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I have indeed noticed the reduced J rewards close to departure out of Australia for both NH and UA. Availability used to be plenty once you are a 1-2 weeks out from departure but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

And that makes perfect sense. The harder it is to achieve status the more benefits status holder should get over a non-status traveler. One way to do that is to restrict certain benefits or access to status holders. it’s already hard for virgin to justify the spend requirement now, I doubt...

The upgradeMe terms and conditions are pretty clear about that being the case. Not sure what those “operational reasons” are. Sounds like it could be reduced catering or crew based on inventory on T-2.

It’s a common trick that people traveling in pair sometimes use - block out the window and aisle and leave the middle seat empty. Middle seats tend to the be the last to fill so there’s a good chance they’d get the entire row to themselves. Worse case someone choose the middle seat they can...

Meanwhile on the premium end of town QF never had a divider since the 737 fleet entered service some 20 years ago so I’m genuinely curious - do premium Qantas flyer on the other forum here complain as much as we do on this side of the pond? I’d expect they complain at least 2x as loud based on...

Regardless of cost, that potentially causes nightmare when you transfer at Doha. QR may or may not agree to tag you bag through to your next flight on a separate ticket, they most certainly won’t take care of recovery if there’s any disruption to one of your flight causing you to miss connection...

Overall I think the chance is low even for PP. 1. VA doesn’t have POS in Ireland so you cannot book a one way originating there from VA. You’d need to book the VA flight as QR codeshare that means you loses the ability to waitlist for the upgrade with points on the VA leg from Doha as well. 2...

A recent EU research pointed to a figure of 0.244% across all EVs for thermal runaway type fire. Another research indicated that even after an impact, EV is less likely to catch fire than ICE, though if they do catch fire it’s much much harder to contain. that is all to say larger batteries...

Not saying there shouldn’t be but I think for lithium batteries that’s more difficult to establish. You can use quality manufacturer and components but even then there’s still risk with impurities in materials or the process causing problems for certain batches only after the batteries are used...

I’m was on a VA flight this morning and announcement is already being made wrt power bank. The message says VA is reviewing the power banks related policies and in the interim passengers are reminded that they should closely monitor their power banks if they use it to charge their device and...

Was surprised to fine myself on one of the refurbed 700 (NQI) this morning MEL-SYD. The seat looks to be slightly different in terms of the upholstery and tray table / literature set up but otherwise feels the same as a refurbished 800 seat. WiFi has been fitted but it’s entertainment only no...

He did with the bilateral and the backlash for both Qantas and the government was enormous which is why we’ve now arrived at this. Had Alan stay muted on this one Qatar would have gotten its 28 extra flights without the need to pay Bain billions

Really wasn’t expecting any special treatment. My question was just that why couldn’t they just charge me whatever it cost at the airport and instead I needed to phone the overseas call centre.

With the amount of money the gov needs to or is already pumping into Rex surely it’s better to see it go bust, then run a essential air service style competitive tendering process to subsides an operator to fill the gaps.

You are right. I meant HNA aviation. Great news, looks like it’s not just HX but redemption is also now available to HU/JD/GS as well. I’d expect plenty of availability on those flights due to the abysmal loads but I guess without the ability to search up rewards seats online it makes it a bit...

Yeah not expecting anything for free but even if they had to charge me a why couldn’t the airport staff do it at the counter like every other airline? The staff at the lounge was nice and friendly, I was PT, she addressed me by last name and even double checked with her supervisor sitting next...

I missed my flight yesterday due to an accident on the M80 ring road. By the time I got to the gate it’s already closed and the AC already have its aerobridge disconnected. Went to the lounge and the service desk staff were very friendly but they were unable to help - insisted I had to call up...

Yeah if you have full discretion to trigger the benefit payout (get 80% of your fare back) then it's technically not insurance. If you pay an additional fee to get 80% of your fare back only when certain events happen or condition is met then it would be insurance and immediately make the...

0 chance for that to happen. Be prepared to do your own transfer at AUH (grab luggage, head back upstairs to check-in and be responsible for any missed connection). What you are tying to do is sort of like skiplagging and airlines very much frown upon it because it messes with their revenue...

If SQ checked you through (bagging and boarding pass) at ICN then more than likely they'll take care of you, even though they technically don't have to these being separate ticket.