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Review: Emirates first, business class lounge Brisbane Airport
Mar 03, 2024, 10:39 AMThat’s because the answer is not so straightforward. Best reference is the ET article of 16 January 2024. In summary, if you are flying Qantas business with a QF flight number, and you are flying from AUS to a destination that is part of the Qantas/Emirates partnership, and the Emirates lou...
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LATAM resumes non-stop Melbourne to Santiago flights
Jan 05, 2024, 06:11 PMI travelled on one of the LATAM A350s pre-COVID when Qatar Airways had several on a dry lease. The 2-2-2 was definitely a downside but the plane still felt pretty new and fresh and the interior colours blended OK with Qatar’s! I didn’t get to experience LATAM service though.
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Review: Cathay Pacific’s The Pier first class lounge, Hong Kong [2023]
Sep 29, 2023, 05:03 PMMy son and I visited last week the day after I attained QF Platinum a couple of days before. I was concerned after reviewing some posts that my OW Emerald status might not be recognised, but it was. We arrived at 06:45, just in time to make an 07:30 booking for a foot massage. We had a superb bre...
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Why every traveller should learn how to power nap
Jul 08, 2023, 02:47 PMJust did a return marathon trip to JFK, via Jakarta and Doha, and tried out Timeshifter - a new app based on sleep programs for astronauts! The positive reviews don’t lie - a personalised program which starts up to 2 days ahead of your trip, based on you plugging in all your flights. I foll...
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Qatar’s finest: the best luxury hotels and resorts in Doha
Jun 23, 2023, 06:19 PMAs a former resident of Doha, who recently returned to visit ahead of the World Cup last year, I agree that some of these hotels deserve the title of ‘the best’, however there are so many other great hotels to add to the list. My all time favourite is the Intercontinental Beach & ...
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Confused by EK F carrier charges but happy with outcome!
Oct 08, 2023, 06:58 AMI’m not sure about EK’s latest narrative on the ‘reason/s’ for the high carrier charges on QFF reward redemptions, but if fuel surcharges is one of them, how can this vary between the same two destinations where the only difference is the direction of travel? I’ve ju...
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Qantas status credits on QR metal ticketed with AA flight numbers
Jul 17, 2023, 07:32 PMA post script which is a good news story - I decided not to call the QFF call centre and take my chance and see whether the SCs were allocated without intervention. To my surprise, they did, and within hours of taking the flights! They appeared in my statement as AA, and all in all, I scored 520 ...
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Qantas status credits on QR metal ticketed with AA flight numbers
May 21, 2023, 09:23 PMOriginally Posted by quantumreality It may be a lot more tricky with this type of ticketing.To start, Qantas calculator does not always have the option to pick the marketed carrier for that particular route. For example, as OP mentioned above, and I myself also double check just now, the Qantas c...
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Qantas status credits on QR metal ticketed with AA flight numbers
May 16, 2023, 05:44 AMOriginally Posted by FmD Regardless of who issued the ticket (AA in your case), you'll earn based on the carrier marketed tag. So if your flights are AA tagged, the AA rate. If they are QR tagged, the QR rate. Note that Qantas is tricky with QR codeshares. For example, SYD-LHR via DOH on QR meta...
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Qantas status credits on QR metal ticketed with AA flight numbers
May 14, 2023, 07:52 AMMay be a dumb question for some of our very well versed QFFs, but I can’t find the answer anywhere and hoping someone can help. We are flying from CGK to DOH and on to JFK and return in Business (D). Flights purchased through AA and all on QR metal (yay, QSuite on all but one of the flights...