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I flew SYD-ADL recently on QF and the hot J meal was some warmed sausage roll bites. Not indifferent to the “Patties” once’s I’d reheated in the oven the evening before after a few too many drinks with friends. Both airlines offer a pretty ordinary business service. That’s consistent...

Depends on your gate. And how much you drink. Peroni bar have always been pretty unpleasant about PP (always get a lecture about using it). Mach 2 is fine. Food is ok. If you are planning to spend a bit of time and will have more than 2 drinks, then go to The House. If you have an unlimited...

I did not. I don’t believe one is offered. I carry the T&Cs and a copy of the statement in which I met the spend requirement for insurance.

TBH it’s not a terrible card. The 60K spend is annoying but workable (would be better without the reduced earn after 2.5k per month). I’ve definitely gotten $500 value out of my star gold. Long haul sectors are always in J but I’ll happily fly Y on anything less than 2H so the lounge/baggage is...

Good point. But I suspect that came about because of the Laos incident.

I can’t say I regularly see reports as the second or third televised article on the national broadcaster for days on end, but maybe I’m watching a different ABC 🤷🏾‍♀️

It’s simply an observation. I would pretty safety say that the media does not report on every assault on an Australian overseas, and definitely not at this level. Certainly entitled to that opinion, however I would disagree and say that the media certainly does excessively focus on issues...

Certainly interesting to see the romantic obsession the public (and therefore the media) have with airlines/aircraft. We still don’t have full details, but I’d hazard a guess that if any general member of the traveling public was robbed/assaulted in a foreign country, it wouldn’t rate a column...

I’m heading over later in the year. Doing a few days in Cairo (see the pyramids, Egyptian museum) then a 3 night Nile cruise which covers some of the tourist spots. I’ve been to Cairo before and can’t say I’ve got anything partially nice to say about it… but you’ve got to see the pyramid...

Joburg has always been the QF “take what we’re giving you or get f’d” route. They have a monopoly, they charge a premium and they know people just have to suck it up. Flash back to the 747 days and there were countless delays of 24 hours or more. They couldn’t care less if passengers are...

Banks behave in bizarre ways. I get there’s legislation they need to follow… but I really think a lot of it is just job creation. I sold my old Lexus recently and the guy who purchased it PayID’d the money expecting it to transfer right away. It didn’t, of course, so he called CBA and asked to...

Had the same issue. Except they managed to find emails and phone numbers from the early 2000s 🙄

ANZ aren’t great with applications. It’s all done in Bangalore and they really struggle with anything slightly non-standard. Salary sacrificing or anything that’s not really simple is too much for them to handle. Add on a complex payslip and you’re in even more trouble. Don’t bother...

Got my email about 5 days ago saying they’d renewed my AC status (this was 14 days after the “select your airline” renewal email). Still showing 31/12/24 for expiry.

You do get the odd one who gets all funny about it. Peroni at the Syd Intl terminal gave me a bit of a lecture (“you can only use it once, your friend needs to show their boarding pass”). The noddle place at T3 also denied a guest if I didn’t show a boarding pass (I’d run over from T2 to grab...

Any decent promos for the prestige membership? It’s the only one that really makes sense if you’re flying business regularly and get lounge access (but prefer the airport restaurants!). Most of the promo codes don’t seem to work 🤷🏾‍♀️

TIA, sadly.

The entire operation has been moved to Bangalore. There’s a real lack of common sense with some of them. I think it’s a form of modern cruelty to be honest… but ANZ seems to think it’s fine and doesn’t see issues with the constant stuff ups by their team there (including one saying “oh my...

This is why I always wear a hijab. But that’s caused issues as well. Just can’t win sometimes.

If that came from the SQ call centre, then I’m not overly surprised.