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The recent talk about Qantas' problems with their cost base and the fact that the legislation binds them to maintain their fleet in Australia made me think - what happens to the aircraft when parked in other countries? What maintenance is performed while sitting in LAX or LHR? The wings that...

Was on a domestic flight last week operated by Hainan Airlines in China, where apparently it was OK to smoke in the toilet. For 2 hours, every 5-10 mins or so, the unmistakable smell of tobacco smoke wafted from the toilet (I was 3-4 rows from the back). The crew spoke basically no English so...

Just wanted to know who has spent their hard-earned points on Christmas Pud'*~#? At 4900 points it's a bargain^, surely? * Christmas Pud' is not available on fares booked in classes X, Y, Z, U*, including Sale fares or any other fare as determined by the Qantas Reindeer. You must call a...

Hi, I am very unimpressed with Qantas' new search engine. I am trying to get a quote for a return flight to VNO and the SELECT DATES page quotes totally different fares to the SELECT FARE page. For example, I select depart 11/9 return 22/9 and I get these fare quotes (screenshot resized down...

G'day, I was wondering if anyone had any experience at the Dubai International Hotel and booking for stopovers? I'll be in the airport for ~8 hours, arriving just after midnight. Do I select a check-in date for the day prior and check-out the day of my flight? Obviously these are the same day...

Hi, I just want to make sure I haven't lost it... I'll be 175 SC off WP come July 31 and getting cold feet about doing my first SC run. Most "cost effective" option is the 200SC SYD-BNE-TSV return for 81,304 pts gross, but that's a lot to me - translates to ~$700... I generally do one int'l...

Hi, I thought you might like to see what business class is like on QF322 - operated by LAN. As I mentioned in this thread --> http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/qantas-frequent-flyer-program/scs-posting-for-lan-flights-49532-2.html#post811961 <-- I was on this flight after it...

Hi, I was wondering whether anyone had any experiences with the time it takes for SCs to post for flights taken with LAN/LANEXPRESS? I'll be on LA750 (operated by LANEXPRESS) next week, with this flight giving me enough SCs to attain SG... (for the first time!). I'll be flying back from GRU to...

Do you get a rush out of waiting for the "final" call? No matter how many times I fly, I always find it entertaining watching people scurry for the first boarding call, even when they aren't in rows 56-88 or whatever. Sometimes it turns into a Mexican standoff, who will budge first - many of...

Hi, I thought it would be interesting to know how many AFF'ers are flown premium economy or business class for work. Given the recent thread on whether you'd prefer to be paid $100/hour to sit in economy, the premise seems to be that most are booked into higher classes by default. Of course, I...

Hi, I have a booking through Qantas with one segment on an AA flight, booked into O class (so no SC). I'd like to know if it's possible to pay to upgrade this to First?

Hi, I have a booking for which I tried to select seats, only to be asked to pay $25 for each Qantas-metal flight...! I'm logged in, of course, as a Silver - was only able to select seats on a QF codeshared AA flight. Anyone else encounter this?

I've only recently started to frequently fly, but it seems impossible that anyone with WP, let alone WP1 exclusively flies Discount Economy! I read a lot of threads where the attitude seems to be "pay for J if you don't like Y" - I work for a company whose policy is to go for the cheapest...