It's important for domestic if you're flying economy (which is 95% of my flying), just to snag bin space. An added bonus that it's generally slightly more orderly and pleasant than main boarding.International for me it's probably less important, though I was very grateful once for it when flying...

So if you make platinum for 50 years, they’ll let you keep it (for however long you happen to have left). How nice of them. Assuming of course, that there are no further changes over the next 50 years...

How many people will try to use the stretch space to stretch out and catch 40 winks? How are they going to prevent people from even attempting this?

I'm quite sure the 772 currently on SQ265/266 actually has fully flat 1-2-1 J class, albeit a generation or two old.It will be nice to have the fresher cabin, but for me at least this is mixed. I have a 266/265 return trip in January, travelling with an infant. The older long range J seats, esp...

About 9 months ago the wife (QF platinum) and I were booked on the 4pm departure SYD-BNE on a Sunday afternoon. The QF J lounge attendant refused a move forward to a 2pm or 3pm. Sure enough, our half-empty flight was cancelled. Then they couldn't get us on the 5pm, and the 6pm we did get on wa...