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After a problem yesterday and going to the hospital, I ended up having a SPC installed until the specialists can arrange a surgeon (in Sydney) to fix the underlying problem. Hopefully that will fix the problem and the tube can be removed, however arranging that is expected to take 4-6 weeks and...

Why does the website give such a lack of options when trying to book something? I just went to check prices for a possible Tokyo trip in Jan. W fares. Outbound gave me a number of options. CBR-SYD-HND in either W or J, a number of options for the CBR-SYD. Also offered J options to NRT via MEL...

I just updated my recent holiday into flight memory and found something surprising when I viewed the updated stats. I'm a CBR-SYD-BNE trip away from a million miles flown. (almost all of it on oneworld members, but only 374,000 on QF) https://my.flightmemory.com/Himeno

During the last stop of my holiday last month, I got an extra suitcase in Tokyo in order to get stuff home. When I got to Sydney, one bag came out at the end (when it should have been near the start with my status and the F tag on the bags). Only 1 bag came out. The 2nd was missing. I spoke to...

Japan recently changed the requirements for tax free shopping upon exiting. To get tax free shopping in Japan, you need to spend more then 5000 JPY (5500 inc tax) at a store with the Tax Free Japan signage, and show them your passport with the short term visitor sticker (which means you can't...

I'm currently sitting in the CX Wing F lounge ahead of CX101. The gate is posted as gate 5, which is of course next to the QF lounge. The flight is due to board not long after the QF site quotes the lounge as closing. Is it worth moving from The Wing to QF?

I just got a text message from CX saying that my upcoming flight was changed. The related email detailing the changes lists the only change as the operating airline for the first (already taken) and last flights, both AU domestic, as having changed from QF to SU. :oops: I assume something in...

Is there still any sort of pattern to the posting of partner airline flights? Before the pandemic, there was (mostly) a pattern, such as x airline posts weekly the following Tuesday, or y airline posts +3 days later. Now it seems to be random? Recently, I've had flights on the 9th and 10th of...

Many people, including VPN advertising, keep saying that if you change your presumed location online (such as with a VPN), you can get cheaper prices for hotels, flights etc. eg they claim that if you view a hotel price for the same hotel for the same dates from a US IP address, you can get a...

Other then a one week trip to Singapore last September (which was booked prior to Qantas saying they were removing the booking requirement for last years status extension), I haven't been able to travel anywhere since my last holiday in late 2019. So I now have around 15 weeks of annual leave...

They are relaunching the rewards program ahead of TAS joining. It appears that the main change is a reskining of the program (logos, card design, etc) and renaming the program back to the original name of Everyday Rewards. "Offers" and "Promotions" will now be called "Boosts", which will allow...

There is a new app being released which will have targeted offers, among other things. It's available to staff only now and meant for general customer release next week.

Yesterday, I flew NRT-xLAX-SEA. JL/AA. As I was heading to Narita, I got an email saying JL62 had been delayed 50 mins. The aircraft was late arriving from JFK. Boarding started 20 minutes after original departure time (1705). Missing passengers caused additional delay. Finally pushed back at...

Why does getting on a plane make some people so dumb? Just landed at LAX. CR7 from SLC, landed on 24R then onto taxiway AA. PA from the crew saying they were going to be taxing for a few minutes to the remote terminal and we stop at the hold bar waiting to cross 24L/6R. People start to get up -...

Does this make sense to anyone? Flew JL35 (booked as QF4026) 4NOV. With the normal posting from JAL operated flights, it should have posted on Nov 5 (JAL does weekly batches to QFF posting on Tuesdays) or Nov 12 if it missed the batch. Hadn't posted by Nov 16, so sent in a claim. Around 2...

I just got an email from BA asking me to fill in a customer experience survey for my last BA flight (LIS-LHR) last Friday. I've gotten a number of these before from a number of airlines (mainly QF, CX, AA, BA and JL) and they always have a question like "How many return trips have you made in...

I've only ever used the baggage forwarding services in Japan for Airport to hotel. This next trip, I'm looking at needing to use the service for hotel (Yokohama) to airport (Haneda). How does the process for this work? Would it be same day pick up (flight departing around midnight)? I'm...

I'm trying to work out a few stops of my round the world trip in a few months time. (yeah, I know, locking things in late again 😅) I've worked out start and end, need to work out stops in the middle. Stop in Europe, flying in to LHR on QF1. I had locked in CPH, but then I saw that it was a T5...

If you had to pick between BA or AA for a LHR-North America flight, which airline would you choose? (or would you rather go via HEL on AY?)

I'm currently in Japan for an event with a friend. Concert event in Saitama this weekend. They had merch presales today. While we were at the venue today, there was quite heavy rain for a period. My friend didn't have an umbrella. When we got back into Tokyo and checked in at the hotel, she...