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Hi, Traveling with an infant 23 months old so does not need a ticket. Jetstar's website state they may ask for a birth certificate, but do they? Do they want the original or a copy? I do not want to take out (from a safety deposit box) and carry around a birth certificate if they do not...

Hi, My wife is flying with United to Australia without me but with our kids. We are dual citizens and we know what United at check-in will require (birth certificates and a notarized letter from me). But what information will Australia require? Who should I even contact about this...

Hi, From what I've heard, the A380 in Economy is not that much better than the 777ER. Which is a great shame as I was looking for a quieter and all round better experience (though I can understand the airlines return on investment argument for purchasing a larger plane). So it looks like the...

Hi, Your favourite (!) expat living in U.S. is back again. Recall, I visit this forum once a year when I'm about to fly home to ask about passports etc. So here is the deal. United and Qantas have almost identical fares SFO->MEL return. With United I have status so I get bumped to premium...

Hi, This article Frequent fly in Qantas ointment - News - Travel - theage.com.au seems to imply they are going to increase points to travel. This is news to me, but I'm living in California now so the opportunity to talk about QFF is limited:-| If this article is correct, when are these...

Hi, I keep on hearing about Qantas's changes to their FFP after May 2008. Can some kind soul please point me to an announcement. I'm an Expat in U.S. and am left out of the loop. But I do have 96K points and plan to use it soon (Nov 2008) for a return trip back home from SFO.

Hi, I've got my 96K points and want to fly the A380 to Australia and back. I thought they went into service in late 2008, but when I try booking for 2008 Nov the equipment still shows the old 747 equipment. Anyone know when the A380's are giong to fly the AUS-US routes. Also, will they still...

Hi, Two questions: I'm itching to fly the new A380. It looks good. I've even looking forward to flying economy to see what those "fishnet foot supports" are. I've had vague emails from Qantas saying August 2008. Does any one else have any other insights and specific dates. Also, if I book...

Hi, Here is the situation. My wife, myself and young 2 year old are dual citizens of the United states and Australia. We live in the U.S. and are shortly going back to Australia for a holiday. My wife and I have two passports. My 2 year old only has a U.S. passport. The Australian...

Hi, Just flew an AA flight and had it credited to my QFF program and it should put me over the top for a free flight home! But how long before it shows up in www.qantas.com?

If you like flying 747's then you need to read this book. 747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation (Hardcover) by Joe Sutter Amazon.com: 747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation: Books: Joe...

Hi, All this talk about longer trips being cheaper and unadvertised sales going on for 3 hours got me thinking the airlines are really screwed up. So what would be a fairer (for both airline and oursevles) of pricing long haul trips beyond just origin and destination and class of travel...

Hi, This morning I witnessed the most amazing pricing situation I care to remember. LAX-MEL is with both United and Qantas priced at $1206 for May. Has not changed for the last 2 months. Then at around 10:10 EST United drop the JFK-MEL fare to $1100 (said fare above stays the same even...

Hi Again, I think I worked out a way to help me help QANTAS. I'm just 10 status credits short of a loyalty bonus that will put me within reach of qualifying for a free return trip to Australia. But I live in the U.S. Is there a way of earning status credits without flying? Now I do have...

Hi, I'm a loyal Australian living in the U.S. I want to fly QANTAS but ... The last time and this time United have amazingly cheap fares to Australia. ie. I'm travelling in May on any Su/Mo/Tu and return Su/Mo/Tu May-June for US$1100 JFK to MEL. Qantas for the same route is US$1800 (ouch!)...

Hi All, I just got back from flying united LAX-SYD-MEL-SYD-LAX. I've done this trip at least ten times with Qantas but this time the united fares were too cheap to pass up over the Christmas period ($1000 vs $1400). Everything I refer to is for Y-class. I'll break down the comparison...

I'm a premier status member now and got bumped up to economy plus flight for an upcoming flight 839/840. Any experiences on what's it like? Do the economy plus passengers at least get decent FA's?

I probably have too much time on my hands ... I was once at LHR in 1998 and United had over-booked LHR to JFK. I was amazed to see they were offering people $1000 in vouchers for voluntarily bumping (i.e. due to over-booking giving up your seat for the next flight) I know that...

Hi, I'm starting to get excited about coming home in a few weeks. But the trip from LAX to MEL is 15 hours and with United, no in-flight entertainment system. Yikes Apart from sleeping, what do you do on long flights to pass the time?

Hi, I'm an Aussie living in the U.S. I've got a bunch of Qantas points, but not enough to get a free trip to the Australia. Any suggestions of *good* FF point usage. Note I don't count burning 20K points for one nights accomodation or 10K points for one days car hire as a good use...