AVOD - Audio Video On Demand

[simongr]

Well she must be with him for his money rather than wit and personality...

 

[Shano]

Well I would class Borat as a step above Ali G

 

[tscharke]

Re: OT

... I don't mind his missus however.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

"Strewth! stone the flamin' crows...that's that home and away sheila!!!"

 

[simongr]

Well I would class Borat as a step above Ali G

I wouldnt step over him - especially if wearing heavy boots..

 

[garyjohn951]

QF30 today HK to MEL- no avod, 3 movies tops plus 12 radio stations. according to chap next to me happened to him 10 days ago on QF29 on the way up.
Would have been great for the families expecting movies and games to keep them quiet.
Today's flight was full in Y.
Oh and none of the movies were G.

Top prices and this continues to happen. Back to CX for the next trip. stuff the 100% bonus points.

 

[simongr]

Top prices and this continues to happen. Back to CX for the next trip. stuff the 100% bonus points.

Re the 100% bonus - that's what AA is for

I was annoyed to be dumped onto QF as they failed to issue my ticket for my CX flight and when I went to check in the CX flight was full.

 

[garyjohn951]

Re the 100% bonus - that's what AA is for

Why would I join AA ? I don't fly enough for top status with them. I get QF Plat, enjoy F lounges [based in Melb] and ok lose some points. but Status points are what I'm mainly after.

Two O/S trips in D, MEL-HKG-HEL-FRA-SIN-MEL AND MEL-SYD-JNB-SYD-MEL gives 1000 points, and I do about 350 points in red-eye deals in aussie and NZ [three times to NZ - love F lounge as these are late flights and a lovely sitdown 3 course meals] Also only about 50000 miles not 100000 miles to get top tier in AA. probably most of the domestic on AA would get points anyway.

 

[JohnK]

Also only about 50000 miles not 100000 miles to get top tier in AA. probably most of the domestic on AA would get points anyway.

That would depend on the types of airfare purchased. If you are someone like me who flies on deep discount economy tickets domestic and international then forget about AA Executive Platinum and even AA Platinum qualification of 50000 miles is way out of reach.

 

[simongr]

Why would I join AA ? I don't fly enough for top status with them. I get QF Plat, enjoy F lounges [based in Melb] and ok lose some points. but Status points are what I'm mainly after.

Two O/S trips in D, MEL-HKG-HEL-FRA-SIN-MEL AND MEL-SYD-JNB-SYD-MEL gives 1000 points, and I do about 350 points in red-eye deals in aussie and NZ [three times to NZ - love F lounge as these are late flights and a lovely sitdown 3 course meals] Also only about 50000 miles not 100000 miles to get top tier in AA. probably most of the domestic on AA would get points anyway.

Didn't mean any offence - don't forget you get the bonus on BA that AA doesnt get so it's not a one-way street. If I wasnt guaranteed EXP (certainly this year) - I would most likely go back to QF. My advantage from bein gin AAdvantage has been taken this year through our massive luxury trip - not much need for that in the next couple of years so a return to QF might be an option...

 

[serfty]

Don't forget that for those deep discount aficionado's, 100 segments in any earning class will get EXP!

 

[garyjohn951]

Don't forget that for those deep discount aficionado's, 100 segments in any earning class will get EXP!

I did 9 sements in D class and got 1000 SC's and the rest was in cheapest economy avaialble in Aussie and NZ, ie QF specials at $89 eacg way Mel-Syd, so that was a further 28 segments.

Total of 47 segments only.

 

[simongr]

One thing though serfty - it depends what people want from their status - if flying lots of deep discount domestic then being OWE rather than OWS does not incur that much more in the way of benefits (until the establishment of the new OWE/J lounges in SYD/MEL/BNE[?])

If I am reading it correctly then flying 100 deep discount flights and crediting to AA will get you 0 AA miles but AA EXP. Doing the same on QF would get you 100,000 QFF points and QF SG. In that instance I would be inclined towards QFF...

 

[garyjohn951]

One thing though serfty - it depends what people want from their status - if flying lots of deep discount domestic then being OWE rather than OWS does not incur that much more in the way of benefits (until the establishment of the new OWE/J lounges in SYD/MEL/BNE[?])

If I am reading it correctly then flying 100 deep discount flights and crediting to AA will get you 0 AA miles but AA EXP. Doing the same on QF would get you 100,000 QFF points and QF SG. In that instance I would be inclined towards QFF...

Agree fully. If only do my normal one J trip a year, then SG it is and majority on deep disc domestic fares.

 

[JohnK]

If I am reading it correctly then flying 100 deep discount flights and crediting to AA will get you 0 AA miles but AA EXP. Doing the same on QF would get you 100,000 QFF points and QF SG. In that instance I would be inclined towards QFF...

Wouldn't you still get AA points but just need to avoid N class which is the higher of the red-edeals airfares and also Q class but I have only seen this on NZ domestic and international flights. With AA I think you also earn 500 miles minimum on short routes without taking status into consideration.

 

[Petch]

if flying lots of deep discount domestic then being OWE rather than OWS does not incur that much more in the way of benefits (until the establishment of the new OWE/J lounges in SYD/MEL/BNE[?])

Do not underestimate the "anytime Qantas Club access" that QF Platinum delivers, something which is not available to 1W Emeralds. This enables me to turn domestic Qantas Clubs into an arrivals lounge + a meet&greet facility + drop-off-drink-bonvoyage + legit-JQ-access... for me+2! YMMV

 

[simongr]

Wouldn't you still get AA points but just need to avoid N class which is the higher of the red-edeals airfares and also Q class but I have only seen this on NZ domestic and international flights. With AA I think you also earn 500 miles minimum on short routes without taking status into consideration.

So it is possible to get into the situation I described which I think is quite ironic in a way.

 

[serfty]

Travelling N (or Q) class on Qantas will not earn a single AAdvantage point, nor will one get a segment credit, so no status that way.

Travel in O class and you'll earn a minimum 500 AAdvantage points per segment and a segment credit.

If starting from scratch, and ONLY flying segments < 500 miles in O class, one would earn 500 miles per segment for the first 30, accumulating 15,000. At this time the Gold Status 25% bonus kicks in and 625 are earned for the next 30 flights; another 18,750. After that, the Plat 100% bonus doubles the earned miles from then on. By the 100th flight, another 40,000 miles would be earned giving 73,750 AAdvantage miles.

Now, what was the topic of this thread?

Oh yes, AVOD - Audio Video On Demand - good thing it's in the Playground ...

 

[simongr]

I t hink we left the topic behind a fair while ago...

 

[straitman]

I t hink we left the topic behind a fair while ago...

Topic :?: What do you mean :?:

 

[simongr]

It's a chocolate, nougat and hazlenut bar...