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I'm not sure how you have come to that conclusion. I don't think I am paying more, but perhaps you could explain why I am.

Well, for me, under the current circumstances, Platinum with QF would be far superior to Gold with both. Apart from the fact that VA have made attaining Platinum far too expensive for what is offered, my lifetime Star Gold with UA provides lounge access for VA in any case. I do think VA have...

This doesn't seem like a bad offering at $1.77c per point for PCP members, Don't know about the wine, but it will (mostly) be drinkable. https://wine.qantas.com/p/mixed-brands-vip-red-dozen-xii/MIX2510054

Yes, so have I. You just never know when you might need them, and it's also not an expensive or difficult process. However, we also ensured that our kids born in Australia would have dual nationality, but they couldn't care less about it (they're not teenagers either, given that we're of...

Sounds like a normal day for ADL, but still pretty weak when compared with QF. And, in the ADL VA lounge, there is no self-pour wine, and the catering staff pour very small measures. Is this, I wonder, because they are wary of the FIFO mob? Either way, it's pretty poor.

Well, I did get a phone call from the Philippines around noon to let me know the problem had been fixed. I was already back online by then, but a good follow up, I think (for Qantas at least).

Same problem here. Just rang Qantas and they were unaware of any issue, but would check and maybe get back to me within 3-5 business days (!).

Jetstar AU-SIN. NO. Just fly Scoot or others, similar product, but more likely to get you there. Jetstar scams its pax when selling MEL-SIN-MEL. It seems that thet get cancelled more often than they fly (poetic licence).

I have no idea what the current VA management thinks it is, but here's my take. - small business - travellers who don't want to pay for Qantas, and who'd not rather not drive or take the train or a bus. Is this sustainable, I wonder? Depends on pricing, I guess, but with the frequent flyers...

Yes indeed. EK cash payments are intentionally in your face. I'd rather pay a similar amount and get decent busines class on another airline. And who wants to fly EK's old clapped out business class?

Cathay regional in J is pretty garbage, as is much of TK's long haul. Check the a/c config before you book. Hint: avoid TK A330 or B777.

Of course it is, but that's because there's a monopoly.

I always do an idiot check before leaving an accommodation, with good success, but a couple of months ago at the Grand Chancellor Launceston I failed. I omitted to pick up my small digital travel alarm, and when I got home and discovered the missing item, I thought, well it's only a $10 thing...

Doesn't sound all that great.

OK, why not just spend a couple of hundred bucks and get your passport renewed? And the UK passport does have some other uses, like saving you 50 EUR when entering Turkey.,

Yeah, the good fares have departed.

Yes indeed. One wonders why the Govt did that, but it will certainly push up the Intl traffic from/to Aust.

I was lucky in being able to get UA 2MM before the CO takeover (remember Smisek?). As for FFP's changing their US focussed credit card based schemes, it won't happen IMO. Just have to suck it up.

I guess you haven't heard, one word is worth a thousand pictures (moving or not)

I'm not sure why anyone gets excited about AA. At least in Australia.