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SYD - BXG (Bendigo) will be upgraded from Q200/300 -> Q400 from next month as well. Just noticed some schedule changes come through with an appreciable 25 min reduction in flight duration.

This is wrong. You can buy a Jetstar with Max fare with Qantas. It even earns at the older "Flexible Economy" earn rate where the newer bundles sold on jetstar.com only earn at the lower "Economy" rate. You will pay through the roof for it, however.

Large company I worked for sent someone to HKG just to collect some promotional collateral (posters and graphic panels) that were delayed in transit in order to support a product launch.

Yes I caught this flight recently from MEL. The check-in counters actually opened about 20-30 minutes early. I arrived before the check-in opened and there was a few people waiting in the line before it opened but not a huge amount. I did a bit of a slow lap around the check-in counters to burn...

Great - I always forget about needing the physical card, it's always stowed away in the overhead with my carry on. So this is a nice small improvement.

The Australian keeping lazy aviation journalism alive with the use of this amazing photo. I'm going to sorely miss flying the golden triangle on Rex's B747 - Queen of the Country!

The full report is surprisingly frank and forthcoming (by Qantas standards), although none of the content would surprise anyone in the slightest. Full report is here: https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/QANTAS-BOARD-GOVERNANCE-REVIEW-REPORT.pdf

MH is another that QF has access to without any QF content needing to be in the PNR (and vice versa).

I don't know about no food or drink, but I can definitely switch my brain off and just watch the flight map/look outside the window for longer flights (i.e. flights to South East Asia) and not touch the IFE or listen to any music and be completely unbothered.

Unless you are a solo traveller doing a large amount of flying over 2 or 3 month period then cancelling, I really don't see how anyone could see the value in this. - Need to repay $129 joining fee if you cancel and rejoin after 90 days - No extra baggage allowance after March next year - No...

This is absolutely my experience when not signed in. As soon as I sign in and the ads disappear, the issue with the page jumping around as you scroll (due to different ads loading at different times) disappears.

My experiences including QF475 SYD-MEL this evening and I'm quite happy with how this new process has been designed. It certainly addresses all of the pain points I had with the previous implementation priority boarding. I hope it rolls out to all of the other ports soon, I don't understand why...

They've always been there - but only on request. https://www.qantas.com/us/en/promotions/fly-qantas/our-inclusions.html "We've got a range of travel essentials available on request on all international flights."

ADL - MEL is only 643km which the Dash could easily do twice that distance non stop. Routes like SYD - BHQ at 932km one way. Or SYD - LDH which is 787km but as mentioned in the other Dash 8 thread they need to carry return fuel to get back to the mainland just incase they can't land on the...

Probably explains why a lot of regional routes were upgraded from Q300->Q400 recently. Would have been nice to see new aircraft announced for the turboprop fleet but with what? Not much happening in this space currently and they need something to tide themselves over for the next while. As...

I always find the time in the lounge seems to go quick anyway. 7 hours sounds like a long time but when I've done stints that long the time seems to have gone quite fast and I never got antsy or anything like that.

Nothing too exciting - my parents live there so when travelling with them I'll often start the trip from there for the extra SC. There used to be some pretty decent fares where you could tack the BXG-SYD leg (and v.v.) onto an itinerary for next to nothing but that mostly evaporated when the...

Yes this is pretty much spot on. At my previous company I used to analyse response data from Medallia and the NPS scale is 0-6 detractors, 7-8 passives, 9-10 promotors. In reality anything an 8 or under on the "Would you recommend x to a friend or family member?" question was looked at pretty...

How long did it take to deliver after ordering @sudoer? Did you process the order through the app?

Mainstream news outlet aviation reporting is cooked.