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Qantas really need a partner for Asia flights, their terrible relationship with Malaysian and Cathey basically means if you want to go anywhere apart from Singapore you have to book somewhere else. It's probably as little better on the east coast but at least coming from Perth it's just...

Cheers for that, is it worth messaging velocity and asking for them to apply the platinum bonus or is Sale J similar to Lite fares where they are not eligible for bonus points?

I recently received 1904 points and 40SC on a business class flight booked by work. Got no idea if this is the new status credit rate, anyone know if this is a mistake? or some travel agent special booking thing I am not aware of. Route was ZNE to PER, status is Platinum (so I would have...

I work fifo and occasionally get A319s, they are always a huge relief because they have much newer more comfortable Jetstar seats compared with the A320s. Still not ideal for 4 hours but I doubt most travellers would actively avoid it just to get on an old 737.

Just used the lounge for the 5am flight, it now doesn't close overnight on days this flight operates. A la carte dining was available for Etihad passengers with access (I was in economy with Gold Guest via status match).

I tried to walk it once, because my hotel was near the airport and Uber was being gamed ($50+ for a 5 minute ride or something ridiculous). A police car pulled over, told me it was too dangerous to walk and gave me a lift. It's an absolute disgrace that the bus doesn't stop near the terminal...

Hiya, I have booked PER-MEL-AUH-CMN return on EY codes, the times are a little awkward arriving at MEL at 22:20 and leaving at 05:00. I have lounge access either with Etihad via status match or Virgin Plat. but it appears the Etihad/Aspire Lounge is closed from 00:45 to 05:30 making it rather...

I have worked with a number of people from different companies who drive to Perth from Margs, Bunbury, or Bussleton. Either staying the night in a hotel, or doing a drive in the early hours to catch a morning flights to the Pilbara. Anyone who works at a consultancy/contractor without a...

Varies between companies, individual contracts ect. I work as a contractor and I am generally booked on RPT flights so they get full flexi earn for SC and points and get DSC (even when booked by clients). Roy Hill charters to Ginbata (QF) get SC and points at Flexi rate, Chevron charters to...

Based on my experience, it varies a lot from company to company and roster. Many people are one 2:1 or 2:2 swings and even if they are flying on a full flex ticket to KTA or PHE they would only just get Gold. People flying to KGI, ZNE, PBO, LEA, ONS wouldn't even reach gold. Contractors who fly...

Number of flights: 65 (63 Y, 1 J, 1F*) Airlines Flown: 14 (20 QF, 20 VA, 9 SQ, 3 JQ, 2 NC, 2 AA, 2 AK, 1 AS, 1 MU, 1 KN, 1 OD, 1 ZL. 1QZ) New airlines flown: Batik Air Malaysia*, Indonesia AirAsia, Rex Airlines, American Airlines, China United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines Countries...

New jetstar ones are great, but some of the network ones (old Jetstar) with padding completely worn away are just horrendous. I don't mind the cloth Tiger seats either but they have the same issue with no padding left between the seat and the table so your spine just sits on the hard plastic

I fly a bit on the VARA Fokkers for work and I reckon they are super comfortable and quiet compared with 737s and A320s. I usually try and get a seat in the first few rows and you can barely hear the engines at all. The seats have nice adjustable headrests and heaps of legroom. The a320 truly...

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but this change is hugely beneficial to FIFO workers in WA. Typically I am booked on Full flex tickets from PER to ZNE or KGI which are expensive but don't earn great status credits. on the PER to ZNE for example the SC earn would usually be 25sc but...

cheers, makes sense

does anyone know if you can earn status credits for Qantas on LATAM ticketed Qantas flights? looking at buisness class flights from Perth to Auckland and there is a reasonably priced PER-MEL-SYD-AKL flight of which 2 legs are on QF metal which in theory is decent if those 2 flights earn status...

I know ONS (Onslow) is limited to the Fokker 100 (or B717) due to runway surface/width. I have heard charter contracts are pretty lucritive for airlines so keeping a smaller F100 fleet might still be worth it over losing the contracts to Qantas or Alliance. I doubt there is anywhere where a...

I think it would be for me but YMMV. the foot rest was kind of fun but not particularly comfortable for the way I sleep, but I can certainly imagine it being helpful especially for people who are shorter. I found putting the provided pillow behind my back made the seat a lot more comfortable as...

last week I completed my status run from Perth (to Tokyo). I had fun but I can't imagine anyone seriously taking that routing in buisness class for any other reason. Final routing ended up being PER-MEL-CNS-HND-CNS-MEL-PER I was delayed a day coming back due to cyclone airport closure. they...

I would like a small layer of foam between the seat frame/tray table and the leather on the ex-jetstar Qantaslink A320, the seats are just so unbelievably uncomfortable, I don't understand how anyone can find that seat design acceptable.