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Qantas temporarily closes LAX first class lounge
Jul 01, 2026, 05:47 PMThe AA lounges can be Ok, the hard product is often fine, it's the soft product and the staff that are the issue. One word covers it "poor".
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London’s Heathrow Express to be axed?
May 13, 2026, 05:46 PMLast month i took the Elizabeth Line from Paddington to LHR T3. Cheaper yes but awful experience. So jammed, as others have said, and uncomfortable with luggage. LHR Express is way better. Chalk and cheese.
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Why Cathay won’t bring back its Hong Kong arrivals lounge
Apr 15, 2026, 04:40 PMSo agree with the comments on the arrival lounge. Airline speak from Vivet for we dont need to spend that money. The lounge was crowded in the past, which means it was too small and there was demand. And HKIA is hardly close to the city. Its an opportunity to freshen up before h...
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Why Qantas & Virgin need a ‘plus one’ garment bag allowance
Mar 06, 2026, 04:05 PMAgree with you. Had a very similar experience with a QF staff member who was so unpleasant at that entrance in Sydney. And I was slammed by people in a forum.
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How the Qantas status changes will affect you
Feb 27, 2026, 05:56 PMI have lifetime platinum and have well exceeded that threshold. I an at platinum 1 and would love to see lifetime plat1.
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QF LIFETIME PLAT
Oct 12, 2023, 04:25 PMAllow me to take it back. I guess you know more about my circumstance than I do.
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QF LIFETIME PLAT
Oct 12, 2023, 02:53 PMWhat a fool. 1st you have no idea about my work situation 2nd I never said I was entitled 3rd if you must know I don't fly economy 4th if you really need to know I pay my own airfares and 5th think before you jump to conclusions and know your facts
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QF LIFETIME PLAT
Oct 09, 2023, 04:19 PMMaybe I'll decide to stop doing what I'm doing earlier so I'd have lifetime plat.
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QF LIFETIME PLAT
Oct 06, 2023, 03:09 PMI am Plat1 and have in excess of 68000 status points towards lifetime platinum, so I am not that far off. I feel it should not be devalued by reducing the threshold but what I do feel is that many, like me, lost out during the pandemic years so maybe consideration should be provided for those yea...
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IATA Vaccination Passport
Aug 20, 2021, 05:18 PMSomething needs to be done about this vax passport app to work properly. I have tried to register with it 9 times and it failed each time. I get all the way through to scanning the biosecurity aspect and it crashes. I understand a number of people have had similar frustrations. I have no issue wi...
