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    Cosmopolitan or Trump or Wynns in Las Vegas?

    Cosmo is in a better position imo. Depends if you plan on leaving the hotel or not. If you are going to stay in the one place then it doesnt matter where you stay. They are all high end and will not disappoint. If you are walking around stay central ie cosmo. Wynn is a long way north, Trump is...
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    Qantas Club vs. Status Club - should a purchased membership have any status?

    Maybe I'm a little slow, has purchased membership lost benefits or is it about too? I haven't heard anything about it from Qantas and if this is the case the least they could do is let me know..... Either way if these changes are in/implemented I would like to think the purchase price will...
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    QF now offering best price for hotels or 1000 pts if there not the cheapest in Oz.

    Re: QF now offering best price for hotels or 1000 pts if there not the cheapest in Oz Qantas rolled over on me because the site I booked through had LESS retrictions on the cancellation. Qantas had a 72 hr prior to checkin penalty, expedia had 24hr. So it must be exactly the same, not better...
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    Alaska Airlines Board Room @ LAX - thoughts?

    I have used the board room on about 8 occasions in the last year. I was on QF code share each time but Alaskan metal. Never had a problem getting in.
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    Alaska Airlines Board Room @ LAX - thoughts?

    I have used the Board room in LAX and YVR many times. Your QC membership will get you in, they just take a note of your membership number in a book. There is not free internet in the lounge but the alcoholic drinks are free however limited to 3 per person. I managed to get a few more by being...
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    Biggest miss of your travel career?

    Having travelled to North America and Canada 3 times, i still have not made it to New York. I am pallning to go there this year however, somehow I think I'll miss it again. On a separate note I wonder how many people living in Australia have seen more of the world than their own country? I...
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    Air traffic controllers

    Then again there is ATC delays due to staff shortage and ATC delays due to safety. Yes, its all safety related but when its peak time and every aircraft wants to land in Sydney at the same time and ATC slow some of them down into an orderly flow, there is going to be delays. Airlines love to...
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    Does Qantas domestic scheduling have issues?

    Because there is no way that Qantas could be to blame for any of the delay:p
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    Does Qantas domestic scheduling have issues?

    I suppose if we really wanted to read into posting of points for miles flown, the days where people experience over 60 mins holding into SY should get about 2000 points. After all they are flying in circles longer than it takes to fly ML-SY. Either way I think it would be a nice gesture to...
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    Does Qantas domestic scheduling have issues?

    DOTARS are the authority that grant aircraft movements outside of curfew and they seldom do. In this situation you would not get one. If Qantas chose to land without the dispensation to break curfew they fines typically exceed $500k per offence, not to mention the PR problems about being...
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    Alaskan Airlines Lounges

    Hi all, I fly to Canada frequently and I always have to connect in LAX with alaska airlines to get to Vancouver. I have never had a problem using the Board room lounges in LAX or Vancouver, I can even bring a friend in who is not a memeber. I have done this twice and plan to do it again next...
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    Filling in an I-94W/ESTA Application

    Hi, When I fly to Canada through LAX I have always been told to put TRANSIT in the USA address. Although the last 2 times it has been corrected to TRANSIT TO CANADA by the immigration officer. There are always officials standing towards the front of the line making sure you have filled out...
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    How long does it take for QF FF to refund points for cancelled Award booking?

    I must be unlucky, I changed an international flight once and it took over a month for the changes to appear in my QF account. I also cancelled a domestic award flight in Aug and nothing had happened in over 8 weeks. I had to ring to get the fee's and points refunded (minus the 5k). I had...
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    Award fee's?

    Ok, I am fairly incompetent when it comes to award schemes. I am looking at using Star alliance carriers vice the One World system and I have been looking at the Kris Flyer. I want to do regular flights between Melbourne and Vancouver. I cannot seem to find any available flights on the Kris...
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    20 glasses on champagne on a flight

    I bet if she had have been middle eastern the penalty would have been much more
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    Cheaper to book from O/S site?

    Has anyone ever noticed that it is cheaper to book flights from the Canadian or American Qantas site than it is to book from the Australian site? I found flights to be around $500 cheaper return to Vancouver all year round. Only problem is on the international sites I cannot book a return flight...
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    Flying to Canada

    Hi, I'm curious what is the best way to get to Canada without flying through the USA? I can't see Qantas doing anything like that and I'm not familiar with some other carriers that might be worth flying. Does anybody do this regularly or could point me to where I can find some more concise...
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    What defines a near miss?

    Visual sep could be done by the pilots or tower if close to the airfield, whihc means they can be very close if no collision risk exists. Terminal radar standard is 3 nautical miles. On final for the parallel runways they can be 760m apart as that is how far the runways are apart, however any...
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    How do you manage kids on planes?

    I suggest giving them scotch. If your opposed to that try giving everyone else around you scotch.
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    Yet another Qantas Safety Scare.

    I'd like to think if I was on a plane that had landing gear issues that the pilot declared an emergency. It's more so that the fire and ambo's are on standby incase the gear does collapse.
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