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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...

They reduced capacity because they simply couldn’t compete with the plethora of other one stop services, but the differentiation this time is non-stop. Of course to be seen how much of a differentiator this will be.

Sounds like an excuse as MEL and SYD are more or less the same distance from LHR (MEL is actually 70 mi closer).

Or arriving on a train and dealing with the hundreds of touts waiting there to find a pension to stay in ! Aah I miss the randomness of it all.

I remain sceptical that we’ll see sunrise services between MEL and LHR despite them being mentioned originally (in favour of double daily from SYD and SYD-CDG perhaps) , and as such the via SIN service will pivot to MEL-SIN-LHR to serve MEL, BNE and a new A321 service from ADL.

MEL? Timing of these flights is identical to the fourth MEL-DPS flight of the day (JQ35/36). Leading to speculation (my own of course 🤣 ) that this approach will be replicated in Sydney once WSI opens.

Interestingly on Qantas run a single A380 service SIN-LHR each day. They also run up to 9 services a day between Australia and SIN, so their presence in SIN isn’t entirely dependent on the LHR service. I guess the AF, AY and KL codeshares support this traffic as well, but there is very...

From a business and PE class perspective I can’t say I’ve ever noticed anything unusual during the SIN-NYC/vv flights that I’ve taken. If anything less of a rush on the toilets towards the end than on a short overnight like SIN-MEL/SYD. Of course economy may be different, but still remember...

Can see merit in this in the F lounge. The most pax I’ve seen in there at any given times is 8. Make more sense to have three separate cubicles that anyone can use (one accessible) than separate M and F toilets.

In my experience, spanning Flixbus rides in France, Netherlands/Belgium and Italy - yet to have operational wifi - but other than that, comfortable and a good price, (about 1/4 the price of trains and only slightly longer journey time , or the ride we took in Italy the only choice unless we...

I guess what proportion of these sort of battery fires are relate to laptop or phone batteries vs powerbanks ? Given that the former are much more commonly carried than powerbanks would be, I assume

I am based in SIN and have been for almost 17 years (originally from Melbourne). I have zero business travel back to Australia, so it is all leisure/VFR. Since covid finished, I've definitely moved to day flights (a ratio of 5:1 daytime to overnight), But I don't sleep well on planes, even...