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For the most part its, a) great marketing spin for Qantas with all the free advertising; b) a way to reduce the amount of points out there without providing any additional benefit. I think it would be a rare day for me to ever use CR+ for a flight.

Self-funded traveller here, but I have the anti-trifecta (I do have spouse, mortgage and kids lol). I managed to get silver couple years ago and somehow maintained it, not that it gives much. but this year I found myself with 570 SC thanks to DSC promo last year for family holiday to Thailand...

Ok, so playing around with fare classes, I can go CNS - BNE red-edeal for $205 15 SC (30) return couple hours later business for $591 60 SC (120), so 150 SC. Mission achieved in only half a day less than $800. This seems the best option. Totally agree. I'm just putting it out there for other...

I live in CNS. Need to depart and return there :) Also CNS - SYD return doesn't deliver the required status credits

Ok, so Qantas has dropped its double status credit promotion for 2024. I need 130 status credits before end April to make gold. Best I have been able to work out is Saturday departure CNS - PER (via MEL) $424 - 35 status credits x2 (70) return for $437 (via BNE) - 35 status credits x2 (70)...

See the OP just made a simple error in the trip report. Was meant to be out of 10 stars not 5 🤣 I'm sure QF would have more than compensated all the passengers 🤣😂😅 And the difference between QF and JQ is JQ would have just cancelled the flight completely. You'd maybe get rescheduled in the...

Only just went to Singapore 2 months ago. My bird wasn't switched out thankfully, still got the A380, but the food leaves a lot to be desired imo. I remember the exact same panini as in the trip report lol. IFE wasn't lacklustre. I was expecting the have the view on the outside camera's. nope...

After my last J with Qantas 3 weeks ago, I'm not particularly keen on flying Qantas international again. I'd like some J reward on an actual top tier airline please :)

Mission: Use some Qantas frequent flyer points to take the family on the A380 in business class. Difficulty Level: Extreme With the A380 not flying domestic, this meant a more expensive international jaunt and a bit of planning. So just under a year out, I started checking for availability and...

I use CC for everything possible, but always carry cash as a backup. I do that in Australia as well as overseas. We all see CC's as a convenience and they are and they give us ff pts. yay, but nobody considers the downside. Less privacy, more open to hacking, no access when the system is down...

OMG, JQ is such a cough airline. That's just ridiculous. Well, problem solved. You will arrive 5hrs before your international leg, but you won't be able to check in until 2hrs before, so that means you'll need to collect your bags and be bored for 3hrs before checking in. The boredom time will...

Yet another reason not to fly Jetstar. It is just a 5min walk between terminals. Since you are flying JQ all the way through, your bags should be checked all the way through.......it is JQ though, so you never know. They might still be on the domestic carousel when you arrive in Japan 🤣. I've...

Pro's Almost free ticket Con's Economy Trust issues with Chinese government Even if i was lucky enough to score a ticket for myself AND partner, can't get a ticket for child, so its no longer a cheap deal. Still need to pay for regional airfares to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth...

Greatest airline lounge in the world is going to be highly subjective as, a) Everyone's wants and desires and the way they experience life is going to be completely different b) No-one has been to every lounge in the world to know which one is the best (and then refer back to a) So really, it's...

Apparently the lights put on an amazing show for us and I was pleased that I had taken the flight. After zigzagging around the Southern Ocean for several hours we headed back to Sydney. It was a beautiful morning. We were given breakfast before we landed. I was not impressed and had to get a...

Some of the professional photographs done with some fangle dangle camera with block out, blah blah blah.

Some photos with the pillow held up against the window.

So once i finally got to the window seat, I got to see this for myself. The first photos I'll show with the cabin glare, which wrecks the shots unfortunately. Towards the end, I had the bright idea of shoving the pillow over the phone and window to reduce the glare (recommend this if you ever...

I went to Iceland for a week in 2020, just before covid shut down the world. Like most people going to Iceland, I hoped to see the Northern Lights. Unfortunately due to 3 North Atlantic storms rolling through, pretty much on the back of each other, the weather prevented any chance at the lights...

I got the email from Qantas 2 days ago and have been umming and arrring about it. $2500 Y (no wing). That's a lot of money for a 10hr Y flight. Can get to Europe return in Y for a lot less. But with QFF points, thats kinda a different story. I've ticked over 1,000,000 points last year and...