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    Card payment sucharges banned in Australia from 2026

    I'm in and out of Australia all the time, every time I come back I notice that one type of surcharging has become even more common than the past. That is .... no display of the % and no display that there is even a surcharge. It's sort of like now if you're in hospitality the default is...
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Have flown ANA several times without issue, but I know where you're coming from! But the thing is .... I have been to a couple of Omakase's and for generally a non seafood eater I was surprised to enjoy it. I guess the flavours and quantities are so delicate and it is very fresh. On the...
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Just a bit annoyed again (first world problem) with SQ and their seafood obsession. The Singapore-Chinese heritage and paradigm coming through strongly as always where seafood is adored. 2 trips coming up, one in J SIN-LHR return and the other in PE SIN-NYC return. 6 main meals + 2...
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    No Qantas Lounge Access when Flying QF Codeshare on IndiGo

    Beggars can't be choosers, and they're not the only ones who have some form of arrangement with Indigo. Mention is made of American, Delta, KLM, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Qatar, Turkish, JAL, Malaysia Airlines, Garuda, Aegean, China Southern and others. It's the go to...
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    MEL taxi scam

    When was that?
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    The Master SQ Guide (Krisflyer, Waitlists & Waitlists Clearing)

    Why would it need to be HLO? Need to collect luggage at BNE anyway. Also SQ wouldn’t care, they didn’t issue the ticket. Really the question is about VFF skiplagging not SQ skip lagging. Generally wouldn’t expect it to be an issue transferring from international to domestic, especially...
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    Jetstar Delays/Cancellations

    Today’s (Mon 5 Jan) JQ7 from SIN-MEL has been rescheduled to 15;00 some 110mins late. With a two day run of on time arrivals, this was inevitable as a hattrick is rare on this flight.
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    What cheeses me off

    Like almost any subscription service these days, they all autorenew. Autorenewal is very convenient for most, but there probably should be an option when signing up to opt-out of autorenewal, so that you have to click something to authorise renewal.
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    Not really. Less hassle to get to Albury than most of Melbourne. Just takes longer, but only one change (connect from 901 bus to the Albury train at Broadmeadows.
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    Well the cheapest public transport to/from any airport today (and every other Saturday/Sunday for last month and this month) is using one of the public buses to/from MEL. $0.00 to anywhere in the state.
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Firstly, Happy Birthday, a fine age. We just celebrated my mothers a few months ago and my partner has secured an F award for his mother from SYD-SIN the day after her birthday. We visited the new F lounge in T2 a couple of times since opening, and it was much busier during the day time than...
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    Pickpocketed in Bangkok: by Qantas

    There are exceptions (considerably longer) where the fulfilment date is much later than the transaction date and is well beyond the regular time limits (for example an airfare booked 11 months in advance).
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    Feet on walls / bulkhead

    What's worse ? Touching the bulkhead with shoes on or barefeet or with socks? It's not uncommon to see and TBH far from the worst behaviour one is likely to witness on an aircraft. or in an airport.
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    The Flightradar24 appreciation thread

    My 6 year old nephew certainly appreciates FR24 at Christmas time. Eagerly follows the progress of SANTA1 across the screen from the North Pole down to NZ and then when its time for bed, he's heading to Australia.
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    Feet on walls / bulkhead

    Plenty of things worse than feet on bulkheads. 1358 posts worth in fact. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/worse-than-feet-on-bulkheads.61758/page-68
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    Pickpocketed in Bangkok: by Qantas

    "Gesture of goodwill" and "One time exception" = Lawyer speak for '"here's your refund", and it's not serious enough for us to tie you up in a Non Disclosure Agreement.
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    MEL taxi scam

    It is there for efficiency, uber operates my like a cab now. Previously it was terribly inefficient, people waiting for specific vehicles to turn up from the holding area to collect them .. 10-15min waits and a complete mess (which it is with DiDi). But it could be easily solved by having a...
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    Qantas Denial of OW Emerald access to Sydney First Lounge

    Rare, but some airlines actually have a checkin setup that specifically allows you to use the benefits of one program (in a “status” field ) whilst accruing to another “frequent traveller”) field. (SQ does this). Obviously not oneworld but this is not Star alliance wide so it seems something...
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    No Qantas Lounge Access when Flying QF Codeshare on IndiGo

    If travelling on the operating carrier code, I agree. If travelling on a QF codeshare which is always in conjunction with a QF flight from AU or UK (which is usually l at a full service price) it may well have better margins for a LCC than a FSC - the LCC may charge QF less to carry the...
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    Jetstar B787 Reliability Issues

    In theory there are plenty of options within the QF group - so they should have processes in place to keep customers happy by utilising other JQ services (via DPS), QF direct services or various other QF services that serve SIN instead of shafting passengers onto 24 hr delayed flights. Not...
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