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The Emirates website must be copping a flogging at the moment - it says that there have been severe disruptions in Dubai due to weather and it says to check the flight status page - which returns Things are pretty messed up as it can't even display the flight status's for yesterday's flights...

For want of a better term an anomoly has crept into the QF/EK arrangements that needs to be sorted out. Back in about 2020 Emirates and other Middle Eastern carriers, and probably others moved destinations in Africa (including Cairo) to the Piece system instead of the weight/kg allowance system...

Was flying into MEL yesterday and had a rental car booked for 11:30am pickup, it seems like they had oversold their cars and I finally got a car at 12.45. Had just booked a Kia Cerato or similar - nothing oddball or unusual. The delay meant that I wasn't able to get everything done in...

Could be pretty "interesting" to be there at that time if DT loses again! There is a conference in the U.S. that starts a week after the election that I am considering attending, time will tell...

Or is it just not liking the dodgy internet down in Tassie? I am able to select pickup and dropoff points, day and time, but then when it goes to find me cars I get...

Just tried a dummy booking to see if I could book Qatar flights through the QF website at all (after it wasn't letting me book a multicity SYD-SIN on QF then SIN-DOH-CAI on Qatar) and I got this - has anyone seen this before? Any idea what Qantas is playing at?

A while back Emirates changed the baggage allowance method for flights to/from Africa to the piece system instead of a KG allowance (so pretty much now the same as QF uses for flights to the U.S. etc). Does anyone know if this was done because of an industry decision by IATA or was it just...

I've got a friend coming with me to Egypt who has never travelled outside Australia or seen the inside of an airport lounge before. I'm SG travelling on a QF ticket/QF flight numbers but a combination of QF and EK metal - I know that I will be able to guest her into the QF lounges in Oz and...

I will add a post here about lessons learned during the day as that might help some others - Firstly, with the DSC offer only applying to QF-operated fares, going QF to Singapore then picking up Emirates flights (with a QF flight number) from there does help with earning SC's from a trip. I've...

Due to the issues I'm having with the QF Multi-City booking engine it looks like I'm going to have to change from EK to RJ in DXB to get to CAI instead of flying EK on to CAI direct - dammit. Does anyone know what the situation is when changing from EK to RJ in DXB - need to collect bags? Can...

I'm getting the right royal runaround with trying to book my flights today - I can see that there is plenty of availability on QF8927 DXB-CAI on the 7th of April if I book MEL-DXB then QF8927 DXB-CAI - but if I go via SIN it won't let me book it in the multi-city search engine and when I call...

Worth a watch - https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/unacceptable-qantas-apologises-after-rude-note-left-on-passangers-bag/news-story/1424ca763d32cf5ceb258ab2fdb1c44f

Turns out I might need to do two long haul international trips before the end of this year that I hadn't planned on. Can anyone remember when the Double Status Credits offers normally come out in the offer that normally happens towards the end of the year? I might even try to make Platinum -...

Are there any workarounds when the QF website booking engine allocates an EK flight number to an EK flight even though you know that there is a QF flight number for the same flight? In this case EK927 which is the 8.15 DXB to CAI is also QF8927 - but if the QF website gives it the EK flight...

Got asked my thoughts by a family friend as they know that I am a QFF but I don't know much about the product. What are the thoughts of those that use it - a decent health insurance program or you only went for it because of the swag of bonus points?

Asking on behalf of a friend. Does Qantas Club membership get you access to EK lounges in Australia, Dubai and Egypt? I know that QFF Silver and above will get you in but 'm not sure about QC membership - I've had a quick look but haven't found an answer to this one.

Sitting in the Melbourne QF domestic lounge and there is a middle-aged lady walking around the lounge in her PJ's and slippers!

It would be damn handy for me, and even a daily SYD or MEL run just to Dubai to feed into the Emirates connections would probably get a lot of bums on seats.

I will have about 4.5 months of life left in my passport when I am due to fly back to Oz at Christmas time - is that going to be a problem? Departing CAI and transiting through DXB and SIN.

Google flights has thrown up a doozy of a way to get home including a transfer from EK to Vietnam Airlines in Saigon that has a 1 hour 20 minute transit time. I've never been to Saigon before so I've got no idea what the airport is like - is 1 hour 20 minutes normally enough for that in Saigon...