Search results

Preference will be given to positive posters with confirmed bookings from a suitable port. No PMs please.

Prefer that that go to positive posters with the opportunity to use them at an F lounge. No PMs please.

If you're on this forum you might be interested in trying this aviation-themed quiz. To my layman's eye it seemed quite well put together, but I'd be interested as to what the professionals among us think of it. I scored 139/530 which, fairly accurately (pre-Covid anyway), classified me as a...

Kind of academic just now, but the QFF T&Cs have been quietly changed, viz. Old version: 16.3.3 Classic Upgrade Rewards will be awarded to Members according to their Qantas Frequent Flyer status levels in the following order: Platinum One Members first, then Platinum Members, then Gold Members...

Take advantage of a mega bonus of up to 200% for every LM 1,000 you buy. Even though we do not intent to change our award rates, for the members who purchase this promotion we will honor these award tables until at least January 2021. Promotion valid from September 8th through September 25th, 2020.

The prime minister has confirmed that the New Zealand border will be closed to anyone who is not a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident from 11.59pm tonight. (19/3) Edit: From Radio NZ, but the link isn't working.

It used to be said "If you want to get ahead, get a hat" . Soon, it seems, you can just get a head. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-head-transplant-spinal-cord-nhs-chrysalis-bruce-mathew-canavero-neurosurgeon-a9256841.html The first ever human head transplants could be...

Opening today on concourse D.

Hmmm, better take pause, next time, before querying Madame's over-packing. Woman stabbed boyfriend after he tried to stop her packing so many clothes for holiday: 'He deserved it' A woman went into a "pathological" rage and stabbed her boyfriend after he tried to stop her packing too many...

Currently stuck in a huge queue inbound at SYD. None of the passport readers are working. Everyone is being processed manually. Reportedly nationwide. Don't know about departures. Edit: Understand that departures are similarly affected.

A good innings at 95 and well deserved. And nice to see a positive story about an AF pilot. Hero pilot who stayed with Entebbe hostages dies Michel Bacos, the Air France captain hailed as a hero for refusing to abandon his passengers when Palestinian and German hijackers seized the plane in...

Gate renumbering at Hong Kong International Airport Effective from Thursday, 28 March 2019, gates 15 to 22 in Terminal 1 will be renumbered as gates 5 to 12. Please note that our lounge, The Deck, will subsequently be addressed at Gate 6 (currently addressed at Gate 16). Further changes will...

Hmmm, echoes of this thread from last year. VN start Port Hedland-Saigon service https://thewest.com.au/news/north-west-telegraph/hedlands-very-own-airline-ng-b881128729z The newly established Pilbara Airlines is now officially taking bookings for trips flying direct from Hedland to South-East...

Departures at Heathrow have been stopped after a drone was sighted, the airport says. A Heathrow spokeswoman said the airport was working with police to "prevent any threat to operational safety". She said: "As a precautionary measure, we have stopped departures while we investigate. We...

And not a single point or status credit earned. News | NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and...

If QF were to adopt such a policy it would certainly ease crowding in the lounges. Airline cancels passenger's elite membership over ‘insulting’ tweet A leading Russian photo-journalist and charity activist has had his platinum frequent-flyer status with Aeroflot revoked for criticising the...

Some good headline prices, but narrow dates and I haven't checked actual availability. Flights from Singapore to: Perth Business one way From (SGD)$599* Business return From (SGD) $1749* Melbourne Business one way From (SGD) $799* Business return From (SGD) $1999* Sydney Business one way...

"The high-profile restaurant business fronted by celebrity chef Neil Perry will pay back staff $1.6 million after a Fairfax Media investigation exposed the widespread flouting of workplace laws. Rockpool Dining Group said it would make the top-up payments after a review of its payroll and...

BKK has a new style Premium Lane card, mostly blue, rather than the old gold version. If you happen to have a stash of the old ones, they still work on arrival, not sure about departure. ,

Not sure this qualifies as 'news', given it's AF and European summer, but: This alert began 18 Jun 2018 13:45 GMT and is scheduled to expire 27 Jun 2018 23:59 GMT. Event: Air France strike Location: Nationwide Time Frame: June 23-26 Impact: Flight delays and cancellations; possible...