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Was it a randomly sized box or a good snug fit for the 6 bottles? I suspect it's ok to forgo the dividers if the box is the right size.

Very good point. The other issue with such cases, is that even if you do make the connection, your bags may not. Especially at Heathrow. Then you are left dealing with a luggage separation issue. Better to get this sorted before travel, as you say.

What is the route? And was it booked as a flex fare originally?

Was this 6 identical bottles in the winemaker’s packaging. Or had these been reboxed into a generic box? In my experience, when you buy a case of 12 they always come in a sealed box as packaged by the winemaker. For orders of 6 - usually but not always it’s the same story. Many winemakers...

And that is the whole point! I recall these sold out very quickly back in 2020. Definitely shows there's a market for heavily used aviation memorabilia.

I reckon that’s right. For every Imelda Marcos with 6 giant suitcases, there will be a few Hand Luggage Only types. They will work off some sort of average, as they do with the weights of the passengers.

Are you certain it requires a data connection? I've used other such apps for airlines and various european train operators, and they work in "offline mode" where you can display the ticket QR code without a live data connection. If the Ryanair app doesn't work like that, then it's a fail...

Yes no problem, we are using EK more than QF these days. EK's new family pooling system looks very good on the face of it. For this trip: If we credit to QF - 40000 points and 0 SC's If we credit to EK - 72000 Skywards Miles and 72000 "tier" miles (gets all of us most of the way to EK silver)

As far as I can tell, EK doesn't support this. There is the option on the MMB to change each passenger's QFF number to an EK Skywards number, but that's it.

Wasn't aware of that site. Looks useful, thanks for posting. Is that still the case if we allocate the bookings to our Skywards numbers though? In any case, we wouldn't get much out of lounge access on this trip and would prefer a better earn rate

Hoping to get some knowledge on this scenario: Family of 4, booked on EK to Europe. (2 of us are Qantas Gold). I've put our QFF numbers against the booking. Performed preferential seat selection etc. Flights are 100% EK. Booked direct with Emirates, and all flights on EK flight numbers. It...

It's as if they are chilling it in liquid nitrogen.

The reduction in number of human operators because "we now have ChatBot!"

Careful what you wish for

You sent us on a wild goose chase with your first post! Yeah that should be a fairly good solution, but obviously with this being 2 years away, the available options may well change. I do like the idea of a Korea stopover. Do it in both directions if the oldies are not strong travellers...

While true, they go the "long way" to North America and prices look to be $16-18K+ for MEL to YYZ...

Link above shows a couple of good options: 1 stop from MEL to Toronto via HKG on Cathay Pacfic 2 stop MEL to Toronto via SYD and ICN (Seoul) (Mix of Qantas, Asiana, Air Canada) Second one involves a 24 hour layover in Seoul which may be a pro or con. These are showing around the $11KAUD...

Cathay via Honkers an option? What's the budget per seat? Have a look at the search below using sample 2026 dates (2027 won't be searchable now)...

I guess the most important thing is that there is an option to back out before you commit after the "final" price is displayed. But still, people do their price comparisons off the price shown on the first screen. This may lead you to click a particular hotel because the price looks better...

I posted it for context without comment either way. If you want my opinion, I think it likely supports OP's position.