July 2010

[pandafyed]

Hello everyone!

Didn't see anything for July 2010, so thought I would get it rolling!

My flights for my honeymoon (YAY!!!)
14/07 - 13:30 - MEL to SIN
14/07 - 22:55 - SIN to CDG
15/07 - 07:15 - CDG to FCO

27/08 - 23:30 - CDG to SIN
28/08 - 19:45 - SIN to MEL

(Sorry no flight numbers, left at home, too lazy to look up)


I'm not a frequent flyer, though I wish I was...

 

[SFSC]

Mrs SFSC & Self:

1 July BNE Dom 12:00 - 13:30 Can guest 2 (QP only)

 

[Voyages]

[SIZE=2]Date     Time    Location    Lounge            Flight   Guest[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]===============================================================[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]01 JUL   06:30   GIG  T1     Admirals Club     LA 757    1[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]03 JUL   08:30   SCL  Int    LAN VIP Lounge    LA 4631   1[/SIZE] 
[SIZE=2]05 JUL   12:00   EZE  T1     A/C or Centurion  QF 18     1[/SIZE] 
[SIZE=2]06 JUL   19:00   SYD  T3     QF J Lounge       QF 785    2[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]13 JUL   09:30   ADL  T1     QP                QF 680    2[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]13 JUL   12:40   MEL  T1     QF J Lounge       QF 812    2[/SIZE]

 

[Andyzx]

Flights

Wed 14 Jul, 22:50 Melbourne QF029
Thu 15 Jul, 23:45 Hong Kong BA028 J lounge 1 guest

I have a few more on returning from the uk in Aug.

If anyone could guest me to MEL Intl 1st lounge on the evening of the 14th that would be very cool.

 

[Alanslegal]

01/07 bkk – cai (ms961) ~23:30
04/07 cai – bcn (ms767) ~10:00
05/07 bcn – pna (ib8414) ~13:00
08/07 pna – bcn (ib8409) ~15:00
15/07 nce – lhr (ba349) ~18:30
17/07 lhr – lax (aa137) ~ 10:00
17/07 lax – las (aa741) ~16:00
21/07 las – dfw (aa481) ~10:00
23/07 dfw – anc (aa278) ~14:00
27/07 anc – ord (aa290) ~21:30
30/07 ord – yvr (aa2397) ~08:00

 

[Will]

09JUL10 0900-1030 OOL JQ Lounge Guest 1
17JUL10 1230-1345 CNS QF Lounge Guest 1
18JUL10 1800-1900 MEL T1 QF J Lounge Guest 1

 

[Verde]

Re: July 2010 - Quest for Gold

I'm not quite taking MRs, except to travel to locations I'd have postponed visiting (ie. MIA instead of SEA and SFO) - plus paying for HUP fares rather than economy with AA (and going via ORD to maximise SC... and via NAN with AirPacific to maximise SC - though at the time of booking it was also cheaper than Qantas and equal with United... though if I'd waited longer I could have gone United for $500 less but without any QFF SC).

July 3rd 11:35am - Qantaslink NTL to BNE
July 4th - AirPacific BNE to NAN to LAX
July 6th 11:55pm - AA LAX-ORD-FLL (I should turn silver on this flight)
July 10th 8:25am - AA MIA-ORD-SLC
July 14th 3:06pm - Delta SLC-LAX
July 14th AirPacific LAX-NAN-BNE
July 16th 2:35pm Jetstar BNE-NTL

I've been lurking here for several months... learnt a lot between here and flyertalk. By my calculations this will get me over the line to be Gold with QFF once I hit BNE.

It'll be interesting to see if I'm still keen on taking detours for extra SC by the time I get back to Australia or if I'll decide this is no longer a suitable hobby and should become purely functional. Hopefully I'll still be enjoying flying by the time I get back and then have the added bonus of qantas club lounge access via gold QFF status upon return.

My next challenge is to sort out if I can get any kind of meaningful hotel status or if I should look at platinum QFF for next year (which probably would require a MR or four in the USA if I went for it). Reading how nice the First Class Lounge is makes it sound very tempting (however, I am about equal distance from Melbourne and Canberra so both make for good weekenders for hotel status). I hope those Qantaslink sales keep coming back every six months or so, my nearest airports are Albury (85 minute drive) and Wagga (100 minutes).

I wrote up a comparison of Albury-Sydney flights a while back incase anyone is interested. It is just Brindabella to Canberra and Rex to Melbourne I haven't tried so far. I guess I should aim to fly them sometime just to finish the "set" (flying every possible regular route and carrier out of Albury).

 

[harvyk]

One trip planned for me in July...

25/7 - CBR - SYD - QF560
25/7 - SYD - HKG - QF127
26/7 - HKG - PVG - CX364
30/7 - PVG - HKG - CX365
30/7 - HKG - SYD - QF128
31/7 - SYD - CBR - QF1471

I can guest someone into the QP for all QF flights.

If someone could guest me into the F lounge in SYD (25/7) or HKG (30/7) or into any lounge in HKG (26/7) or PVG (30/7) it would be much appreciated.

 

[harvyk]

I'm not a frequent flyer, though I wish I was...

Whilst you don't say who you are flying with, if it's QF sign up to wollies everyday rewards and get QFF membership for free...

 

[tuapekastar]

This is a first draft. Times are approximate and lounges may change.
T0 indicates it doesn't have a number, or I don't know (yet) what the number is.
Any guesting subject to any applicable rules (e.g. the 'same flight' rule)

03 JUL JTR T0 OA No lounge access 2000-2200
04 JUL ATH T0 BA J Lounge 1140-1310 Can guest 1
23 JUL LHR T3 BA J Lounge 1015-1130 Can guest 1
27 JUL HEL T2 AY J Lounge 1200-1330 Can guest 1
28 JUL LHR T3 AA F Lounge 0845-1015 Can guest 1
31 JUL LAX T0 AA J Lounge 0800-0850 Can guest 1

 

[serfty]

24JUL MEL T2 KC 0915-1015 Can guest 1*
24JUL AKL DM KC 1640-1710 Can guest 1
25JUL WLG DM KC 1040-1140 Can guest 1
25JUL AKL IN KC 1800-1900 Can guest 1*
31JUL MEL IN FL 1600-1730 Can Guest 1

*Also have access to International Qantas J lounge

 

[Will]

09JUL10 0900-1030 OOL JQ Lounge Guest 1
17JUL10 1230-1345 CNS QF Lounge Guest 1
18JUL10 1800-1900 MEL T1 QF J Lounge Guest 1
30JUL10 0500-0600 MEL T1 QF J Lounge Guest 2
30JUL10 0800-0945 SYD F Lounge Guest 1 (Must be on QF63)

 

[medhead]

Here is my travel for July. Times are scheduled flight times. happy to guest, I usually get there about an hour before flight time, or 2 hours in Sydney.

5/07/10  	0600	QF730	ADL  QP 1 Guest
8/07/10	        2045	QF785	SYD  QP 1 Guest
12/07/10	0600	QF730	ADL  QP 1 Guest
15/07/10	2045	QF785	SYD  QP 1 Guest
19/7/10         0600    DJ401   ADL  No lounge access
22/07/10	2045	QF785	SYD  QP 1 Guest
26/07/10	0600	QF730	ADL  QP 1 Guest
29/07/10	2045	QF785	SYD  QP 1 Guest

 

[flychrisfly]

Here are my July trips. Happy to guest 1 person before each flight. I usually arrive 1.5 to 2 hours before.

Dep Date At Arr With
SYD Thu 08/07/2010 16:15 SIN QF31
SIN Thu 08/07/2010 23:20 FRA QF5
FRA Fri 09/07/2010 10:30 BUD MA521
DBV Thu 29/07/2010 14:30 LGW BA2883

 

[Keith009]

04JUL MEL QF F 0810-0940 (QF93) - able to host x 1, must be traveling on QF93
04JUL LAX T4 AA F 0815-1150 (AA793) - able to host x 1
16JUL SFO UA RCC 1800-1840 (UA931) - able to host x 2
18JUL LAX T4 AA F 1800-1830 (AA1798) - able to host x 1

 

[Will]

09JUL10 0900-1030 OOL JQ Lounge Guest 1
17JUL10 1230-1345 CNS QF Lounge Guest 1
18JUL10 1800-1900 MEL T1 QF J Lounge Guest 1
30JUL10 0500-0600 MEL T1 QF J Lounge Guest 2
30JUL10 0800-0945 SYD F Lounge Guest 1 (Must be on QF63)

Also:

31JUL10 1900-2100 JNB BA FLounge/ Shongololo Lounge Guest 1

 

[wtolmie]

Circle Asia trip.. J all the way..
Usually arrive 1.5hrs before..

09/07 11:15 FOC - SHA (MU5598)
09/07 16:10 PVG - ORD (AA288) +1
09/07 18:40 ORD - MKE (AA5096) +1

05/08 14:35 MKE - ORD (AA5009) No Lounge
05/08 18:25 ORD - LAX (AA889) +1 in AA Flagship Lounge
05/08 22:20 LAX - SYD (QF12) +1 in QF Flounge (TBIT - Term 4)

10/08 07:35 SYD - HKG (CX110) +1 in QF FLounge
10/08 17:25 HKG - FOC (KA662) +1 in CX Flounge

 

[SimonM]

30/06 09:20 OOL-AKL JQ239
30/06 18:30 AKL-WAG NZ2757
02/07 21:30 PMR-AKL NZ8344
03/07 06:05 AKL-OOL JQ238

PMR-AKL arrives at 10:35pm, check-in for JQ238 starts at 04:00-ish. Thinking I might not bother with a hotel and just loiter around AKL INT.

 

[Bundy Bear]

21JUL BNE DOM J 1:30-2:00PM Can guest 2
21JUL SYD F 4:00-6:00PM Can guest 1
25JUL AKL F 2:30-3:30PM Can guest 1

Yes sports fans that is a F lounge, I am not going mad or flying F on this trip.

I am probably just as shocked writing it as for those just reading it. :shock:

 

[straitman]

24JUL MEL DOM J 05:45-06:10AM Can guest 4
24JUL SYD F 08:20-09:30PM Can guest 2