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    Qantas: non-stop Australia (Perth)-Europe (London) Boeing 787 flights set to soar

    I struggle to understand the WA government actively considering subsidising the required modifications to the current QF domestic terminal - QF obviously want to ease transfers. This implies that a large number of passengers, probably most, will be connecting and not O/D traffic. Therefore...
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    Unlikely, but never rule anything out particularly in momentum driven forex markets. UK has a chronic current account deficit, so to balance out the country spending more on imports than it exports UK historically has had to sell debt and/or assets. The appetite for UK debt and assets will...
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    First* Class with an Asterisk [*Lesser treatment when not WP..]

    Isn't the tasting menu just a collection of other items on the F menu? Pretty sure it is. If they cant offer the tasting menu, they must have run out of all or most of the items on the tasting menu. If they just ran out of one option I cant believe they wouldn't offer the tasting menu and...
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    GOod points! I dont agree however! But I guess people taking different views is what makes a market! I'm not so sure there is too much skepticism, in this day & age its easy to find lots of people sharing the views you seek(whatever they may be), however risk assets going up(and quite quickly!)...
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    Fear & Greed Index - Investor Sentiment - CNNMoney Admittedly, just one datapoint. However, various risk assets have risen very significantly last 6+ months, particularly equities. They haven't risen because of underlying fundamentals more because expansion in the PE ratio(underlying earnings...
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    Ask The Pilot

    What was flying the 747SP like compared to the regular classics? Flying ultra long haul back in the 70s(?) and 80s appreciably different than today?
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    Why London is the world's greatest city.

    Evidently you either a) haven't been to London recently, or b) if you have visited you spent your time in a small coughpy hotel, in winter, with a coughpy pub next door which happened to be full of ugly women! I've been here since early 2006, and even since then London has improved. A decent cup...
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    Confirmation of F Lounge Guest/Access Rules for QF FF vs Oneworld status

    Good on you durbrain for getting an official answer. Some the members regulars need to avoid being so emotional.
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    Should Qantas sack their website team?

    Basic usability on the site is poor. Automatically resetting/clearing fields, regular errors when searching for flights, some cities in the From field but not the To field etc - all very poor. Also appears to be way too many unplanned and planned maintenance events. Shouldn't happen for a major...
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    Qantas removes bottled drinking water for business/premium economy

    You lived in London have you? London tap water wont kill you, but it's considered "hard water" which has a distinct taste which some don't like. Additionally a lot of houses/flats in London have plumbing and water tanks which are many decades old and while it might be OK for showering/washing...
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    QF Chauffeur no more on AA Award tickets?

    Just wondering if others have had the option to make a QF Chauffeur booking removed from MMB? Used to be there for a particular QF9 booking up until a few weeks ago. Anybody else noticed this on their bookings? Long time coming I supposed, shame they decided to do this just before my upcoming...
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    QF9 in First

    No issues with jetlag after QF10? Done the flight 3 times now, trying both to sleep and also not to sleep much on the DXB-MEL leg but still suffer from jetlag once in Mel.
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    Ask The Pilot

    Out of interest, if your sitting on the left as Relief pilot/SO and the FO is on the right in their usual seat who is in charge? The FO even though your the most experienced ? Similarly, if something happened to the designated Captain and he was unable to perform his duties, would the FO be in...
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    CX availability to AA compared with other OW carriers?

    I dont think it is just the "phantom award" space we so often hear about. Both JL, BA and QF show quite a few award seats on CX metal which are simply unavailable to AA. Some of these seats have shown to be bookable(look at that other well known frequent flyer board in the AA forum) There is no...
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    US Dividend Miles - Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

    Thanks for this tip. I've got a Dividend miles booking which include flights on QF,MH, BA & CX. All flights were showing on all websites and checkmytrip and the Saudia site. Now after the change(I removed a CX leg making it an open jaw ticket) all the remaining flights remain visible except...
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    Which LHR lounge for QF Platinum?

    Thanks VB. Evidence (in this thread and elsewhere) seems to indicate that access to the EK lounge is available when travelling on QF metal in F. All I can do is try!
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    Which LHR lounge for QF Platinum?

    So, to confirm, if I'm travelling F on QF metal I can access the Emirates lounge? The QF website doesnt say so, comments earlier in this thread imply that I can!
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    Its uncharted territory, however given the extreme uncertainty the Euro is likely to decline. Until there is clarity that Greece leaving wont cause major European banks to become insolvent(or until they get bailed out, again!) the Euro is likely to come under pressure. Extreme pressure if it...
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    Greece is interesting. The EU/Merkel will always say that they are prepared for Greece to leave the Eurozone, right up to the moment they change their mind. Greece is a small part of the European economy but nobody really knows the impact of Greece defaulting on their euro denominated...
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    What's your prediction on the Australian Dollar?

    swanning_it your reply to me that "drsmithy was targeting all those nasty people who are striving to own their family home" was obviously incorrect, that is not what drsmithy was saying at all. You lose credibility when misrepresenting other's views. And you've offered no real response to...
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