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I've experienced this too - and also complained to hotel management about it, attaching a link to formal guidelines on the scientifically recommended temperatures for sleep. It's cheap, it's nasty and it's often done in the name of environmental responsibility (reducing carbon emissions, etc)...

^^This. Exactly my experience (and reaction) too.

I was Qantas platinum for several years and dropped back to lifetime gold at the start of the pandemic. You are spot on with the benefits over and above gold and, after having spent years on both sides of the divide, I would rank them in the following order: 1. Call centre competence (how sad...

I’m a big fan of Virgin, having shifted almost all my paid domestic travel (both business and pleasure) from Qantas, having had all sorts of nightmares dealing with Qantas throughout 2022. That’s despite me being a long-term lifetime gold Qantas FF. When flying short-haul (usually MEL-SYD), I...

Spot on - and kudos to you for calling it like it is, Matt. Even in the rare event that you can redeem points for seats you want in a premium cabin, the chances of those flights going ahead as planned are very hit and miss. And God help you if you need to deal with the call centre on any...

I'm a Lifetime Gold Qantas FF. I've been switching all my travel - inc work travel (and I manage a team of people) - and as much of my points earning as possible over to Virgin in recent months and I'm also a Gold Virgin FF now. I used to be a staunch QF FF for its international network and the...

I’ve been LTG for several years, having dropped back from WP immediately before the pandemic in Feb 2020 - so just missed out on the WP status extension. As soon as things looked like they were opening up again last year, I booked a OW classic reward ticket in business. Unfortunately, dealing...

Thank you for this tip - it worked a treat! Had the exact same issue and came looking for this advice. I had made an Airbnb booking via Qantas last night and then went back to make another tonight and got that error message (in Chrome). The cookies error sounds right - and I ended up booking on...

Thanks! Sounds like I'll be carrying on to Melbourne! Does that mean there would be a certain number of (unmarried) seats on LHR-PER allocated to passengers terminating in PER and a certain number (like mine) that are married with the PER-MEL segment?

I was kind of hoping to get it within the 318,000 points. But if I can't, I can't. (I just don't really understand why.)

Cheers. For my understanding, what's the rationale? (And what would happen if I wanted to terminate the whole oneworld classic award itinerary in Perth?)

After many months of drama and frustration, I've just had my oneworld (business) reward itinerary ticketed. It's not exactly the itinerary I wanted - or, indeed, had initially booked before Qantas unilaterally cancelled it - but I'm just glad to have the ticket in my inbox at this point. Quick...

Hi Matt, I love the podcast - I tune in every fortnight, usually while I go for a run. It's a great distraction from my dubious fitness and always very informative. Like so many others, I've recently had a dreadful experience trying to deal with Qantas' customer service - in my case, after they...

Very helpful - thanks. I'm not surprised Joyce didn't get a heads-up phone call from Kim Jong-u... er... Premier McGowan! ;-) 1645441239 Yes, that's occurred to me too - which is why I'm keen to jump on them as soon as flights are added. There are absolutely loads of seats later in the month.

Well, I can understand their hesitation. This is my fifth attempt to see my Dad in the last two years - the fourth having been booked for 18 Feb (on the strength of Mark McGowan's previous announcement). That said, the demand is certainly there and the date is only 11 days away.

Does anyone know when Qantas is likely to add flights back on to the MEL-PER route? I'm looking at going to Perth about a week after the border finally opens to see family - and am keen to use up some points to fly over in business - but the flight options are still looking very sparse.

Update: I got through again late tonight. After lots of wrestling with the booking, the agent (again in South Africa) put me on hold, purportedly because he needed to speak to Auckland, as he apparently couldn’t properly open/view the ticket himself. Unfortunately, after a further 20 minutes...

Hi, sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong thread - so please point me in the right direction if I'm in the wrong place. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to fix the problem of a vanishing Qantas oneworld classic reward ticket. Essentially, I had a fully-booked, paid and...

We raised it in the context of just checking that my partner’s Accor ALL membership had been linked to the booking. They said yes and I said, “That’s great because we’re pleased to also be getting Qantas points under the new arrangement.” That was when she said she didn’t think the QFF points...

Yes, it’s entirely possible they had no idea what arrangement we were talking about. We were pretty clear about having linked the Accor ALL membership so as to get QFF points under the new arrangement - and the staff member went and checked with a manager - so I assumed that one of them knew...