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Hi travelling brains trust! I'm flying in February: Singapore-Helsinki-LHR with DrMrsTorkPhD, Miss 7yearsTork and Miss 4yearsTorklet. AY business SIN-HEL connecting to BA Club Europe HEL-LHR. Finnair departs late at night 2355 from Changi. We're holidaying at the W Sentosa beforehand and I can...

***Item spoken for: thanks for your interest*** I found this Ansett travel wallet when I cleared my late mother's house last weekend. It is in as-new condition, as it was kept in plastic wrap at the bottom of a box. It was going into the skip, but maybe there's an Ansett enthusiast out there...

I haven't flown international business class to Europe since the QF-EK tie up. Can those of you who travel J a lot SYD (or MEL, BNE) - DXB - Europe (ZRH in my case) advise me on how strictly EK (in Sydney or Dubai) police the dimensions of cabin baggage? I'm flying QF marketed EK metal in J...

I'm usually a QF flyer (WP in QFF, only PS in Velocity), but have flown VA a few times this year on price (flexi cheaper than QF flexi). Over the past two days, I did SYD-MEL return on both VA and QF, both in business (but Z upgrade fares). I'm posting about my VA experience, which was in short...

I was going to revive this thread: http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/your-questions/advice-re-connect-times-lax-46831.html but it's not quite the answer I need. I fly to the US on my American passport, and have generally got through Homeland Security pretty quick (even at...

Hi all Am booking a trip to the US (flying business class). QF/AA is AUD1200 more than UA, DL, VA. I have no *A status, so am looking into VA/DL. Seems that I can get where I want to go (Indianapolis) on either the 0945 Delta flight from SYD, or the 1340 Virgin Australia flight. Coming back, I...

Has anyone been able to book SYD-LAX-(US City on VA/DL codeshare list) via the website? Although it's got a codeshare number, is on the destination map, and comes up in the list of selectable destinations, I keep getting the message that no flights are available. Works fine for same metal via DL...

I posted here: http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/virgin-australia-velocity/free-upgrade-cocos-islands-only-49229.html but am genuinely interested in a response. It seems that as a Silver, I can't use a comp upgrade from Flexi to Business on SYD-MEL, but only on Sydney-Cocos...

Just got off the phone to the Velocity call centre. I'm a Velocity Silver living in Sydney, and have a complimentary upgrade in my account. So I called, only to find that the only Sydney-based route available for upgrade is: SYD-CCK That's right, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. I didn't even know...

Notwithstanding the extensive discussion about the BA/QF split over at: http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/qantas-frequent-flyer-program/qantas-emirate-partnership-gives-me-47508.html ... I am trying to go SYD to BUD on 28 June in J. I don't much care which way I go. I've...

I've always found AFFers to have useful advice about anything, no matter how specific/rare the question. I'm taking Little Miss Tork on her first trip to dad's homeland: the LOTFAP. She'll be 2.5 years old and on QF107 from SYD-LAX in Y+ on a 747. Then JFK-xLAX-SYD in one trip on the way back...

Hello all, and I apologise for asking this question yet again in AFF (but the AFF Google keeps finding posts from 2010 and before). I'm travelling with Mrs Tork and Little Miss Tork to N America in September. I'll be QF WP before we go. Travelling LAX-YYZ in domestic J, leaving from T4. I...

I'm heading to North America with Mrs Tork and Little Miss Tork (now aged 2). I'm booking a one way LA-Toronto leg. With the small person, I'm only interested in nonstop flights. The different options I can see are: Economy on AA for USD244pp with free bags as I will be OWE by the time of trip...

My booked QF 846 SYD-DRW for Monday 30/4/12 is now cancelled. QF want to put me on the morning flight, but I can't get away from work before midday, and even that's a stretch. SYD-xCNS-DRW is an option that still gets me there on time, with more SC. What's the AFF experience on the CNS-DRW...

I'll have to eat my unspoken words about QF not fulfilling promises: in this case, getting rid of the check-in points upgrade lottery, and giving this SG a 12 hour lead time (a same day lottery...). My J to F came through and now I have enough notice to go to the F check in desk, probably for...

Just tried to negotiate a purchase price on a new vehicle with the Trivett dealership in Sydney. They offer 1 QFF point per $2 spend (on their ads and via the QF website) I negotiated hard, but not unreasonably so. One of the things that slipped out during the bargaining was that they...

Hi all I'm booked SYD-HKG-FCO later in the year, flying J on QF127 then J codeshare CX (don't ask why I'm not on CX the whole way - it's a cosy work QF deal). I've never flown F before, and thought I'd spend my 25k points to attempt an upgrade SYD-HKG. Assuming my upgrade lottery comes through...

I'm heading to Rome in early December 2011 and need to choose between SYD-LHR-FCO (on QF/BA) or SYD-HKG-FCO (on QF/CX). Flying J (actually class I due to work paying and getting discounted fare). On SeatExpert, CX293 (HKG-FCO) and CX 292 (FCO-HKG) are showing a 2-2-2 layout. Is this the old...

Hi all I'm making a booking to fly MAN-SYD connecting through LHR (to stick with OW carriers for the SCs). I'd like to get QF3407 (BA1407, dep MAN at 1945 arr LHR 2025), connecting to QF2 dep 2215. Flying J (Int), full-fare economy/club europe in UK. Could anyone advise me: (1) Is luggage...

Hello all from a newbie and thanks in advance for any help. As a newbie, I'm not used to the standard abbreviations so I won't use them in case I get them wrong... I'm QF gold and 1200SC from platinum (rollover 31 August). My booked domestic trips in a mix of full and discount economy...