannot find the fare class obviously shown anywhere but I can see that the Fare Basis was GLEKDZ8I. This...

What was the fare class (RBD) of the sector that didn't earn, and is it in this table? https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/earn-category-tables.html#latam

What's everyone using these days for overseas ATM withdrawals? I've recently opened an AMP Bank GO Everyday account - no fees on the account or international transactions/ATM withdrawals and it's one of the few remaining bank accounts where you can still earn Qantas points on the balance.

I'm regularly finding that ChatGPT/AI tools still routinely spit out incorrect travel-related information. Like the other day, Google's AI overview suggested going for Qantas status over Velocity status because Qantas offers family pooling. The annoying thing is that the incorrect information...

Technically it is a direct flight, by the aviation definition of the word. But it's not a non-stop flight. Same as QF1 SYD-LHR. No, the BNE-APW flight is continuing. SYD-AKL-APW is an additional new service.

Yes, I think you’re right - that engineering extended them as part of their checks. This plane ended up spending 19 hours on the ground in Canberra, so I assume the engineers must have found something during their checks.

Great evening, thanks @blackcat20 for organising, I know it can be a bit like herding cats at times 😝

I’m about 15 minutes away. Sorry for my lateness.

Yes

I’m delayed out of CBR, so might be a bit late. Looking forward to it.

Why would the slats on a 737 be extended while the aircraft is parked at the gate? Edit: I just found out this plane got struck by lightning on its last flight. So I suspect this maybe related. This brings me to a new question: what checks need to be done after landing if a plane is struck...

It’s the same flight number only if you fly SYD-APW without breaking up the trip.

It looks to me like the actual plane Qantas is using for the AKL-APW will fly a BNE-AKL-APW-AKL-BNE rotation. So if you're on the same flight number all the way through from Sydney to Apia, you'll change plane in Auckland.

Carrier charges are not being excluded.

China Eastern is now flying PVG-DEL. Currently 3x weekly on an A330-200 but it will go daily next year. Not many other direct routes up and running yet, which I'm sure is helping carriers like Cathay Pacific!