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I use ExpressVPN occasionally so I can use Google mail when I go to China - and it always works a treat - occasionally have to switch server country but I’ve found it to be reliable. Only issue with it is the repeat subscription - it has this irritating feature that it asks multiple times if...

Well! A very friendly start to QF96 tonight. Boarding super fast, Nice spot of bubbles, good chat with the CSM about recent trips, everyone looks cheerful, bit of banter, menu looks good! I have high hopes this could be a good flight!

Yeah it’s a bit pot luck - if you are online checked in and have no baggage then obviously you can stroll on through. But if you have check in bags then you are reliant on a gate agent or rep wandering around for bag drop - and I think you have to be online checked in already as I’m not sure...

LAX F lounge rather nice this evening. Not too busy, was taken to the P1 dining section and offered a very elegant Chardonnay that they had set aside for P1 and CL, ordered Reuben sandwich (pretty good), had a shower - large very clean facility. All in all a decent lounge experience tonight…...

Last time I was there check in staff disappear after QF10 is done and arrive back and start getting set up about 3.30pm - you might be lucky and get checked in shortly afterwards but I think they officially open at 3.55pm four hours before takeoff. Although… I have turned up having done online...

Recent domestic I was on the crew indicated their opinion on it by taking guesses from PAX on the number of times the word “magic” appeared….. it’s a shocker

Another (very) meh experience on QF95. Boarded, waited a while, managed to catch a passing crew member and asked for (and received) a glass of bubbly. Asked to think what I wanted for main meal, but no one came back in any reasonable period of time to actually take order. So decided to go to...

Ok so I’m in ZQN Manaia lounge today. Tiny little airport and wasn’t expecting much after a P1 colleague sent me an alarming picture of a rather loud tartan themed lounge … BUT… it’s excellent and absolutely beats QF domestic and international J lounges hands down. Better and nicer food (that...

The Yin and Yan of Qantas and their premium product Great experience in business on QF775 MEL to PER. Big greeting on board. Brilliant crew - lots of banter. Endured the terrible new safety announcement (eight uses of “Magic”) and then Gin was in hand pretty much before the wheels were up...

And me!! At last, a complete ABTC!!

Don’t want to sound like a total humbug (bah) but I miss the P1 gift of Comte, Millesime or Pol Roger Winston Churchill…. And while a gift is a gift and better than no gift one has to remember that the relationship with QF is very much transactional - and the new spirit based offerings are...

In the MEL Business lounge - it’s completely packed to the gunnels seems to be a lot of delays

Certainly am not using AI (!!!) and yup I was very surprised I had never had the kebabs starter before. I may have got mixed up with my trips I think it was QF6 from FCO to PER. Whatever they were actually great. And yes QF22 was definitely Halibut - or they said it was at least and to be fair...

And had a good chat with the QF22 CSM - who enthusiastically suggested (and delivered) a couple of cognacs…. Almost like old times

I actually had something decent on a QF from SIN the other day - the Smokey chicken kebabs - totally out the blue they were tender, tasty and totally tip top!! Clearly Neil and his special sauce had gone no where near them. And the Halibut on QF22 was also actually good as well. I went to the...

Hiya this won’t work sadly - your points will be dated back to the time of purchase so won’t credit to the new year - also Qantas uses UTC time.

Credit card primary. And churn onto a new card if need be for the sign on off. Outside that the wine club is a good way to score big chunks of points (20-30k at a time for the mixed case specials) that count towards points club / pc+. Also Woolworths good for at least 10K points a year. ALL...

The 10% off wine club purchase plus the $100 in wine vouchers for points club plus is a reasonable return I reckon - particularly if you use the vouchers on the wine club mixed cases that come with 30K bonus points - and remarkably they apply the 10% discount pre voucher!

Qf1528 MEL to CBR delayed by 1.5 hours as they have lost the crew 🙄. However the spice bar in MEL J lounge going strong with the spicy pork / crispy chow mein - actually pretty good!