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On the international legs, not really. Flying domestic in the US, yes it does - mainly in terms of lounge access (Flagship Lounge) and the checkin/boarding process on AA domestic and American Eagle flights. Yes, they have followed the letter of their rules, no dispute there. I'm just...

...and ouch it hurts. I'm a long time QFF (and AFF) member, happily enjoying my WP membership for the last decade on the back of paying cash for QF International First flights. Never quite made Platinum One but have about a 1600 SC annual average over the last 10 years. Never once failed to...

According to the QF timetable, the A380 is only flying SYD-HKG until 12 April, when it reverts to a 744 until 26 May. As I won't be flying this week, there goes that option. It doesn't look like JL are of much help - they appear only to fly a 763 between SIN and NRT. The SIN-HKG sector is...

Thanks all for the quick and very helpful responses! The EK flight idea does help thanks - I can't make it part of a one world fare (unless it has QF flight numbers) but at least it'd be an SC earner. Sounded good, but I saw MEL_Traveller's note that I just missed that option. This...

It's been a long time since I've been on AFF, with my absence tied to a lack of international travel as a result of having a second child.... It appears that quite a lot has changed since I last booked an overseas flight around 18 months ago. I used to book the OneWorld ACIR22 Circle Pacific...

It's most certainly possible as a WP. I've done exactly that on several occasions over the last few years, usually for 2 seats. It seems a bit harder to request when the flights are a long way into the future, but we've had good success having seats opened up for flights leaving within the...

Yes, I stand corrected on my original statement. Date Description Base points Cabin bonus Status bonus Total points Status credits xx FEB 14 QF 012 FIRST xxFEB14 LOS ANGELES/SYDNEY 7,491 7,491 7,491 22,473 270 Under today's changes that flight would have netted me 29,250 points and 270...

I'd have to go and check now, but from memory my SYD-LAX flights in F earned 30k+ points. I'm willing to stand corrected if that's not the case - just means there's only 3 negative changes for me in tonight's email, not 4.

Wow. Pretty much all of my core earning is impacted by this: 1. "Status bonus stays the same" - except as a WP paying for First where you used to get 100% of the F points as a bonus but you now get 100% of the Y points. So actually that's a 50% reduction in status bonus. 2. First flights...

I had tried that - my closest newsagent doesn't do deliveries, so I've got no idea which of the other newsagents nearby might be responsible for dropping it off each morning. Of course I'm never up early enough on a Saturday morning to collar the delivery guy either.

Thanks - I will give them a try in the morning. Of course I now feel pretty stupid not thinking of that myself...

As much as I hate to drag this thread back from the dead, I find myself with the opposite problem - how to make the papers stop? My "1 year subscription" should have finished back in May 2013 yet is still being delivered every week, nearly 10 months after it should have stopped. I've now got...

It's just that I'd sooner bend the rules for a customer "because when we buy xx_ we always buy from you" rather than "because I buy xx_ all the time and if you don't help me out I'll buy from someone else". That's not to say we wouldn't help out the more-frequent-less-loyal customers in that...

It's important to remember that loyalty from the consumer's point of view is a bit like monogamy - you might only get some once a year but you're still being loyal to one partner. I have customers in one of my businesses who make repeat purchases once every decade or so. They're loyal not...

So yet again inconsistency rules when it comes to QF service. Personally I'm amazed to think they *wouldn't* reserve you a table - you're flying F with a 'full service' airline, they know when you will be arriving into the lounge and how many people will be with you, and it's beyond the scope...

I agree entirely - it does seem like QF holds back on offering the services as if they're afraid people might want to use them. The only way I found out there were private rooms in the SYD F lounge that could be booked by passengers was to read about it here on AFF. I've never once been told...

The bus certainly is the weak link in what is supposed to be a premium flying experience. At least on the way out the bus is just a prelude to the better experiences to come, but on the way in it is quite a shock to go from the comfort of the F cabin into the back of a massive queue of people...

Circle Pacific fares need to include a south-east Asian port, and only the xCIR29SA fares can be used to fly through South America. You can easily drop HKG into the trip flying CX from the US and QF or CX back to Australia, and you don't need to stopover in Hong Kong if you don't want to - just...

Re: First photos: Qantas reveals new Hong Kong, Los Angeles lounges As long as they can manage to install a WiFi connection at LAX that works with more than 5 people in the lounge then the rest of the revamp is just a bonus.

My recent QF F flights over the last few months have all been in full cabins. SYD-LAX does seem the busiest overall however the SYD-HKG flights I've taken have all had 14 seats occupied as well. By contrast my CX flights HKG-LAX recently were completely full in J yet only myself and one other...