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I’ve been taking more than 100ml through Heathrow and London City for at least 2 years now. I don’t think it was ever officially confirmed, but if you went through a lane with the new scanners then the limits don’t apply. Similarly most airports in Europe. This was Rome in 2024

Getting capacity into LHR is probably more important to Qantas and the Australian government than SYD/MEL is to BA and the UK government. Qantas won’t make a fuss about BA. They want their LHR slots without a fuss too.

Having regularly been on both, the older seats are more comfortable for sleeping.

Not to mention surcharges weren’t as ingrained in the UK before they were banned courtesy of the EU. They were common on airlines and taxis, and amusingly when paying for government services, and buying concert tickets etc, but they weren’t that common at shops and cafes like they are in...

Only those of us who dare to hold allegiance to another nation

This is something I posted about elsewhere before. The Australian airlines have successfully tricked the government and public into thinking a full refund is the best option. It’s often the worst option - refund your cheap pre-booked flights and force you to buy a new last minute flight at a...

The US president has now suggested the war is “very complete” and markets have already reacted with the oil price coming back down and shares in the green. Hopefully the Iranians agree and we’re back to relative normality soon.

Yep hints at changes at least to transparency of surcharges, but hopefully goes a lot further and bans them completely like in the UK & Europe. Though I will say that NZ is now even worse than Australia with 2.5% - 3% surcharges

There was actually a media release 4 days ago, from their March meeting. See: Payments System Board Update: March 2026 Meeting | Media Releases

Emirates have been flying over Russia (and the Arctic) on some of their DXB to USA routes, I think Dallas and west coast cities.

For anyone looking to rebook through Asia, BA has now added an extra 2 direct flights between London and Singapore, on Tuesday and Thursday. They had also added Bangkok to London on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

You do need to read the policies carefully, especially the exclusions. I looked into Covermore last year and found their cancellation cover excluded pretty much every reason you could think of for not travelling apart from being unexpectedly medically unfit for travel. They also did not cover...

This is what BBC has just reported

I’m meant to be flying London to Singapore on a BA reward on 2 April and then have a separate QF reward from SIN to MEL. Similar nested bookings for my return. I’m starting to get a little nervous if those reward seats will hold, if ME airline capacity is still constrained over the high demand...

Normally for UK/EU261 meal and accomodation claims you keep receipts and upload them to the airline for reimbursement, though sometimes the airline will book the hotel for you I once had a BA flight from Marseille to London cancelled, asked them to rebook me on the flight from Lyon in a few...

There have been a few years where I got the 4 QF flights on Emirates

Well they will certainly be making a profit on it!

Any idea how much they are charging for it? I guess they got one of EK’s landing slots at LHR? Good timing, I’d take that if it was a regular option over the 6am arrival into London.

What about QF33 PER-CDG? No SIN detour for that service?

Yes that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. My comment was about the people who fly there to immediately fly back on the same aircraft and don’t even book a 1 night hotel in the destination.