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Are the passenger numbers up or down with Qantas SYD/LAX so far in 2024 ? Are the A380s flying at capacity of less ? A friend recently flew and informed me that they thought the cabin (J) was at only around 60-70% capacity in both directions.

I need to get to LAX from BNE, as cheaply as possible on the first or second of July to an engagement. I would only be there for a few days , hopefully returning on or about July 7 or 8. I know this is the US Summer and 4th July. Preferably direct or one brief lay over in AKL, or HNL if I can...

With a few dollars that I won at a casino a few weeks ago at a Christmas party, a friend suggested that instead of flying Business Class to the UK as I had intended next May, I should use the windfall to enjoy a First Class ticket instead. Never having been one to splash out, although I must say...

I have a friend who has used Gatwick as their point of entry to the UK for a number of trips, arriving from Australia after a stop over in AMS and says that they will never go through LHR again as at LGW the arrival is smoother, has less people and less likely to have delays. Same goes for...

Wanting to give Qatar Airways a try on my next trip to the UK, I tried to book flying SYD/ DOH with a one day stop over in Doha, before flying to LHR, then returning with a three night stop over in Doha.it wasn't working doing an on line booking, so I called the airline directly. I was informed...

Having been spoilt by the on board lounge/bar of Virgin flying SYD?LAX, I am now looking to find an airline and aircraft type that can give me a similar experience when I fly SYD/LHR in a few months time. Looking at the Qantas Dreamliner PER/LHR, there does not seem to be one of these little...

I am going to the US shortly and due to a back complaint, I require to lie down on flights over an hour long. My trips would be from Los Angeles to New York and New York to Denver, Dallas and Las Vegas. Reading reviews it seems that some airlines (Delta & American) sell the seats as First Class...

One of my adult children has asked me to accompany them on a flight to Singapore with Scoot. Not normally a low cost carrier flyer myself, I am looking at flying (& shouting them the difference) a Scoot Biz Class Seat if I am to go with them. The return journey to the Gold Coast entails an...

Following on from a friends recent experience of not being able to access a Qantas Lounge on arrival at around 6.00am, despite being a QF Club member and flying Business Class, we have since met up and found that his enquiries to Qantas were met with this reply : or similar words in their brief...

For the first time I am arriving in Melbourne with Qantas around 0530 and would like to use the QF lounge in domestic T1 to freshen up etc. As my baggage will be on the carousel, but the lounge is on the departures side of security, does it mean that I will need to collect my bag, place into a...

I am about to book a Business Class seat for my wife and I to Rome and found that Finnair have a good price currently from SYD to European cities including Rome. I have found that they fly out of SIN & HKG from SYD connections. I see the connections to these ports use Cathay, BA and Qantas. I...

I have not long got off a direct flight to CFS from MEL. Although I was booked with QF and had no worries, a fellow pax who I know came on board telling me he was not a happy chappie. You see he was booked on the Virgin Direct flight to CFS and was off loaded due to the flight cancellation...

A friend in the travel industry has been praising the service and quality of Finnair. While the airline does not fly from Australia, it is a ONE WORLD member which means that to connect with them from Asia to Europe, you can use a One World carrier from Australia to SIN or HKG. Thence use...

I used to be a member of the BA Executive Club when I was living and working in Hong Kong a few years ago. I travelled mainly HKG/LHR and built up a number of "Avios" (FF Points) as they are now called. I used most of them up and when they expired after I had moved to Australia I left BA...

Others here may also be readers of Australian Business Traveller, but if you haven't read this story, about what is a "Lie Flat Bed" and what is a "Recliner", you may find it interesting that some airlines do not always tell the truth when it comes to describing their Business Class seats as...

Now that I am recently retired and not flying so much these days, I have found time to clean out some of my old suitcases, briefcases etc. Opening an old brief case that has seen better days, I am finding old boarding passes, tickets (yes, the old tear out kind) in flight mags and timetables. I...

My wife wants to book a sleeper for a long leg (SYD/DBX, rtn) with Qantas or Emirates on a trip to Europe. Between us we have well over 150K Qantas FF Points. Looking at the QF web site when we try to book Business Class Seats using our Points, it returns invariably: None Available. If we try...

Not having been on a A380 before and would like to go Business Class, & the idea of having place to "hang out" on a long haul where there is a bar sounds appealing. Looking at promotional video of the A380,it shows a bar in an upstairs area (or so it seems). Not wishing to be confined to a...

I normally do not care where I sit when flying, but travelling on a holiday with my wife, she wishes to choose our seats. Recently we booked a flight on line and she could not choose our seats until we had given our credit card details and locked in the flights, only to find we had to sit in...

I usually travel alone, but for this trip my wife will be joining me. She doesn't usually fly very far due to a spinal disability with her back. We have about 200K Qantas FF points between us and we feel that on a long haul (i.e.SYD/LHR) we should use points & pay to get her a Business class...