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Yes, the rules for Qantas Club membership are that you need to be flying Qantas in economy or premium economy (or Jetstar or I think maybe Emirates under certain conditions) to access a Qantas Club lounge. If flying business or above, you have access to One World lounges.

Oh … I just assumed this thread was a reference to the FF program itself … nothing to see here, carry on!

Google Flights right now are showing return to Rome in J for about $11.5k, for two, flying Royal Jordanian and … I think SAS. For next Feb. The return leg has some long waits in airports, mind you … there was another combo including Singapore for about $13k, it had shorter connection waits.

@JohnK ... do you actually have an ANZ credit card? 🙃 Are you sure the scam isn't them selling upvotes (ie. marketing - pretending to give real 5-star reviews) to the places you're voting for, which is probably down at the more immoral end of a scale between immoral & illegal?

Of course, the very best way to travel as parents would be in J, then send the kids down the back for the Y pax & staff to deal with - bingo/bango, perfick flight!

Maths, it’s maths not math. :) Points should, IMHO, be considered a pleasant surprise that’s potentially a lucky side-effect of something you were going to do anyway. Plenty of people pay a lot of money to achieve points, same as plenty of people avoid income to avoid paying tax. There are...

#1 has always been the case hasn’t it? I didn’t think QF were particularly an outlier on the food front … maybe the others you’ve experienced all improved their Y food while QF spent the last decade wallowing? QF’s aircraft are getting pretty old … they seem to keep ‘em forever & when was the...

^ Looks very pyramid-scheme, ref Amway, to me.

I’d have chosen what you chose for the same reason … whole family together, that’s FTW, and lower cost is a bonus. :)

Good ol’ Hardy Colin! Hardiest bloke I know!!

I’m pretty sure that’s them. I was given a little card over 5 years ago, I think it was in with one of those Hello Fresh or similar boxes of ingredients & recipes. Something like $100 value of wine, but you had to sign up. I did. And I’m pretty sure where this comes from (have had it before).

Lame attempt from some "wine club" today. Called me & asked whether it was a good time ... I said no, and also that we're moving so I'm not buying ... then he started trying REALLY hard to sell me, so I just hung up.

I have to say, if their website isn’t lying then they’ve very much upped their inflight meal game since 2018! https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/on-board/fleet/onboard_dining_introductions

I think the modern process is to assume something is bad because it's marketed by Qantas. :) I've been served well by credit card insurance in the past, but nothing that terrible happened to me (just the one rental excess when I tried to push an Adelaide hotel down from the inside using a...

We definitely didn't have this SYD-TPE in 2018 ... can't recall anything about service speed, but I had plenty of time to toss & turn fruitlessly for at least 5-6 hours then getting a movie in before I-wish-I-hadn't-ordered-the-congee. :)

Yes … total weight limits for the aircraft, also the overhead lockers can’t hold an infinite weight (although they’ll handle a helluva lot more than the allowed maximum :)). FA’s also need to move hand-luggage at times.

I've heard their in-flight service is somewhat ... aggressive!

I think the Stuff you used to be able to buy on points costs a lot more points now than it used to 15-ish years ago, but back then even though my travelling workmates would tell me it was a "bad use of points instead of getting J upgrades" we just never had an opportunity to go anywhere. And...

To be honest & having thought about it over the weekend, apart from a few Maccas meals tasting more unusual than normal & potentially the occasional child's party ... how did so many people even notice a clown strike?

I’d be pretty certain that’s a gross simplification for the purpose of avoiding a super detailed technical explanation. :)