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It wasn't, I had a checked bag with a mix of summer and heavy winter gear! Indeed! For those unfamiliar, you can see the Southern Cross plane that Charles Kingsford-Smith flew on the first ever trans-Pacific flight in a memorial just outside Brisbane Airport.

Same here. I wonder if Qantas intended for 12 March to be the transaction date? I'm sure a few of us used this promo to get the 10 SC from last year's status credits on the ground promotion.

From Brisbane, I flew with Qantas on its direct flight to Koror, the main airport in Palau. This is the only flight between Australia and Palau, and it only runs on Saturday mornings, so there wasn't a lot of choice! Direct flights between Brisbane and Palau began in May 2024, when initially...

The first leg of this journey was uneventful. I headed off from Canberra on a Virgin flight to Brisbane, which I'd upgraded using one of my complimentary Velocity Platinum upgrades. This was only the second time I'd actually managed to use one of those, so it was a nice treat. It was a...

As some of you might be aware, I finished up in my previous role as AFF editor at the end of last year. I'm currently taking a bit of a much-needed break before starting a new job. I didn't travel at all over Christmas and New Year, and enjoyed catching up on sleep and doing lots of cooking...

I was told they were out of towels there last Friday morning when I wanted to have a shower (coming off QF76 and connecting onwards). Went over to the showers and there were a few there, but they were obviously short. I wonder if the Qantas Club had any towels?

Loving all the lessons shared so far in this thread. Just a friendly reminder that the topic of this thread is "what has travelling overseas taught you?", rather than "what advice would you give someone planning a trip?" (Note the subtle difference) :)

I used the digital arrival card within the Qantas App when flying into BNE from overseas this week. It was easy to fill out, I got a QR code, and scanned that when I got to the front of the customs queue. The system seems to work well - I have no idea why it's still just a limited trial and...

No issues with earning QFF points or SCs on any of these varieties. The Jettime 737s are a temporary wet lease. I personally would prefer to book a Finnair or Norra flight but if the Jettime option suits you best just go with that.

I wonder if they're planning to rotate JetConnect crew around, with trips such as: AKL-BNE (1 night in Brisbane) BNE-APW (1 night in Apia) APW-AKL

18 Mar VA268 CBR VA Lounge 1300 +3 20 Mar VA341 MEL VA Lounge 1400 +1 20 Mar VA799 BNE VA Lounge 1830 +3 23 Mar VA962 BNE VA Lounge 1600 +3

Looks like the AKL-APW service has been retimed and now arrives in Apia at 22:45, instead of 18:20. The return flight has also moved 25 minutes earlier to a 06:40 departure.

Say, hypothetically, you were asked to talk to a group of high school students about the number one thing you have learned through travelling overseas. What would you say?

I received an e-ticket today for a booking that includes a sector on the QantasLink A220-300. For some reason, my ticket says "A220-200" which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. Oops...

I don't know much more at this point, but I believe that whatever it is will launch either before Points Club gets axed or at the same time. So there wouldn't be a period in between with no way to earn SCs on reward flights.

I flew Qantas out of Honiara (HIR) this week. The Qantas website does not mention anything about a lounge at this airport. But in case anyone is travelling there in the future and is wondering, eligible Qantas customers can in fact access the Solomon Airlines Belama Club Lounge. This was...

I'm hearing that Qantas has decided on a new home for the much-loved ability to earn status credits on Classic Rewards after Points Club is retired. So, this feature will definitely be sticking around, just the way in which you can qualify for this benefit will change.

Interesting strategy. You’ve clearly thought this through and made PC+ work for you - well done.

I have not received the points from this promo either.

I like this much better than the “magic place” video. Simple, to the point and the focus is on safety, not moving to Lapland.