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Yeah - agree this is rubbish on Dan's part!

I presume the second photo is of 9DEF? There are going to be quite a few folks who've paid for a 'window' seat in economy plus who won't like what they (don't) see...

Looks like you need to be in NSW? But perhaps you could do a parcel collect at AusPost, then after ordering hit up customer service and get them to redirect it to your actual address? This has worked for me within Victoria. Never tried it interstate though.

Particularly when the correct amount of SCs has been earned (even if the earn rate is pretty rubbish)...

There is no 'Zone 5' in the table I linked to above. Can you please point to it? If you mean flights between 3500-5000 miles (which is the MEL-KUL distance), the 120SC earn only applies "if you're unable to locate your route in the tables above." In this case, there is such a table - the one...

D on MH earns SCs at full business class rates for partner airlines. The business class rate on partner airlines (including MH) between MEL and KUL is clearly stated in that table as being 60SCs. Before September 2025, it would have earned 30SCs at the flexible economy rate.

QF is well-known for nerfing status credit earn on partner airlines out of the east coast of Australia to SE Asia and the middle east. BA, AY, CX, MH, QR and JL all have dreadful earn rates. 60 SCs in business class each way is correct. See this table.

I placed my first phone order the other day. Where the adviser/phone order came in handy was being able to convert the 10% discount on my ~$1000 order (being PCP) into 10,000 extra points. Mind you, still waiting for the order to ship and the points to arrive...

Yup - the mini Jetstars (Asia, Japan, Pacific) were passion projects of Uncle Alan but the OG was a brilliant strategic defensive play on the part of Qantas to ensure that if there was to be an LCC, Qantas would be the one making money on it. It's not (solely) about confining VA to the middle...

The TL;DR is that it's: 1. A whinge about why isn't Qantas doing this for everyone for 'free' as a premium airline? 2. A more interesting observation that the 738 may have too many seats with 48 of them compared to VA (mind you, rows 8ABC and 9 with their windowless window seats may not be prime...

It's indicated as payment being the case in the Qantas publicity materials. See this PDF.

That’ll be enough but IME, the extra discount isn’t earth-shattering (usually a buck or two per bottle) reflecting that price beats aim to stop shopping around rather than encouraging it. Keep an eye on Coles’ site though as there’s often extra discounts over and above Liquorland such as coupon...

I’ve combined separate Europe to DOH and DOH to Oz J rewards with sub-24h layovers onto a single ticket in the past by calling. Unfortunately the online booking engine is a bit rudimentary and struggles where flights are on separate days. So call - the worst that can happen is they say no.

It's really not that hard. The quiz now comes pre-ticked. It's then offset a short flight in Y (~$4), buy a case of green tick wine (variable), get three recycling pickups done (~$58), and do a donation (3200 points; if you're not sure you'll need the SCs this year, do it in the last month of...

Check the PDF from Qantas has a 13 digit ticket number starting 081. If you've got that, you'll be able to select seats on AY IME.

Go EK (possibly on a QF codeshare). First, you'll have your status recognised on EK (but not Flydubai). Second, according to my dad (who flew into Catania with them), the flights on Flydubai can get rowdy with Italians treating it as one big party (as the IFE is paid). Third, Bergamo is easy to...

Both base and PCP bonus points had the same date in October.

The date of check-in. (I had some Qantas hotels points post in November for an October stay but these did not count for PC in my current membership year.)

FWIW, flightseats.io allows you to check how many seats are available in each fare bucket. https://flightseats.io/flight-load-checker It's probably a little early to be able to judge availability. Probably best to check a couple of weeks out once it's clearer how many cash fares have been...

Thanks for the review - MH Y looks pretty good indeed. I have to get to BRU or AMS mid-next year and am thinking of positioning to KUL to pick up CX J via HKG (which actually earns more SCs on QFF than the nerfed rates from the east coast). The choice is MH non-stop on the A339 (hopefully using...