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There is no doubt that the #1 benefit of a high QFF status is the ability to speak directly with a helpful, intelligent and resourced human at the airport. Business very often dictates complicated, last-minute changes of plans; a sufficiently stressful experience without the imposition of...

1977, SYD - LHR, Captain Cook Lounge, @ the bar, given a whole flat pack of (properly branded) Dunhill with my drink, followed by an hour in the flight deck jump seat... Those were the days! :) Despite the demise of the Lounge, and the aging of the fleet, subsequent F class in 747 always had a...

Good Lord People, why doncha just ring the hotel you wanna stay at? This latest trivago ad with the weird kiwi accent makes me wanna do an elvis on my telly... "me 'n' my frinz" indeed...

Lay flat bed. After meal service, noise, light and stomping cabin crew has diminished, brush teeth, clean pyjamas, ear plugs, eye shades, water and Stilnox. On short sectors use 1 x 10mg. On longhaul, co-ordinate sleep time with sleep time at destination and use 13.5mg slow release. The only...

Regrettably, there appear to be plenty of monied bogans filling up the pointy end. The modern fashion that dictates kids and their various 'products' being treated not merely with tolerance, but indulgence, combines neatly with the bogan's defining absence of consideration for his or her fellow...

Another weirdo here... In the 60 years I've been regularly flying, have not once felt the inclination to use IFE. A little reading and a lot of sleeping seems the most painless way to endure longhaul travel.

Having been a business traveller for almost 40 years, my view has always been "if you need travel insurance, you can't afford to travel". The outcome of this case would seem to confirm the veracity of that belief. For clarity, I should confess to not knowing what 'travel insurance' is actually...

Haha! Wotta GOM I am! Thanks for the reminder that some people do fly for fun. I had, I must confess, not only forgotten the fact, but the fun. Wagging school to take a 'mystery flight' on an F-27 was indeed fun. :lol:

I hadn't intended to 'diss' the IFE system or its users but was rather using it to illustrate the embarrassingly petulant performance of some pax when comparative trivialities fail to meet their loftier expectations... My attitude might arise as a result of being a member of a generation that...

Maybe the crew simply didn't like the cut of his jib? I have noticed a propensity amongst Aussies in premium classes to affect the DYKWIA attitude; something that rarely goes down well with the help...

Why do people get ever-so-precious about trivia that wouldn't rate a second thought were they not sitting in a tin tube? Airplane 'food' (whether in First or Coach) is at best necessarily a compromise and can't possibly be considered one of life's culinary highlights. A sanger and a cold beer...

Since airplanes only have one 'type' of bathroom, it's hardly relevant is it?

Thanks Ronone 69. That's the sort of 'mix' towards which I'm being compelled. Just hafta take the necessary steps...

I guess a further category that would be of interest to QFF is that comprised of members who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied and thus contemplating a change. Obviously that's a time-consuming exercise involving countless permutations dependent upon one's current travel patterns etc. For...

Left luggage? Actually laundry / drycleaning service at airport won't work since washing is in checked luggage which doesn't go airside...duh!

Used a barber in at least one departure terminal (HKG?). Had to ask at info desk to find it. No waiting. 10 minute job. Should be in every int'l departures for sure. BA arrivals lounge at LHR will press suits and shirts. Great when you arrive personally and sartorially wrinkled after long flt...

I guess it could be worthwhile if one's DF order was stowed in the cellar prior to one's arrival home. Otherwise Dan's has better range and better service. Cluttering up the airport for the sake of a couple of bottles of slightly cheaper grog just doesn't seem worth the aggravation. If one...

Quite right too! Just as some hafta drink Moet or it too would cease to exist, I guess...

Can anyone REALLY be bothered lugging around booze bottles of all things on their way to or from a flight? The garish obstacle courses presented by airport duty free stores and the wheedling parasites lurking amongst them are so utterly repellent that I wouldn't take their offerings if they were...