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Tomorrow (Tuesday) could see widespread delays across the eastern seaboard. Showers and low cloud throughout the day at both Sydney and Brisbane, plus NE winds at Melbourne meaning single runway ops for most of the day, though maybe not until after the 7am peak hour. Perth is also in for heavy...

Again with the Real Life interruptions... A cold front will move through Melbourne in the early morning, with the chance of a thunderstorm. However it should clear before traffic gets busy so not expecting much impact. From late morning, the W'ly winds will strengthen, so it's likely that...

Sorry, had Real Life (TM) to attend to... Of recent interest, Sydney was on the cross runway for much of yesterday (Tuesday) due to strong westerlies, which is always a challenge. Today Melbourne had a front go through around midday, so strong northerlies in the morning followed by strong...

Another strong front will move across SE Australia tomorrow. In particular expect delays at Melbourne with strong northerly winds meaning likely single runway, combined with rain and showers. Sunday mornings are usually quiet in terms of traffic, but the afternoon/evening peak is usually very...

Sometimes there are delays across airlines due to factors such as the weather. I thought I'd start a new thread to centralise discussions of these events, rather than having them across multiple airline threads. To kick it off, the strong cold front that moved through WA today will make its...

Would there be interest in a thread to cover general expectations of delays across all airlines, eg due weather? For example, yesterday's single runway ops in Sydney was expected. I'd prefer to maintain my relative anonymity and I can't promise to be as dedicated as Melburnian1 in posting so...

Re: not running the GDP last Saturday Actually, the GDP was suspended for all the ports last Saturday due to technical works at Airservices. The same thing happened the previous Saturday but the works were not able to be completed. It normally runs for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane every Saturday.

Thanks all. At this stage I'm not going ahead with it. I've got no prospect of attaining Gold in the next year. I rarely use the extra baggage apart from when I was moving, and that is all done for the moment. I have no problem accumulating points, although a lot of that was years ago when I...

I'll be 10 SC short when my anniversary comes around. I've had Silver before, a long long time ago. I expect I'll be travelling a bit in the subsequent 12 months and thinking about booking overseas (Asia) on PE with a request to points upgrade to J. I may also go to the US. I'm currently...

And a third recommendation for HKG. I did this in September 2015 actually. I flew one way on points via Chicago and HKG into Perth. This suited me as I could enter Perth as my first Australian port rather than Syd/Mel/Bne if I went with QF. IIRC it was 83k points (economy) for the three...

Hi Ralphie I was living in Ohio for the past 2.5 years - here now on a flying visit to finish packing up my condo and put it on the rental market. So here are my thoughts: This is true. Places like NY and OH are well prepared for snow, but Atlanta (major hub for Delta I think) shut down...

Thanks to both of you. I wonder what percentage have ever actually been given as a gift...

ok, thanks. I thought it would be too good to be true, but it was worth checking.

Hello Are these offers typically only once per year? I did buy a voucher for a booking I needed to make immediately, but it looks like I will be doing some more flights with QF this year. It's a bit unfortunate, but I wasn't sure whether I'd be paying for the flights or not and the...

Hello QF has sent me an email suggesting a points upgrade to Business Class on the final leg of a multi-leg itinerary. Does this change my luggage allowance for the entire journey? It would be a significant increase since the upgrade would be for a domestic leg after coming in from North...

Going off-topic... I just read on another thread that transiting through the US requires entry/exit. That will generate additional problems if I go to Montreal, since I am currently here as a student. Student visas are only valid for a year, but as long as you don't leave the country you...

Thanks for all of the responses. This is the bit that confuses me, since the first leg would be a domestic flight. My understanding was that the DoT of first carrier takes precedence over IATA most significant carrier, so I would be up for baggage charges according to the domestic rules...

Hello I will be travelling US - Aus soon and am confused by the baggage policies. Nothing is booked yet, I am still looking at my options. I am in the NE of the US and the nearest major intl airports are JFK, Chicago and Toronto. Each are several hours away by bus. If I book a single ticket...

That's a bit misleading. I haven't seen it said anywhere that there were no ethnically Chinese in the top rank of public servants, merely that they had to go to the junior ranks to find someone who speaks Chinese. You have to keep in mind that they were presumably looking for someone who...

Thanks to both TheInsider and CaviAck.