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Hi All, Qantas incompetence has reared its ugly head again. My brother, his wife and infant son booked a flight on Malaysia Airlines in J through QFF awards. When they showed up, they told them the infant was not ticketed, and were denied boarding. At the check in, the agent said to my...

Hi All, I land into Sydney Airport soon early in the morning from LHR (7am) and have a Virgin Australia flight to Melbourne at 6 pm on the same day on a different ticket. I have to go into Sydney for a couple of hours for a meeting before my MEL flight. Would I be allowed to use the VA...

Hi All, Not sure if this is the right place to post this thread or this has been discussed/asked. I'm an Australian living in the UK - are there any Aussie credit cards (with bonuses) at all I'm eligible to apply for? I have an Australian licence and Australian address. Cheers.

Hi All, Why does security at MEL (international) still require pax to take out liquids when they have new 3D CT scanners? At every other location I have used these scanners, including London City, LHR, FCO (Rome) and domestic terminals at MEL, literally NOTHING is required to come out of the...

Hi All, I booked a flight (MEL-ADL) for me and a friend (visiting Australia) and now I need to cancel as I will not be taking this journey. The ticket was a Red e-deal, so if I cancel I get hardly anything back apart from about $25 in taxes, but I can get a flight credit. Reading everything I...

Gooday Folks, Does anyone know what time the Qatar Airways check in counter opens at Melbourne Airport? Specifically the 3.50pm flight?

Hi All, I've seen a thread on this in 2018/19 - but it has been closed so I had to start this thread. I was wondering if QF still enforces a 3-hr check in limit for QF flights out of MEL? I'm flying QF9 and I was hoping to check in 4-5 hrs earlier if possible?

Hi All, Qantas has done it again and completely and utterly stuffed up a booking. On Sunday morning, I made a Qantas Award booking for my brother, his wife and their infant baby (4 months old) to fly from Amman (Jordan) to Dammam (Saudi) flying Royal Jordanian. On Monday, the booking got...

Hi All, I was booked to fly QF 9 from MEL all the way through to LHR in November. One of the key attractions was the ability to use the QF F Lounge in MEL (OW Emerald). I have just received an email about a change to my MEL-PER leg, which is now QF 779 and then onto QF 9 from Perth. Also, QF...

Hi All, I have just received an email changing my flight time, and this change doesn't suit me. Furthermore, VA have cancelled the flight I was on, so I need to go and book with QF. I called VA and they said they would refund me the fare, but not the surcharge for using a CC. Is this even...

Hi All I currently have Hilton Diamond status, but I will lose this by March 2023 as I have not stayed enough nights this year. If I'm able to obtain Velocity Platinum in the next few months (for the first time), I understand that Hilton Diamond is one of the benefits. Would I still be...

Hi All, My mum has an award booking return flight (MEL-KUL-MEL) using QF points. She wants to cancel the return leg (KUL-MEL) - is this possible to do and get a refund of half the points back?

Hi All, please see review here for Qantas First Class, Sydney to Singapore. https://www.turningleftforless.com/r...-to-singapore/

Hi All, I've asked about this previously, I've emailed Qantas three times over the last four months and I've also called them twice, having just got off the phone with Qantas FF minutes ago - and I still have no answers. Qantas keeps saying they are "reviewing the situation regularly". I'm a...

Hi All, As many here know, the blockade between Qatar and Saudi Arabia/UAE/Egypt/Bahrain is now done and QR can fly to those countries and services have resumed. I can find flights to and from Doha to those regions on individual airlines websites, however, I can't find any awards at all through...

Gooday all, I thought I saw this mentioned somewhere, but for some reason can't find it anywhere. I imagine there are many in my situation however. I have gold status with QF expiring in Feb 2022, and I'm located in the UK. Travel over the next 12 months is uncertain at the very best...

It seems like Qatar is intent on losing even more market share, now dropping lounge access for award bookings, as reported by Executive Traveller: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qatar-business-class-reward-lounge-access

Hi All, I was hoping to get some clarity on this. When you get an American Express Platinum, you get Gold Elite status automatically with Marriott Bonvoy. The next level up is Platinum Elite. Normally, you need 50 nights to qualify for Platinum elite - however with the Amex Platinum, does...

There is some incredibly sad news today, and that is that Boeing has pulled the plug on the 747 program (as per Executive Traveller, link below). My first flight on the Queen of the Skies was a flight from Chicago to Paris when I was about five years old, and this aircraft is probably the...

As reported on Reuters (link below), the parts to build the last A380 are on their way to Toulouse, where the final A380 will be manufactured and the program will draw to a close early next year. Personally, this is very sad news, as I'm sure it is for a number of people all over the world...