One thing that's missing so far (and perhaps we don't have any members travelling from Libanon back to Australia) are trip reports on the QF service. In particular, I'd be interested in looking at the service provided including meals and seats. Yes there were some reports that the QF flights went out mostly unfilled, but what does that mean for passenger comfort? Could passengers get executive economy level of seating where they could sleep across a row of seats? At the same time it's unclear what benefits QFF status holders got from these flights. For instance, what lounge did QFF Gold members have access to in Larnaca? What about Platinums on arrival to Sydney, could they use the QF lounge at domestic airport? Similarly it's unclear what the accrual of QFF status credits and points looks like.
They will tolerate it the way they tolerate a lot of government spending. The fact of the matter is, if you look at a government's spending you will find things which to you represent a waste of money and others that represent good value. Now, I can probably point to government spending which represents poor value to me but maybe good value to you (and vice versa). Living in a society means we have to tolerate government spending we may or may not agree with. What is key to remember is that it's the government's money and not tax payer's.
-RooFlyer88
