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Hi all My family and I are planning a trip to the US and Canada for Christmas 2024. Had been considering using points to redeem business class tickets but failing that, I have found an airfare via Expert Flyer that seems too good to be true so thought I'd turn to the community for advice. The...

Hi all I'm shortly planning to book a Star Alliance round the world business class award (departing September 2017) using KrisFlyer points. I called today and was advised that I need to book all the segments required to meet the 'around the world' requirement/condition at one time. I understand...

Hi all I'm likely flying to Copenhagen next April with the following routing: BNE-SIN (QF economy) SIN-DOH (QR business) DOH-CPH (QR business) and return. The BNE-SIN sector would be ticketed separately from the other components. I'll also be doing a bit of internal economy class travel in...

Hi there I've recently opened Pandora's Box by subscribing to Expert Flyer. I've seen a business class fare from SIN to CPH via DOH and/or a choice of cities in Europe. I'm just trying to work out if the routing info provided on EF allows a stopover or whether only transiting is...

Hi all I'll be flying with United from SFO-SYD in August and noticed the flight time is somewhere in the order of 14.5 hours. I didn't realise standard 747-400 aircraft could sustain this distance. Does United (and Qantas, for that matter) use the 400ER variant on this route, or am I...

Hi all I am (sadly) in possession of a SQ/LH/UA round-the-world ticket which I have partially flown - the only segment left is from SFO-SYD. I have repeatedly called United, Lufthansa and the travel agent from whom I bought the ticket, trying to change the date of the above flight...

Hi all I recently read a "pilot profile" article in the BA in-flight magazine. The featured officer flew 777s and stated that engines are engaged to about 50% power on the usual take-off. I find this very difficult to believe and wonder what others think? Geoff.

I've just watched a segment on a UK travel show which highlighted the joys of "fully flexible business class fares with unlimited stops." According to the segment, such a fare will let you stop an unlimited number of times on the way to your final destination, so long as the total mileage does...

I have recently tried to change the ticketed date on my ticket from FRA-SFO with Lufthansa. I am booked in W class for travel on Nov 22, 2005 but want to change the date to either Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep 2006. Unfortunately, Lufthansa advise there is no availability for W class on my flight from FRA...

Hi I'll be travelling to the US from Europe in about May next year and have my RTW ticket which will take me to SFO. I didn't think too much when buying the ticket and have no other option for the US arrival point except for LAX. I want to travel to NYC, Las Vegas and Honolulu, before...

Hi all I am a fairly regular flyer and got a bit of a fright last night when taking off from Singapore on Lufthansa LH777 to Frankfurt. I was sitting behind the wing with a very good view of the left hand engine on the left side of the plane (a 747-400). On takeoff, and until about 10,000...

Hi Further to a previous post where the overwhelming majority suggested that the better Star Alliance FF program for me would be United, I am wondering whether anyone knows if they'll match status? I am presently QF Silver (not huge, I know, but I would like to keep even this minor...

I have recently broken my long-standing tradition of flying with Qantas and other OW partners and booked a RTW ticket with Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and United. My dilemma is choosing with FF program to "attach" to my booking. I have joined UA and Lufthansa's FF programs while trying to...

Hi all My partner and I will be going to London soon for a working holiday and then to travel Europe and some of the US. We're looking for a RTW ticket which will allow us to backtrack from London - NYC. We want to visit NY during our stay in London, rather than when we leave. It's also...