• Hi Johnsy, short version is yes you get one guest to bring into the F lounge with you. So your wife will be able to join you assuming you attain Platinum Status before you are due to fly on QF11.

  • Totally agree regarding both VA and QF leaving their domestic lounges off any upgrade 'roadmaps'. Either each airline know something about the future of the domestic terminals we don't, or there is no impetus to improve the spaces as both airlines know PAX will fly out regardless. So we need shou...

  • Was that you watching LOTR on the seatback IFE during the Matilda's penalty shoot-out win over France? ;)

  • I must admit that I am not entirely happy with the more recent approach in One World to lounge access. With QR in particular complying with the rules but not, in my opinion, the spirit of lounge access by separating Elite FF's from those flying F + J. However I think that we generally have it fai...

  • I must say that I'm not entirely happy at the eroding of the 'spirit' of the lounge access with One World, especially the disappointing precedent set by QR with seperate lounges for OW elites and those flying in F + J. However I think that generally we actually have it fairly good within Australi...

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  • Cathay Rejected Points claims

    Oct 26, 2023, 03:10 PM

    What benefit do airlines get for being reticent on this? Do they need to pay each other for the crediting of points and status credits? Having to chase perfectly legitimate claims to only be rejected isn't really in line with all the oneworld marketing.

  • Apart from earn rate, another factor for you to consider any minimum sectors which need to be flown on a particular airline to acquire/retain status. This would be easiest with BA by flying to Sydney via Singapore, or with Qantas via Jetstar Asia. BA has the added bonus of lifetime OWE to aim whi...

  • Eligible flight gap

    Sep 14, 2023, 09:28 AM

    The simple answer is: No.Your only solution is to take the shortest or cheapest flight(s) with VA or VA codeshare that you can find till you reach the 8 eligible sectors.From the VA website ' An Eligible Sector is any flight that begins with a VA flight number excluding Reward Seats, Economy L...

  • Qantas A380 Row 31 - Prem Econo

    Aug 16, 2023, 01:18 PM

    Row 31 seats have additional legroom rather than less. There are a couple of other trade-offs though including the TV being in the armrest, and the proximity to the bassinets. I'd take a look a the detailed A380 seat map on Qantas' website, and also check out Seat Guru comments make your own ass...

  • Status Credits on JQ

    Aug 03, 2023, 06:18 PM

    I wouldn't always trust the calculator. Whilst it can be a useful tool there are quite a few gaps on routes and I'm not sure you'd get any extra SC's out of Qantas based on it's output. Looks like the flight distance is approx 910nm between SYD and TSV. So you will fall into the Domestic Australi...

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