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    Booking QF Economy (B) international fares

    Just wondering how to book QF Economy (B) international fares. Seems impossible to do from generic website booking engines. I know that the fare is flexi but is there any way to know during the flight selection process to see whether the fare bucket is either H Y or B. Am I missing something...
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    Unaccompanied Minor in J Class access to TBIT QF J Lounge

    HI all, My 7 year old is traveling in J on AA from LAX-SYD. Her mother is being allowed through security until my 7 year old boards the plane. Are my daughter and her mother allowed into the QF TBIT J Lounge?. After all, my daughter has a J fare.
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    AA Fare Mistake SYD-LAX US$575

    Just booked SYD-LAX US$575 rt with AA code (5 trips booked in the months to come). E-Tickets have arrived and of course fare is now gone (now US$1200). Noticed that someone at AA forgot to add the carrier imposed surcharge into the ticket build when trying to match UA, VA, DL, QF. Question I now...
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    No Soft Landing This Year

    AA EXPlat for the last three years and have been deciding to let the WP soft land, expected to go from QF Gold to Silver this year, received a surprise when QF Gold card came with a letter stating that I would retain QF Gold this year as a good will gesture, is this 1. Standard these days not...
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    100,000 QF FF miles on a flight to nowhere

    I am sure that anomalies with respect to QF FF miles have been posted in the past but here is one I discovered today while planning to send the family from Norway to the US for a few days. OSL-LHR-LAX rtt takes 100,000 QF FF miles and about 532 US dollars in taxes. But if you were to purchase...
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    SIN Lounge access Question QF flight number on EK metal

    The following flight is on EK metal in Y Sep 19 QF 8432 SIN 3:30PM BNE 12:40AM 7h 10m Boeing 777 Economy Just wondering if a QF Gold can access the QF SIN lounge although the flight is on EK metal, or perhaps the QF SIN lounge is still to open at 3.00pm, Thanks in advance
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    QF Extra Baggage and Oneworld Emerald (with AA) from USA-Aus Question.

    Have read all the fine print in the QF website and understand what applies for a WP when it comes to carrying extra bags above the 3 bags (up to 32kg) for a QF WP traveling in Y from LAX-SYD on QF metal. Some questions, 1. Where do OWE holders from other airlines, AA CX etc stand, are they...
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    LAX Lounges

    Saw a sign that in April the new lounge experience was going to start, or something to that effect, and thank you for your patience, first time that I have seen the sign there, wasn't there in late Feb. The sign was located near the elevators. Can anyone fill me in on when the new lounges at LAX...
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    AA Fares LAX-SYD

    I regularly fly the route and have just landed from another SYD-LAX-SYD day turn around. What puzzles me, is that the cheapest Y fare on AA was about $2200 US for the LAX-SYD-LAX trip. However, there were over 100 empty seats on the QF metal on the flights which I have recently taken when the AA...
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    ITA flight matrix question

    This may have been answered before, but when you do find a good multi city fare on the ITA flight matrix software, does this mean that the fare is bookable by someones booking system, I have exhausted most of the web booking engines, and a couple of travel agents, so is the theory true that if...
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    USDM Bonus Offer

    The 5 day buy 50,000 get 50,000 bonus miles starts today, that is 100k USDM for about 1800 US. Just wanting to check with the AA merger that this is actually going to eventually be 100k AAdvantage miles.
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    Hilton HHonors Offer

    Just wondering whether everyone gets this offer or is it actually restricted to the top tier FF's Going somewhere? Get there faster with this special offer. Your frequent travel has earned you a special offer from Hilton HHonorsTM. You can earn 25,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles plus instant...
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    Economy Comfort on the new 777's

    Just wondering what the economy comfort is like on the new 777's, I am going LAX-LHR in July and as EXP I have selected the economy comfort seat (for free) but I also have 8 unused system wide upgrades to use before Feb 28th, if the economy comfort is not that good, likely I will try for the...
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    Gave Up An Invite To the A380 Onboard J Lounge.

    Midflight QF12 I pulled out the laptop to do some work and the meet and greet OWE staff member offered to shift me from Y to the upstairs J lounge for a few hours if I wished. However, I did not accept the invitation, even though there was room in the upstairs J lounge area, I felt that it went...
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    Delays into Port Macquarie

    I read in the Daily Telegraph that Port Macquarie PQQ held the record for the domestic terminal where the delays were greatest. Again this morning, there was a 2 hour delay because the plane being used for the 8.00am flight from SYD-PQQ was stuck in Dubbo because of the fog. The question I want...
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    Airberlin New J Class - DUS or TXL to AUH

    I know it is OT with respect to QF but has anyone traveled in the new J class on AB. Secondly we want to fly ex Germany to AUH in the new J but keep getting the impression that AB is offering the older seat maps even though some of these flights offer the new J. AB offers a schedule for the new...
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    XASA AAdvantage recognition

    If I were to book a JASA with Qantas, is there a way my AA number can be attached and what booking code would the flight use, P, U, X and Z booking classes are included only when booked as part of a Qantas & Jetstar Any Seat Award. I can not see these classes mentioned in the AA Qantas earning...
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    Need to arrive at SIN (from Sydney) by 8.30pm

    I am taking advantage of the AA elite flyer promotion, arriving at LAX on AA flights numbers ex SIN (NRT-JFK). Only one problem, looking for a convenient connecting flight ex SYD, most one world flights arrive just a little too lake to connect. Same on the way back, arrive at SIN 12.35am and...
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    Double Miles. Double Thanks For Elite Flyers

    Special Thank You For Elite Status Members We want to say thank you to our loyal customers for standing by us. So starting November 1st, every AAdvantage® elite status member can earn double elite qualifying miles and points, and double miles until the end of the...
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    QF YASA Flight Incorrect Points Total

    I booked a YASA with QF SYD-LAX return with the miles needed as follows, I had 180,000 miles at the time. with a total of just over 126,000 miles, I thought that there was something wrong, so I rang the phone booking line, gave my FF number and pin to the CSO. He logged into the system and...
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