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  1. Strategic Aviation

    Onboard Greetings

    When I've flown QFi Y as SG you may be greeted by name on boarding but cabin walkthrough greeting + "let me know if there's anything I can do" is only for WP. Successful CSM requests
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    Orbitz and Cheaptickets for hotel bookings...are they reliable ?

    HotelsCombined has joined Team Booking (under the Kayak unit):- Booking Holdings Buys HotelsCombined as Kayak Expands Into Asia Pacific - Skift Analysts Are Puzzled Why Booking Holdings Acquired HotelsCombined - Skift
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    Orbitz and Cheaptickets for hotel bookings...are they reliable ?

    Orbitz is the main site I use to book hotels, supplemented by CheapTickets (which is part of the Orbitz group and very similar though not identical). Orbitz was founded by Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and later AA, over 17 years ago. It has a role in the quite interesting history of...
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    Full Body Scans And More Coming To Domestic Terminals

    TSA might let you keep everything in carry-on bags—in five years or so - Ars Technica New CT scanners used in airports could mean the end of liquid restrictions - Traveller
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    Air India flight infested with bed bugs in J

    Air India blames weather for bed bugs infestation - BBC News
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    SQ SIN-EWR to be relaunched on Oct 11

    BOOK NOW: Business Class Award Seats On The World’s Longest Flight! - One Mile at a Time
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    QF SC and points saga from RJ flights

    A binary in this case would seem too simplistic. While it is possible that QFF is absolutely unique in having crediting issues, it would not be at all surprising if other oneworld airlines consistently had problems with certain partners (and there may be recurrent offenders). In fact I would...
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    Upto 120,000 QFF for $0 Fee on Westpac Black Altitude

    I applied and was conditionally approved. I provided payslips the next morning then hours later received a text message saying to check my email. The email said I need to provide payslips ... Will resolve in branch.
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    Was the Distance between BKK & KUL being Deliberately misstated by QFF? [Now Fixed by QFF]

    Good to know. Now who is taking up the fight? :) I am already engaged with QFF on more than one matter and not in a position to open up a new front ...
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    Alcohol confiscated at Bangkok Airport in transit - isn't it a scam?

    There's only one thing you can do in these situations. Woman downs whole bottle of cognac at Beijing airport security control - The Guardian
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    QF SC and points saga from RJ flights

    I was also interested in the novelty of a new airline ... but then onboard you realise it's just a plane and it's not different to any other run-of-the-mill airline. Nothing about RJ stood out as noticeably good. It was just ticking another carrier off the list. The only thing I can recall is a...
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    St George Amplify Signature Card 60,000 Qantas/Amplify points - Annual fee $279

    Of course not everyone is interested in KF or AM. There would be ways around that, unless retention teams are eliminated entirely ...
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    Was the Distance between BKK & KUL being Deliberately misstated by QFF? [Now Fixed by QFF]

    Perhaps QF uses the distance from the closest fencelines of the two airports? The distance from the NW corner of KUL to the SE corner of BKK would feasibly be a couple of miles shorter than the distance from the SE corner of KUL to the NW corner of BKK. Additionally, perhaps AFF could write a...
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    St George Amplify Signature Card 60,000 Qantas/Amplify points - Annual fee $279

    I called to close the card recently and was transferred to the retention team but there was no retention offer of any kind. (Although I would have still cancelled even if they offered to waive fees.)
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    QF SC and points saga from RJ flights

    That's not too hard to deal with, as you did. "No record of travel" is a different magnitude ... With the RJ sagas it's not entirely clear but it would appear that QFF are not at fault. It appears that RJ is the problem.
  16. Strategic Aviation

    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    It is surprising and disappointing that JAL (an airline that literally bows to passengers) doesn't facilitate the transfer of passengers on a single PNR. Nonetheless, 4.5 hours is ample time to transfer between HND and NRT by own means. JAL advised that if a flight is delayed such that you have...
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    E-Rewards USA-bound airline comparison survey

    No idea. (But at least with e-Rewards you don't get offered surveys that have already filled their quota, which was a significant problem with RP.)
  18. Strategic Aviation

    The Planespotting/General AV Geek Thread

    I'm guessing Eurocopter EC130 (now known as Airbus H130).
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    E-Rewards USA-bound airline comparison survey

    Any mention of QF or none at all? e-Rewards seems to have pretty good geographic screening and it probably would have been VA, but then again any of those US airlines could be interested in Australian opinions too. Not just one airline. Airlines have always spent money on market research and...
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