Landed at SYD, quick through immigration thanks to SmartGate; still thinking nice thoughts about Qantas after a great F flight. Then a bloody irritating wait for bags. "Priority bags" my cough, Qantas! Nice thoughts about Qantas evaporating. There was a free mix of J tagged and non 'priority' tagged bags at first; it was 3 minutes of the bags appearing on the carousel before I saw a F tagged one and 15 mins before mine appeared. :evil:
To the domestic check in place, then join the 50 person queue to get on a bus to Domestic. Oh well.
Shower at SYD Dom J lounge, ready to board QF1019 to HBA. On time; 1D. Morning refreshment was a hot choice or fruit; I chose the latter.
Nice and refreshing.
Arrive HBA on time. Priority bags a failure again - complete mix of J/F tagged and un-tagged. Mine arrives on third load from the plane. Bloody hopeless. As we all know Qantas - IF YOU CAN"T DELIVER PRIORITY BAGS, THEN STOP PROMISING IT! :evil: :evil: :evil:
So, another trip ends. I loved CX J and unsurprisingly, QF F. Also AC J was good as well. Pretty good all round.
Got a survey from Qantas about my international flight. Don't like these much as they usually don't let you say what you really feel. I was particularly irritated by its questions about which airlines I had used in last 2 years & how many trips. Set list of airlines, no choice of 'Other'. No Air Canada (it does service Australia), so how was I supposed to list my 9 AC trips?
Just checked my QFF account. Oops - what's up here:
Well, OK, take the 45K points for the F upgrade, but I think I'm supposed to get the J points and SCs that were paid for
I'll give 'em a few days to get it right, then (sigh) call them. Last time I had to do this, I was knocked back two times, only to succeed on the third.
Thanks for reading, and for the comments. I recommend CX J and The Mira in HKG. The Wing Lounge in HKG. QF F if you are lucky enough to afford it, in either cash or points.