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    Qantas Denial of OW Emerald access to Sydney First Lounge

    SQ have this worked out, allowing dual FFP's being entered in different fields - FQTV for mileage accrual, FQTS for status benefits. They will happily let you , for example accrue to United whilst using your Lufthansa status benefits. Other airlines don't seem to have the capability, or if...
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    New aviation industry ombudsman & customer rights charter in Australia

    And why are BA and the US carriers more acceptable than say SQ or EK?
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    New aviation industry ombudsman & customer rights charter in Australia

    Yes, saw that, $34K is an impressive sum for return to New York, must have been first class. Although the stories probably missed the rebate that presumably applies to government travel spend, which could reduce that to $25-$30 K :eek:
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    Article: Airport Disease: Enter Airport, Exit Manners

    Drawing a long bow there I think.
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    The 'Connecting Queensland' aviation fund announced by the new Qld Gov't, replacing the 'Attracting Aviation Investment Fund' (AAIF).

    I had assumed that it related to competition to the region (and beyond). BNE-SiN has 5-6 daily services between SQ (4) and QF(1-2) whereas ADL just had 1-2 daily services to SIN on SQ.
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    Airport security confiscated an empty water bottle

    Although you could probably configure it so that a customs lane as assigned when printing out the initial card at the passport scan machine before immigration. If the parameters determine you to be required to go for extra screening due to declaration or profiling, then you go straight there...
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    What cheeses me off

    And not from Victoria. 🤣
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Singapore school holidays.
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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    I bought AF lounge access for mother travelling through BKK September last year. However, looks like it is no longer available unless flying AF or KL. BKK did a dummy spit on airline lounges allowing access to non-customers of that airline, including priority pass and paid means of access...
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    Airport security confiscated an empty water bottle

    Exactly. It only applies to flights landing in Australia. And it doesn't apply to other flights who spend several hours crossing Australia including right over Sydney. I guess having another 3 hrs crossing the Tasman substantially reduces the security risk. :rolleyes:
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    Best Hotel you have stayed!!!

    Without thinking about it at all, both the Conrad Tokyo and Conrad Macau came to mind. In terms of genuinely unique and amazing location, Sossussvlei Lodge in Namibia. Not quite the Raffles or the Ritz in terms of polished service and attending to your every need - we don't need that anyway.
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    Help with multi city flights BNE to Asia and return.

    Agreed. Was going to suggest MH. Alternatively could do SQ: 1. Brisbane-Singapore-KL on SQ 2. Then buy separate one way sector from KL-HCMC, there are four carriers operating on this route (2 legacy - Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines, 2LCC - Vietjet and Air Asia). 3. Siem Reap - Singapore -...
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    What cheeses me off

    You get someone else to pick up your Apple order (as in technology, not the fruit) , that you ordered from your account (because you aren't around to do so), not only does the invoice generated populate the "Ship To Customer" field with the name of the person collecting the order but it also...
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    SQ has such an amazing advantage in it's home market. Latest round of sales Y fares from MEL to SIN return are $750 AUD but here in SIN the equivalent lowest fares I can find in the opposite direction (SIN-MEL return) of $1060 AUD return. By contrast QF have a fare SIN-MEL return...
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    What cheeses me off

    Straight out of the airline "enhancement" playbook? (my bolding). Fine with the change but was the last sentence really necessary (#WCMO)? It doesn't sound like an improvement me.
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    Which are your 5 favourite airlines - and why?

    It really is horses for courses based on cabin class, routes, preferences etc. Never flown QR (apart from a fifth freedom return in Y from SIN-DPS well before they joined oneworld), so can't really comment on them, being based in Singapore, the ME3 don't really get a look in from me, as the...
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    What cheeses me off

    The Americanisation of the world as manifested at this time of the year by promoting faux sales based on tomorrow which has zero cultural significance anywhere else. Sick of hearing the two words, which when growing up had more to do with some tragic bushfires than rampant consumerism. End of...
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    QF32 (A380) returns for 1 (?) flight. SIN-MEL 1st December 2025.

    At the end of a day fortunately it was just an incident with no loss of life. Like QF1, QF30 and QF72 and of course they are still used. It’s probably only those involved and aviation geeks that would remember. Different scenario to fatal incidents. Not sure that too many people (in their...
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    What cheeses me off

    This is also useful public transport, works well on readers here in Singapore (or I did until it stopped working properly). The only thing I swapped from wearing my watch on the left hand to right hand, partly because the readers at train stations are on the right.
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    Singapore (SIN) Stopover Tips

    As long as there’s enough time to collect and get to SQ checkin before checkin closes allowing for modest flight delay of course. (SQ counter at DRW closes 40 mins before departure).
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