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    Cannot change flights online?

    Is this for everyone or just me? My JFK-MEL flights has no option to change online. Yet in May, I had to change a booking just like this and it was fine. Have Qantas recently taken away the option to change online? I cannot understand why!?!
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    Qantas USA baggage allowance

    I am moving to NY (YIPPPEEEE!) in August and as a Qantas Club member I understand I get an extra bag allowance to make it 3 bags x 32 kgs. I have never used this allocation before but I am going to have to use that allocation for this journey! :) :) Just a quick couple of questions - * Has...
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    Last minute Q's - Qantas/AA/AlaskaAir/LAX

    Hi all Not long to go until departure on my trip that was planned with the assistance of many of you what now feels like ageeees ago! Anyway just some last minute questions before I go - any help would be greatly appreciated. I booked through AA for QF93 Mel - LAX. 1. I have a...
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    Flying with a laptop - what to expect?

    I am heading over the States for a month and will be taking my Mac with me for the first time. I will also have a spare battery in my carryon. What can I expect when going through security etc? Just want to be prepared... :) Thanks!
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    My blog...

    I go OS basically once a year. Here are my posts for the trip earlier this year - sorry about the mental way the posts in my travel category are organised - I've just switched to wordpress and am still tweaking... lots of reading on these... LOL Start from 9 and work backwards for the order of...
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    Citibank Photocard - photo size

    I was looking at getting a photo put on my citibank gold. I went and got a regular passport photo taken and it is way too big - and you can't get your shoulders in the shot etc. Does anyone here have a photocard and if so, how did you get a pic to fit? Or did you just use your own photo or...
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    Air NZ/Air Canada connection in San Fran - can you leave the airport?

    I am asking this on behalf of a friend as I have never been in this situation. Basically my friend is flying from Mel - Vancouver. He has a 7 hour stopover in San Fran where he leaves his Air NZ flight and has a connection with an Air Canada flight. Questions are - 1. Will his luggage get...
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    Has anyone here *never* been in Business or First?

    Reading all of these posts, I feel like I am the only one who has never travelled in Business or First Class! :(:(:( I have QP membership and that is the closest to luxury I get... anyone else here who is forever destined to be stuck in economy with me? LOL I'd love to do MEL - JFK in Business...
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    Best ie cheapest time to book Qantas to the USA for Jan 08

    Hi all Previously I have flown with points/around the world/other times of the year to the USA and have found out I will be having to go in January 08 to Wash DC. Does anyone remember any good times when the prices drop flying Qantas to the USA during January? At the moment I am getting...
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    Access to BA lounge at Heathrow?

    Hi all! I am a QC member and am flying from Melbourne to Edinburgh on Qantas and land at Heathrow at 6.30am. My flight to Edinburgh is with BA and isn't until 10.30am. Will I have access to a BA lounge for that time or will I have to just wait in the normal area?
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    Stick with Qantas? Or book with Virgin?

    I have to go Mel-Bris in May. I can get $99 each way with Virgin. or $165 each way with Qantas. I have always been loyal to Qantas but with that fare difference... I dunno - I think I'll have to go Virgin. If you are Qantas 'loyal' does this mean you never fly with Virgin - even with fare...
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    People are PIGS

    I just got back from Sydney - first time using in domestic using my Qantas Club. I have to say I was utterly appalled at the way people act like total pigs in the QC lounges. Absolutely disgusting - cookies crumbled all over chairs, newspapers thrown everywhere, plates of food just left all...
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    QF 26 - Stopover in Auckland

    I will be flying into Melbourne on QF 26 which has a stopover in Auckland. Will I be able to access the QC lounge in Auckland on just a stopover? I wouldn't mind a quick shower before coming back to Melbourne and as the temporary lounge at Tom Bradley doesn't have showers I didn't know if this...
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    Green square and 'flight operated by another carrier'

    Just did a flight search for MEL-JFK, Feb 07. QF 93, QF 107 are all coming up with green squares beside them... Surely no plans for Jetstar to take over surely? ;) ;)
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    Wierd options coming up when trying to book award flights

    Is anyone else having wierd options come up when they are trying to book award flights? Last night I was looking at MEL-LAX for the 2nd last week of Feb. Lots of options, no worries. I've come on today to book and there are no options and on the days that there are it is doing LAX - NADI - SYD...
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    Compare 747-400 to 747-438 Longreach

    Heya! I was just checking out some flights to MEL-HRE. One is a 747-438 Longreach from MEL to HKG Then a 747-400 from HKG - HRE I haven't done a trip to London for 8 years and I can't remember what I flew then. All the times since I have flown MEL-LAX and have had the 747-438 Longreach. Sooo...
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    Redeeming points - Honolulu to Melbourne

    Eeek. I am looking at going back to the States in Feb using points, and thought it would be ideal to have a stopoff for a few days in Honolulu to see what it was like and have some relax time on the way home. Doing a search, the only flights on offer are those operated on Jetstar!!! Ergh...
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    QFF Points Calculator a little out of whack?

    I've been looking at using my points for a trip in Feb this year. At first I was looking at - MEL - JFK STOP JFK - LAX STOP LAX - MEL STOP This was going to cost me 137,000 points. (Pay a whole lot for a darn stop over in LA...) ;) Anyway I just put in MEL - DUB STOP DUB - JFK STOP JFK -...
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