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I did bump into Spike Milligan in the gents at intermission, It was Peter Cook's birthday

Yes that's where I learnt the gem of a line....but it was his stage play Behind the Fridge in Sydney many years ago

I don't know and I never found out, only that he was a gold that got an upgrade from Business. I was Platinum that used points for my seat. I think he was just trying it on, complained about everything the whole trip back to Melbourne.

Checking in on a QF flight out of Heathrow several years ago, I was waiting for the F desk to open and was 1st in line of about 6 people. The desk was about to open when this "gentleman" proceed to push past and stand in front of me. I politely suggested he check where the other end of the...

I have travelled significantly (42 years) in my employment, mostly long haul First and Business (now retired and a pensioner) and was fortunate enough to be able to carry this privilege through to private travel. My last 14 years before retiring averaged 260 days away from home and approx...

Speaking of baggage collection a number of years ago I was regularly flying in and out of Caracas. There the process was you picked up your bag then went to a queue that went to a single gate. An armed official then check your luggage tag and ensured it was your bag. You then stepped up to the...

Welcome, I am a newbie to the site also, learning a lot from an extremely astute forum

I made LTG about 5 years ago while still Platinum then got stationed in the ME where I could not access QF or OW flights so not a lot of earning. Now I am retired and back in Melbourne it is nice to think that LTG is giving some little touches to travel. I have had a couple of trips for some...

JohnK, thanks for the welcome, Lifetime Gold does seem to have its advantages already on a couple of trips MEL-ADL, MEL-AKL and upcoming MEL-ADL-ASP-MEL..........its a shame they did not have Lifetime Platinum after 14 yrs of > 250,000km/year. I have never been busier since retiring but now I am...

A new member who has recently retired after 50 yrs as a salaryman (but doing a little consultancy from time to time). I am a Qantas FF and lifetime gold after many years at Platinum, and I find the information on this forum very valuable and enjoyable. Looking forward to being able to contribute...