Richard W

Richard W

Member since 12 Apr 2017

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  • 206 Total posts
  • 88 Discussion comments
  • 2 Discussions started

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  • Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
  • Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
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  • Turkish Airlines begins Melbourne-Istanbul flights

    Mar 04, 2024, 01:44 PM

    More competition can mostly be a good thing for consumers here. Bring in as many carriers as the capacity can cope with. 

  • When it doesn’t make sense to upgrade to business class

    Oct 27, 2023, 02:48 PM

    It definitely seems harder recently to get an upgrade. Many times before business class would often only be around 75% full.In the last 3 weeks as a Qantas Gold paying fully flexible economy fares, I have been denied each time for an international upgrade.I wonder if I was buying a premium econom...

  • Review: Cathay Pacific The Wing business class lounge, Hong Kong [2023]

    Jun 03, 2023, 12:31 PM

    I visited both The Wing and The Pier a couple of days ago (June 23), I stopped for coffee only in the Wing and moved on very quickly to the much better Pier for most of my time. Good as The Pier is, the newly opened Qantas lounge matches it, maybe even beats it as the lighting and the atmosphere ...

  • Review: Qantas Hong Kong Lounge [2024]

    May 17, 2023, 04:42 PM

    I visited the Qantas HK lounge 2 days ago on Monday 15th May. I rate it the best Qantas lounge I have been in. Even better than the Qantas first lounge in Melbourne. This one is so much better than the business lounge in Singapore. I tried the small ‘The Deck’ Cathay lounge first and ...

  • Photos: Qantas reopens Hong Kong business class lounge

    May 04, 2023, 12:35 PM

    I am flying out of Hong Kong with Cathay in less than 2 weeks. I shall sample the Wing and the Qantas lounge to see which one I prefer. It will be my first time in either one.

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  • Qantas Double Status Credits - What are the chances now?

    Mar 03, 2023, 03:21 PM

    I had 3 trips to book and am waiting for DSC to be offered. I had to book one trip back from Europe already so have missed that chance, but can wait until last minute before booking 2 return Asia trips. Those 2 at DSC should take me into Platinum for the first time!C'mon Qantas, for once let me g...

  • Jetstar flight prices to Singapore

    Sep 14, 2022, 03:03 PM

    Each time I look on the Qantas website for flights Melbourne to Singapore I see flights on Jetstar max for over $3000. Why so high and why only offering max?On the Jetstar website they offer a range of seats?

  • Masks on planes

    Jun 10, 2022, 05:52 PM

    Originally Posted by patrickk Originally Posted by Richard W The question here is not if masks are worth wearing. If you believe they reduce the spread of an airborne virus or if you believe they don't, you will find evidence to suit your position. The question now is about mandates.People need t...

  • Masks on planes

    Jun 10, 2022, 01:46 PM

    Originally Posted by patrickk Originally Posted by GoRobin Patrickk...I thought you were double boosted so how could you possibly get infected let alone transmit the plague? Or perhaps it might be that something in this experiment has totally failed. Your guess is as good as mine. GoRobin double ...

  • Masks on planes

    Jun 03, 2022, 02:09 PM

    Originally Posted by XWu @ Richard WCan’t fault your logic as you have laid out in your context, which I agree mostly.However I would ask you to clarify if you meant the mask mandate on airplanes was a bad decision from beginning in 2020 until now?or did you mean that now that everyone were...

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