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Thank you MattG and JohnPhelan for your very helpful responses - I will try to change to 10 July.

The specific date is Saturday 9 July. If anyone with access to appropiate tools can check if a connection via BNE or MEL is possible, that would be a great help.

Thanks for the idea, but the ticket is through JAL - so EK will not be possible.

We (two adults) are flying a relativly complex discount business class itinerary from Sydney to Europe. The best option for the last leg of that journey for us is SIN-SYD with Qantas on a Saturday in July. However, as there is no D-class available on either Qantas flights (QF6 and QF82), we are...

Just to add to this, there is also a significant amount of Government travel to and from Berlin. So while the traditional business demand is relativly low, but growing thanks to many startup businesses in Berlin, there is strong leisure and Government demand. And the new airport should finally...

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion On this busy night on the east coast, I just want to comment on the QF 1/2/9/10 issues. I have been travelling from Australia to LHR a few times in the last few months and the major issue at the moment is DXB. The airport seems to be...

After flying QF 9 just last week, I can tell you that you get supper and full breakfast on the MEL-DXB sector and lunch only on the DXB-LHR sector. The Tasting Menu is not offered MEL-LHR. I cannot comment on QF 10 as I took QF 2 back to Australia.

Re: MEL First lounge joins PER RSA push I fully agree and since I became WP in 2009 I have seen the standards in the Flounge definitely slip. The service is much less pro-active (is that a result of staff cuts?) and, while they are still great lounges, the Flounges in SYD and MEL are now...

As someone who goes mostly on his own money and with a choice of destinations (From my base in Sydney I choose either to visit friends in Perth, Auckland, Singapore or further aflield), I was excited when Qantas announced the "International-style catering" on their East-West domestic flights...

I find it very hard to compare seat types that noone here has actually used and I personally very much enjoy the Skybed Mk II on the A380s due to its "shell" that is great when sleeping and overall very comfortable seat position, even for a very tall passenger like myself. Only real downside I...

Yes, the Flounge is very basic, but I nevertheless hope that Qantas will keep it - at least there is champagne ;)

When I looked into this in detail last year (for a booking for my parents), Qantas told me several times that Y and PE can be combined without financial "penalty", but that PE and J combinations would be priced as one-way PE plus one-way J and would result in a crazy high prize. I am not sure...

Absolutely not (unfortunately) and they do not even have regular 747 traffic

I agree 100%. QF will never be able to compete on cost (due to legacy issues, high Australian wages compared to overseas competitors), so the only logic choice for QF is to convince customers to choose them based on outstanding service - that has to be delivered in every class of travel and...

Re: Qantas to cut 1,000 Jobs. I agree on both points. However, the first point is not what you learn nowadays in business schools - the idea that various parts of the business depend on each other and that therefore cross-subsidising is a legitimate business action to improve the overall...

By chance I saw today a Qantas New Zealand credit card offer from ANZ: ANZ Platinum Visa Bonus Point Offer Sign up bonus is 20.000 points and 100 Status Credits and double status credits until 31 March 2014. By the way, you also get 1 Qantas point per NZD and all that is only 150 NZD per year...

On weekends? I really struggle to understand how QF wants to justify that (for about the same ticket price and even on the same route) you get free alcoholic drinks Monday to Friday, but not if you happen to fly on Saturday or Sunday :o

Re: Sucessful ASA Bookings booked at classic rates Reference Guide Aug 2013 | Business | DRW-ADL-SYD | 36k + $290

I second that, particularly in terms of international business class breakfast between Asia and Australia. I really struggle to understand how anyone (a beancounter?) could think that it is OK to offer a miserable breakfast service on the Asis-Australia flights a) to save money, and/or b) just...

That is correct, but QF charges more points and a much higher co-payment (due to fuel fines) for awards compared with many other programs, including other Oneworld programs (such as AA). Therefore it would be very nice from Qantas Frequent Flyer perspective and commercially probably prudent from...