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  1. icarus

    Is Qantas Actually Listening?

    I was a bit appalled yesterday when my partner redeemed 2 Classic Award economy flights CBR-BNE return, and the surcharge was over $370. That certainly seems excessive to me.
  2. icarus

    Is Qantas Actually Listening?

    Also, as I understand it, there's a risk of not having enough of the right-sized pyjamas on board. It would save space, time, money and irritation (and also some potential embarrassment) to know what sizes to have on board well in advance. My preferred welcome drink may change depending on whim...
  3. icarus

    Is Qantas Actually Listening?

    APS employees have just been given permission to take up a status match offer with VA. It's a clever move by VA to capitalise on that disappointment with QF, and I am definitely likely to move more of my spend to VA as a Platinum member.
  4. icarus

    Upgrade to business

    ... Let alone how unpleasant it will be for the unfortunate pax between you who did nothing but pay full price and book well in advance. Perhaps if sitting next to each other is so important to you, it would be better to refuse the upgrade this time and save the points for a better opportunity...
  5. icarus

    Upgrade to business

    Exactly - this happened to me a couple of years ago, and even when I explained politely that I had chosen my seat specifically, nearly a year beforehand, the male half of the couple was really nasty about it, and kept saying things like what a shame it would be if the fact that he wasn't next to...
  6. icarus

    Is Qantas Actually Listening?

    Seems to me it would be easy and convenient to allow QFF members to include their PJ's size in their profile, like meal and seat preferences.
  7. icarus

    The Prodiigal Returneth!

    Hello, all - I'm not exactly new: in fact I've been a member since 2005, but then I fell into jobs where I didn't travel much and dropped out. Now I fly a small amount for work and a greater amount for personal interest, and after a busy year and a double SC offer a couple of years ago found my...
  8. icarus

    AA Australian office closed!

    Just had a very irritating experience with the Indian call centre. I wanted to change my ORD-SLC flight so I could stay in Chicago a few days longer. I knew I would probably have to pay a fee as it was a cheap fare. The call centre woman (who was quite hard to understand, and who obviously...
  9. icarus

    AA Australian office closed!

    It always struck me as odd that AA in the US can't process my credit card over the phone if I call from Australia, but they can if I call them from within the US. I mean, what's the difference? And I wish Expedia would take international credit cards for flights. That would make life much...
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    AA Australian office closed!

    I've been dealing with the Sydney AA reservations office over the last couple of weeks and finding them pretty unhelpful. After almost daily email exchanges they finally sent me (on Tuesday) written confirmation of some flights I had booked which they had changed. Tuesday night I sent a...
  11. icarus

    QuickCheck? Not!

    Could be ... or perhaps they're just trying to hard to make QuickCheck a complete alternative to old-style check in? I think QuickCheck is actually great if I'm travelling without luggage, as I usually am out of CBR, and I haven't had any real trouble getting decent seats. Though I must say I...
  12. icarus

    QuickCheck? Not!

    Actually, I don't think it made any difference here. The point is, we were in different queues, and it wouldn't have taken any longer than my colleagues to get to the front of the ordinary check-in queue whether they had baggage or not. Surely? Well, this was sort of the whole point of my...
  13. icarus

    QuickCheck? Not!

    This was Sunday, around noon, so I think there were fewer business travellers than usual. Absolutely no complaints about my seating (front row of economy) or the courtesy of the service once I got to the front of the queue. I just thought the kiosk and bag drop was not really quick at all and...
  14. icarus

    QuickCheck? Not!

    I got to try out an interesting experiment on Sunday, flying Qantas MEL - CBR with a couple of colleagues, following a weekend meeting. My colleagues only had hand luggage and aren't FF. I needed to check luggage (I'm sick of surrendering nail scissors!) and am, of course, FF. All of our...
  15. icarus

    Seeking help re SCs and points for AA flights

    FlyFirst - many thanks for the thought, but that domain seems to have expired. Dammit! I hope that never happens to seatguru! Icarus
  16. icarus

    Seeking help re SCs and points for AA flights

    You are truly a prince among men, Dave! A million thanks.
  17. icarus

    Seeking help re SCs and points for AA flights

    Ave, omnes - I haven't been around for a while, I know. I've recently changed jobs, moving to the private sector at last, with a couple of the several advantages being that I get to keep my FF points, and that I occasionally get to accompany my boss into the Chairman's Lounge. In any event - I...
  18. icarus

    Selling those dud guest passes on Ebay

    No, no! I want to see the actual very special envelope that was for sale! Not any old common envelope! Thanks for the congratulations. Who thinks up these titles?
  19. icarus

    Selling those dud guest passes on Ebay

    I sent the seller two e-mails, one asking him to confirm that the passes were valid, albeit only if accmpanying a member. Several hours later I got a response saying they were no longer valid but were "souvenirs only." The second e-mail asked for a photograph of the envelope which was...
  20. icarus

    Convention hotels: worth the problems?

    Sounds like me. Love the TV series (well, TNG); wouldn't actually carry a phaser. I like that line between fantasy and reality just fine, thanks. (Actually I started watching TNG mainly for the Sherlockian references. But I wouldn't wear a deerstalker, either).
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