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Former QF P1. Now refuse Qantas and choose VA wherever possible. Qantas luggage handling is still a train wreck compared to Virgin, which is a real deal breaker for me & service is non existent. Now trying to burn up my QF points - EXTREMELY difficult to do, even domestically. Award fares are...

During the great toilet paper crisis of early 2020, I took a large packet of 18 toilet rolls as carry on. Easily sourced at my rural location, there was none to be had in Melbourne at the time. Got many chuckles and knowing nods.

I think the keys to the issue lie in the 5 hours ahead + the deep discount fare. That is the scenario the airlines have been cracking down on; - buy the cheapest fare of the day in the desired class, usually a very late flight - turn up many hours early with the expectation of flying earlier...

Got through at about the 6th attempt with the usual 1-2 minute wait time.

Just tried again - on hold for >10 minutes before I gave up again.

Velocity Platinum line - this pretty much always used to get through to a real person, typically in Australia, within 1-2 minutes. I've tried calling them several times yesterday and today and have either given up or had the call drop out whilst on hold after 10 minutes. Is anyone else having...

I'm currently in the Perth lounge and they are not letting anyone in with thongs. They are being polite but very firm. I watched for a while - a surprisingly large number of people with thongs on approach the Perth lounge. Open toed dress sandals are OK for the ladies. They have some enclosed...

Not all passengers, either. They substituted a 737 for an A330 and dumped the approximately 100 excess passengers onto VA691 departing at 1735. Cannot say I was at all happy with the way this was handled when my 2A seating (lounge 1200 - "you are definitely on this flight") turned into "you are...

I suspect most P1s that Qantas really care about sit in Row 1...

Whilst all QF A380 F seats are fantastic, 1A is not my favourite as it is close to one of the toilets so there is some minor disruption as people get changed into/out of PJs and freshen up.

JB, I have two questions; 1. In the movie World War Z, a ladder is extended from the floor of an airplane's coughpit whilst it is on a taxiway, picking up our heroes. Does such a ladder exist in any aircraft or was this Hollywood poetic license? 2. I noticed the other day that 717s have their...

What an excellent potential solution! Our OP has stated they cannot do any extra flying or rerouting, so this would be the only way to get the required SCs. I have to file this away for future reference in case I'm stuck for a few SCs come my renewal time.

Now that really sucks. Any chance of modifying anything you are still to fly within the needed time frames to make it indirect to get the extra status credits (eg instead of LAX-MEL doing LAX-SYD-MEL, or JFK-ORD-LAX instead of JFK-LAX)? Even a quick 30 minute joy hop status run in discount...

I have done this in the past with Virgin with no issues, although in my case I have booked a Classic Award for my daughter's friend, then gone back and booked flexi + upgrade seats for my family, and then rung up to get us all seated together. Unlike the Qantas site, you don't need to specify...

1. Full refund of your fare 2. A credit voucher of $100 - $200 3. An apology Lessons to be learned: 1. Never book a Jetstar flight via the Qantas website. Failures seem to happen a bit. 2. Unless there is no alternative for time critical flights, never use Jetstar as when things go wrong they...

You should be able to select those seats. Perhaps there is some odd 24 hour thing before it kicks in (i.e. it will kick in after midnight tonight).

JB, I am trying to get my head around the effects of wind on take-off and landing in terms of which directions are optimal. For a North-South runway: If there is a very strong northerly wind (i.e. a wind blowing from the North to the South); - would take-off be towards the north or towards...

Your current benefits (last year's free upgrades) are all used up. If you had any left, you could have used them despite them technically being expired. Your new benefits have not yet been granted. It's a darn shame that Virgin can't instantly give you something for free, but that's the way it...

1. Use points. 2. My last review (end of September) took about a week (vs a month last year). You could wait a bit longer and see if it comes through.

It's Qantas. It only took them 2 years to finally produce a decent card for P1s... :p