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  1. wanderer_au

    Who is going to the Qantas AGM in 2023?

    Rem report got absolutely slammed today. 83% No. Board mood right now: Finch has got a reverse-Midas touch, doesn’t he? Can you imagine what Hudson is thinking.
  2. wanderer_au

    Who is going to the Qantas AGM in 2023?

    I’m a member of one of those clubs, a fairly regular attendee too, and the only prominent current company director I ever see there is Roger Corbett. Most of the other director types aren’t up to scratch (although some might be members that rarely/never go in).
  3. wanderer_au

    Qantas is sorry (again)

    Parliament is like a court on steroi_s. You do not cross members of parliament in a hearing like this (back in the electorate it's fine). If you ever appear in such a hearing, I would *strongly* urge you not to tell a Senator to go to hell. They have the power to send you to gaol in the most...
  4. wanderer_au

    Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

    Good point. BA does serve very good, strong tea. I will try to avoid CX henceforth as I don't fancy transiting through HKG where the police can give transiting foreigners a touch up if they have a social media rap sheet with the PRC. AA is the pits. Finnair, maybe - never flown with them...
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    Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

    I joined QFF in 1999 but the first time I reached SG was in 2005 via work. Travel has ebbed and flowed since then, mainly due to work and family commitments. I'm now 32 SCs off LTG as a WP (and will gain LTG by the end of November). With VA I am PS and have their lounge access paid by work...
  6. wanderer_au

    Qantas is sorry (again)

    Please excuse me if I've misinterpreted the point (after all, the hearings were a month ago!) and tbh I've not been on AFF for quite a while, and this is my first post for some time. But just personally, I thought that grilling by Sen McKenzie of Goyder, Hudson and Finch in late September was...
  7. wanderer_au

    Qantas comping WP...?

    My year is up tomorrow (30 Nov) and unlike most of you I am very limited on how and when I can use my points. So I used the 120 000 points to retain WP for another year. I rationalised it on the basis that I'm changing jobs in 2020 and I will be flying a lot in J, mainly to WLG, SIN and SFO...
  8. wanderer_au

    'Alan Joyce has Qantas stuck in stunt mode'

    For me this is more an interesting mis-step by Joe Aston, Andrew Parker (Qantas group executive of government relations) or both. Both men come from the staffer fringes of the left or "moderate" wing of the NSW Liberal party 15-20 years ago (Aston was Joe Hockey's press secretary for a time in...
  9. wanderer_au

    Targeted QF Double Status Credit Offer. Book 28 Oct - 4 Nov 19. Fly 5 Nov 19 - 22 Oct 20

    Ministers, Members and Senators are offered CL in an ex-officio capacity. I'm not aware of any staff being made CL but I'd have thought the chief of staff to the PM would be a contender. Certainly most senior staff (particularly those that are allowed to fly J domestically) would be P1. I...
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    What's your company travel policy?

    I just realised I didn't specify my online booking tool. We use CTM, with its "Lightning" booking tool, which is fine. I do my own bookings and I am also my own approver. The bills obviously show up on my work Amex card so there's no sneaky F flights to LHR (which I'd never get a leave pass...
  11. wanderer_au

    What's your company travel policy?

    Private sector here. All domestic travel is QF Y - which suits me fine as around half of my travel is SYD-CBR return on the Dash 8. I usually book Red E-Deals going down, and then fully flex coming back, unless I'm travelling with the CEO, in which case it's not only fully flex all round, and...
  12. wanderer_au

    CATHAY to Codeshare on QANTAS Hong Kong Flights

    I'm guessing that's because HKG won't give QF a gate to fly out of, to protect CX139's marketshare. Would also explain why VA doesn't have a daytime flight too.
  13. wanderer_au

    CATHAY to Codeshare on QANTAS Hong Kong Flights

    I wish QF had a daytime flight HKG-SYD like CX139. A codeshare would have been adequate substitute. Why is QF so averse to daytime flights?
  14. wanderer_au

    Qantas Hobart call center redundancies - doubled

    I'm WP and I cop the Manila call centre all the time....drives me around the bend
  15. wanderer_au

    Qantas Red Planet

    Was demographically sifted from the samples for Projects Completeness, Attachment and Pool III just now. I very rarely successfully complete one of these now. As I am WP, in my forties and live on Sydney's lower north shore, I imagine I am two-a-penny on the Red Planet and their quota for...
  16. wanderer_au

    Staggered award availability?

    These shared insights are what make AFF such a great resource. Thanks so much! UPDATE: Sure enough, I tried with a search for a few days later than my intended date of travel. Searched JFK-SYD with CX, and sure enough, there's CX139 sitting there with J availability. But try HKG-SYD, and...
  17. wanderer_au

    Staggered award availability?

    Sure mate - but the fare buckets are all showing 9s right through - and prices they are asking for this one flight are unbelievably high. Suggesting to me that they're not encouraging anyone to get on this plane right now! V curious.
  18. wanderer_au

    Staggered award availability?

    I'm looking at the seat map in Y on expertflyer.com and that's how it looks to me.... UPDATE: 71H and 71K look booked - weird as they look like pretty ordinary seats. Three seats in PE are booked (I'm guessing they're award bookings) and one seat in J that was not booked earlier in the week...
  19. wanderer_au

    Staggered award availability?

    I'm looking for an award J seat on CX139 (the daytime HKG-SYD flight) early in the new year. Freshly equipped with both Award Nexus and Expert Flyer, as well as the CX website, I'm gobsmacked to see that the only seats currently booked on the whole plane are some award PE seats that I saw on...
  20. wanderer_au

    AFF Gathering #13 in SYD on 18 - 20 October 2019

    I've lost track of this thread lately - if we are looking for a "sweet spot" of price, value and central location, may I suggest this: Kirribilli Club | Great Times Harbourside The balcony has nice views of the harbour, it has full conference facilities and it looks out over Wendy Whiteley's...
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