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My cashback from a purchase mid-June recently posted also. Looks like 6 weeks is the norm with Amex promotions.

The main thing to remember with ITA fare matrix is that you need to have the box 'Only show flights and prices with available seats' ticked. From my understanding, the key code is the fare basis (e.g. LX QICSWIAU), which denotes the ticketing carrier (in this case 'LX'). If the TA can ticket...

Would it be too cruel to suggest that you fly via the USA on United to properly experience economy class (incl. the lack of personal IFE)? :shock: :lol: :!:

Just out of interest, and meaning no disrespect to the victims of this terrible tragedy, why should we expect Qantas to fly people home for free from such a nearby neighbour (that is closer to some parts of Australia than Perth), when they don't fly people out for free from impending disasters...

I believe that Virgin Blue will still fly to HKT from PER. Edit: Just realised that I should have refreshed after returning to my desk. Markis10 beat me to it.

I did the tour at Airbus Finkenwerder (Hamburg) in January last year. I found the tour quite good and informative. We were able to tour around where they did final assembly of the A320 line and where they made sections of the A330 fuselage. Our tour was led by an A320 Captain (Air Berlin) -...

Wing building is one of the processes that can give an aircraft manufacturer substantial competitive advantage (either through efficiency in manufacturing or efficiency in operation). Thus, the manufacturers do like to keep the manufacturing in house. That being said, they are often built in...

The rumour going around (See Flight Global) was that DJ were looking at leasing A330's off Emirates - these talks may not have come to fruition, but that was the rumour a few months back. As for cabin re-fits - I'd assume that they might re-do the seat covers in economy and install their own...

02 you have to pay extra for tethering - which is annoying if you are on prepaid and have the 500mb of data allowance.

UK sims definitely work with Australian iPhones - I used my Vodafone(AU) iPhone with a 3(UK) sim. I unlocked it two years ago, so can't remember the exact sequence of events. I do remember that you need to put in an original network sim card after getting it unlocked (After phoning to get it...

Haven't done this for a while, but I believe you are correct. You clear immigration at T3 and then do the transfer bus to T5. Remind him to ensure he has all available paperwork in his carry on - I nearly ran into problems because some of my paperwork was in checked luggage (which is after...

Was in the Regent St Store yesterday - the place was nuts. The seemed to still have stock, but there was a decent queue for purchasing. Some of the Oxford St retailers have them (e.g. Curry's) if you are in a rush (though might not be open seeing it's a bank holiday today).

I remember reading a while back that QF have good freight loads on the FRA run - hence why they don't use an A330-200 on the route (it can't carry the freight that a 747 can). The biggest issue is fleet choice and stability of loads year-round... the freight helps to make a flight profitable...

For anyone who is booked from Australia to the UK/Europe during the strike time, it's worth going to 'Manage your booking'. It looks like they have tentatively re-routed passengers on other carriers for some legs. And thank you Mal for the kind welcome - I've lurked for a little while and...

This strike comes at a time most inconvenient - I have 3 BA flights between Christmas and New Year (SYD-BKK-LRH-CPH), and one just after the strike finishes. Thankfully, I just checked my travel insurance policy and it covers strikes... What irks me the most was the question asked by Unite to...