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This is my strategy for Europe-Aus, I absolutely hate the 5am/6am arrivals, which is why I've avoided QF flights on most trips. The exception has been QF10 LHR-PER-MEL which worked well for me, but if they change the PER-MEL to a 737, I'm going EK both ways, or looking at non-QF code options.

Why not EK on QF codes? This is what I do now QR earns half the status credits. (Yes I should have switched to BAEC) I have heard from friends though that they found the PER-LHR better for jetlag, but personally I didn't find it much different to going via SIN or HKG. Going via DOH/DXB I tend...

I had a similar experience with British Airways, they were not interested in using the Airtag location to help them find my bag, I just had to wait for staff to eventually locate it and send it on its way. Once you've filed a report with the airline you should be able to check any updates on...

They've been talking about direct flights to Paris since at least 2017, is it officially going ahead now? Alan Joyce previously blamed Perth airport and the French government for stifling his Paris plans.

Also a reason not to use Malaysia airlines if that's how much they charge for 2x <20kg suitcases!

Had the same issue in Milan travelling with some Aussie friends, their Australian cards were declined but my UK-issued card was accepted. I ended up buying the tickets for our entire group...

Not necessarily, as it could speed up processing at the EU border and allow use of the e-Gates. Currently non-EU passport holders need to queue to get a stamp. That's correct. Australia charges $20 AUD

Possibly crew related because for QF1/QF2 A380 the crew that work the LHR-SIN sectors are UK-based (and paid less than the Australian-based crew who operate SIN-SYD).

Can see ASY1168 has just left TLV heading back to LHR. Interestingly has been a few repatriation flights today. Canada and France are both flying their citizens to Athens. Switzerland and Brazil are taking theirs home - to Zurich and Rio De Janeiro.

Moving from Australia to the UK some years ago, I found it quite unusual that sharing rooms on corporate travel to conferences has been the norm in most of the companies I've worked for here. What's surprised me more is that most people seem OK with it - they see it as allowing more people to...

I was pleased to see in the Senate Committee report the recommendation for Australian consumer protection reform, to require airlines provide compensation to consumers whose flights are significantly delayed or cancelled, similar to the schemes that exist in Europe and North America

Alan Joyce mentioned in one of the Senate hearings that the French government denied Qantas' request to fly to Paris, but they do have a codeshare partnership with Air France that may help?

I was watching part of the Senate inquiry where one of the politician's was asking the new CEO to explain why Qantas points expire and if she thought it was unreasonable to have points expire. Not sure that's the best use of their time, on either side. It's also not unique to Qantas or airlines...

Depends where you're going. I have regularly flown to European countries on one-way tickets and no one bats an eyelid. I also fly back to the UK on my Australian passport and have only once been asked if I was a resident of the UK or if I had onward travel from there - that was flying back from...

Maybe I've become desensitised flying around the northern hemisphere... bus gates are very common in this part of the world. BA at Heathrow are particularly bad at it, sometimes feels like getting from the runway to the terminal takes longer than the flight did.

If only the politicians running this Aviation Senate Inquiry could step back and look at the bigger picture and consider something like this. Canada and the US have similar laws too.

I got offered 1000 points or 30 SC. I've already retained Platinum this year, so don't need the 30 SC, but 1000 points seems even more useless to me. Hard to choose.

They moved me from a post paid plan to a plan which is automatic direct debit in advance, and due to this I lost access to the old billing page where you could pay manually, and now I can't figure out how to pay my overdue bill from the old plan that they keep sending me SMS reminders for with...

Optus offered to move me onto the Qantas $79 plan (with 5GB/month included roaming data) with a $30 discount for 12 months, which I accepted to resolve my TIO escalated complaint. This was after weeks of back and forth with a "customer resolution expert" who initially just said everything I...

12 months is the length of the $20 discount being offered. Hence, some would stay until that $20 monthly discount expires.