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I'm in the ideas and early planning stage of another OW RTW award for next year. I've been plugging options in to the OW planner just to see routing options but have noticed there is no ability to click on KEF at Iceland. I've searched the AFF threads for up to date info on this but can someone...

Hi I'm travelling on VA next Feb PER-DPS return with my girlfriend. The itinerary says it will be a 737-800 both ways. I'm not exactly sure on the inclusions on Virgin these days, especially on international flights. I think there will be complimentary meals provided on this flight, or at...

Last November I spent 3 and a half hours in a plane on the tarmac in Brisbane waiting before we could take off to Perth thanks to a very slow moving thunderstorm that prevented the ground crew from pushing the plane back. To thank us for patience we were given some vouchers - I have one which...

I'll be flying on Virgin DJ467 on the 26th of July Perth to Brisbane and I have a couple of questions for those of you in the know. Which aircraft is it likely to be? As far as I can tell it would be a 737 with a 3 and 3 seat configuration. There are four of us flying together but on three...

Last year I had to make a claim on travel insurance for the first time after breaking my collarbone three days before I was due to leave on a two month trip. I was insured with Covermore which was purchased through STA for what I consider a reasonable price. I can report that they were helpful...

It must be that time of year again because I'm brewing up plans for the next big holiday. I've been playing with Qantas award bookings pages and come up with an itinerary to suit me but I would welcome any comments or suggestions. This will be in Aug/Sep 2011. PER-SFO/LGA-YYZ/YUL-MUC-NRT-PER...

I've just heard about the latest incident where a Qantas 747 had to return to SYD (I think it was SYD) after there was smoke in the coughpit on a flight to Buenos Aires. This and the recent run of incidents being reported across the media since the A380 engine failure a couple of weeks ago made...

Last year I had some very helpful opinions from you all when I asked whether WP was really worth so much more to people than having SG status. This was because I could foresee that I would come very close (a second time) to attaining WP but not quite make it before my SCs were reset. Currently...

My QF SCs are due to reset at the end of Feb 2010 and I estimate that the flights I'll be on for work before then are likely to get me within 30-60 SCs of platinum. A couple of years ago this happened when I reset with only 30 to go. My question is whether people think the extra benefits are...

Hi everyone. Can anyone please tell me what those large structures on the outskirts of airport grounds are that look like a series of wires making a conical antenna shape? They are maybe 10 to 15m high and the same distance across. I am currently staying near PHE and one is visible and I know...

I was just mentioning superstitions and I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this: A BA146e (with the 4 hairdryer jets on the wings) skips the 13th row and instead jumps straight from row 12 to 14. I have looked on the Boeings and they definitely use a 13th row. Has anyone noticed this on...

I hope I'm not doubling up on threads already running in this forum but from all that I've found they are out of date and before the change to the Qantas Any Seat rewards program that currently runs. I currently have 125 000 points and should easily obtain at least 140 000 before the end of the...