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Just got back from JNB in First. Wouldn’t rush to the BA lounge early if you don’t need to. Dining room was at least private, but the food average. Pasta was inedible, burger fine but could have gotten one in the terminal for 100rand. Moet champagne was on offer. Got there at about 3. It was...

I think people forget how remote parts of Australia are. It’s not unusual for aircraft to fly “extended diversion” operations over continental Australia as there just aren’t suitable landing sites. In this instance, say the plane landed at Alice or Longreach (both suitable for a 73), nobody...

This is an oddly standard Indian thing. One of my friends fathers proudly bought a new Accord 20 years ago. It’s still got the plastic wrap on the sun visors, door kick plates, stereo screen etc etc.

Legend, thanks. I might drop in for it then. Was just going to kill some time at the SAA museum in the morning

Had the same issue in Paris. Nearly missed a flight. Took 45 minutes to get a car at about 7am

Has anyone used the BA F dining area recently? I’m in F on QF64 so deciding if it’s worth going an hour early for or not. Looks like the BA lounge opens at 2 now so works for the 18:45 departure this time of year.

Well… not really. You dared someone to state that people in the Philippines were dumber than equivalent Australians. You’ve now run off on a bizarre tangent. I’m unsure as to what you mean by “if you can’t say anything nice…”, so I’ll assume the point has gone over your head.

It’s not about stupidity. It’s about life experience, skills and training. We are generally calling these call centres for a service that is simply beyond the life experience of these people. They are unlikely to ever set foot outside the Philippines. You think they give a flying f about your...

Yep I’ve been doing this flight for years. Hot turn inbound from Europe or South Africa and then head straight home. Quick unpack annd into bed - kills the jet lag. Only issue is that I find the main meal service to be too early in the flight. I’d prefer to nap and then have an early dinner...

What would maybe make more sense is actually bringing a bit of culture into the announcements? SAA says Sawubona rather than “howzit”, NZ Kia Ora rather than “choice bro”. It’s an actual acknowledgement of their culture, rather than a condescending statement that foreigners wouldn’t understand...

TBH I’d have pushed a bit. Good chance they’d have caved when lodging an AFCA complaint.

JNB has always suffered, even back to the jumbo days. It’s why I stopped flying qantas

I believe the crew position on the HEL-BKK-HEL sectors, so it’s pretty unproductive to do just the one Australia trip. The sooner Qantas get this in house the better.

The referral is back up to 20,000 points (for giver and receiver). I’ll re-bump my referral! 5BF785 Identity - pay.com.au

Yep. As a contrast, years ago on an RJ flight one of the flight attendants dropped an entire tray of boarding drinks on me departing AMM. She was apologetic… but during the flight the purser remarked “well it was your fault”. Really not sure how they came to that conclusion. Needless to say, was...

That’s what the ground handler is for. Qantas probably has a station manager in JNB, but everyone else is contracted. It’s the same for every non-south African airline there (and even some of the local airlines). Qantas simply calls ahead to whoever they contract (I’d assume Bidvest) and says...

Ok well that does make sense. And it’s a good result. Breaking a married segment rule can be problematic.

Has anyone had any experience trying to transfer money out of this card? Say I were to decide to blow $60K at the Waldorf Astoria in NY (so transfer 50K above my limit into the account) however then change my mind and cancel it, can I retrieve the funds?

Was it an AY to AY connection within 24 hours? Could be true in that case (married segments). That said… does anyone believe an email would come back in a few minutes?

I’ve only booked two of these in the last year and hearing that like has me tearing my hair out. It’s a blatant lie (like most of the BS that comes from the call centres) but there seems to be nothing that can be done. I’m dreading adding a single JFK-DFW in a few weeks when it opens up.