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I will be travelling to Frankfurt on Cathay, with a 4hr transfer to a ICE train to Munich. I wanted to know how the Cathay arrivals lounge works at Frankfurt. Is it seperate the departures lounge, or shared (i.e. airside). Do I get my luggage before going to the lounge? Also, I will have...

Hi all, I recall a while back that if QFF platinums wanted to redeem points for a reward seat on a leg that had showed no availability (but still had plenty of seats available, including red-e deals), they could call up Qantas and get a seat 'released' for them to redeem using their points...

Hi Do QF platinum, gold or QC members (i.e. One World emerald and saphire for the first two) get any extra baggage allowance when travelling on an international economy BA flights?

I am having a bit of trouble deciphering the new rules on limts to liquids over 100mL when flying to London via Singapore. From what I can see, flying directly to London with duty free grog is allowed, as long as it is in clear plastic bag with its receipt. However, it would seem that if you...

Hi I am just wondering what are my options for a trip coming up soon. I will be flying to BNE-LHR return, via SYD and SIN. I am a QF silver, my partner is QF gold, we are both Qantas Club members (partner's is on hold due to Gold status), and we are flying business class with Qantas all the...

Hopefully a quick Question... My sister has a spare 240k QF frequent flyer points that she wont be using anytime soon, and is looking to offload. I know that selling points is not allowed (FF terms and conditions), but if she gave me the points (which is allowed, as she is a family...

Hey everyone I have a question regarding the complimentary travel insurance that comes with having most Gold Credit cards (A gold Citibank Visa in my case). I am travelling to the UK later this year, on a flight that I won through a competition. Not having paid for this flight with my card...

Hey Forumites I was lucky enough to win a competition recently, one involving Qantas Frequent Flyers and Optus mobile. Being the winner, they have given me 2 return business class flights to London, with Qantas. Yep, thats right!!! My first reaction was 'Awesome'. Then, as usual, i began to...

Hi forumites I have a booking made for work, flying BNE-Canberra, which was made by admin, in Y-class. When I log into my QFF account, I added the booking to my account, and now when I view the booking and click the "upgrade" link, it shows the flights as requiring 5000 points to upgrade...

Hey Guys Back from my round the world trip, which was great and all, but just had to add this update to the forum. Before we flew, my partner and I checked this forum extensively for hints on how to get free upgrades on flights . All forumites said that upgrades are very very rare, and...

I am due to do a moderate amount of flying in the next 2 months (RTW trip), and I will collect quite a few QF Status Credits, but not enough to get me to qualify for the next status tier. My annual reset date is for the end on October, meaning that unless I have another brief frenzy of flying...

Hi everyone I am looking for some advice on the best way to obtain foreign currency overseas. I will going to USA, UK and Europe, so there will be 3 major currencies that I will encounter. I bank with ANZ, and they charge AU$5 for each transaction performed overseas. While this is not too...

Hey Forumites I'm going on a RTW trip in 7 weeks, and am looking at my point options. Currently, the flights have been booked through QF, and my FF number is registered on the booking. However, reading this site suggests that the AA points challenge can get elite status damn fast. The...