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Do more Qantas lounges need a Platinum dining area?
Feb 25, 2026, 02:34 PMQantas lounge dress code? What dress code.? Not in the new Qantas Auckland International Business Class lounge. We saw many men and women in thongs - the footwear type (where the big toe is separated from the others - not talking about sandals) , on a recent visit (Feb. 23, 2026).&nbs...
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Qantas is getting a “spare” A380
Nov 27, 2025, 03:52 PMExcuse my ignorance - return from where?
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First look at Qantas’ new Sydney business class lounge
Nov 08, 2025, 07:21 AMSMM, clearly you have never visited the PP lounge in Adelaide - world class!
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Why right now is the best time to book with Qantas Points
Aug 04, 2025, 03:34 PMGot to be lucky sometimes, but at quite a cost. I have just completed a QFF RTW Classics Reward ticket booking - just got in before the devaluation. Five stops, 13 transits, 6 countries, 33,000 miles, for 318,000 points Business Class, plus 6,000 points for one customer assist fee and...
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Pet-friendly flights: Virgin to allow dogs, cats in plane cabins
Jun 26, 2025, 01:43 PMAnd another: From time to time, we have to put up with crying babies and toddler tantrums. That's life. It's PUBLIC transport. But barking dogs and meowing, hissing cats? And what if they don't avail themselves of the "relief area" prior to the flight? Ug...
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RTW Classic Reward ticket - exceptional value
Aug 22, 2025, 04:07 PMJust got in before the devaluation. 318,000 QFF points + 1 x 6000 point "assist" fee and 4 x 5000 "change" fees (another 2 "change" fees were waived), so 344,000 points for 5 stopovers, 13 transits and 32,000 miles = $AUD33,290 worth of business class flights on Malaysian, Finnair, Cathay, AA &a...
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Which lounge should I use?
Feb 18, 2024, 02:07 PMI'm Qantas Gold, flying business class on Royal Jordanian from Dubai to Amman.Which lounge can I use in Dubai?
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Alternative business lounges
Jan 18, 2023, 12:43 PMI'm flying SQ business From Changi to Dubai. Given how it's so crowded at all gtimes now, is there an alternative to the KrisFlyer lounge available to me?
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How do you handle and store your foreign currency between trips?
Aug 09, 2018, 10:31 AMBirmingham INTERNATIONAL airport, last year. Needed a GBP1.00 coin to get a trolley. Just arrived from Australia, no UK coins, no machine to spill out coins in exchange for a paper quid, and credit card slot broken.Not very international. Had to rely on good Samaritan for that one pound coin. ...
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Air NZ vs Qantas
Jun 24, 2017, 12:10 PMI fly regularly Adelaide-Auckland-Adelaide. Air NZ offers a no-stop service. To fly Qantas means changing planes at any of the Eastern seaboard cities. So Air NZ wins on convenience. But dropping lounge access from the Works Deluxe option was a terrible decision. Cu...
