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How to claim a refund on your Qantas Covid travel credit
Aug 29, 2023, 09:08 AMHad a travel credit owed from a cancelled international flight due to travel restrictions. Took me 3 attempts over almost 4 hours (including time on-hold) on the phone to have the travel credit applied to an upcoming international booking. The offshore call centres initially tol...
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Review: Qantas vs Air New Zealand business class to New York
Jul 04, 2023, 10:39 PMAnother difference between the Qantas and Air NZ offering is that the Qantas flight to/from New York can easily be booked as part of a 'multi-stop' itinerary (eg. SYD > LHR > JFK > SYD) via the Qantas website. The Air NZ website does not seem to offer this as a 'multi-s...
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Airlines could soon allow 5G phone calls during flights
Nov 25, 2022, 12:55 PMThis would be worse than Snakes on a Plane !!
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Apple removes physical SIM card slots from new iPhone 14
Sep 06, 2022, 01:54 PMIn the Community section there is a posting from another member (Dragonfly) with some recommendations for international eSim vendors. ref: https://www.executivetraveller.com/community/view/9836/techtip-esim
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Up close with Air New Zealand’s next-gen Boeing 787 premium economy
Jun 30, 2022, 02:29 PMAgree. Much better than the 38" pitch that Qantas provides in the Premium Economy on it's Dreamliners....
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA REMOVING BUSINESS CLASS FOR SOME DOMESTIC ROUTE
Oct 20, 2023, 01:58 AMOriginally Posted by brinkers If they are using a 737-700 then there is a chance that there won't be business seats. This will be the case until the fleet is retrofitted. Agree. I frequently fly the routes to central Qld which are usually operated nowdays by the 737-700 or Alliance aircraft that...
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October 2023 Qantas International
Oct 04, 2023, 10:20 PMFlew QF9 to London last week. It's the first trip to the UK post covid for me on Qantas. General impression of the flight (meals, cabin service etc) was positive. The cabin crew were great. The one thing I guess that stood out to me though which I have mixed feelings about was the fact that ever...
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EMAILS FROM VELOCITY
Sep 22, 2023, 03:05 PMOriginally Posted by Racala Sorry... but do U really want a pile of irrelevant e mails per day???? The 'My Preferences' of the Velocity portal allows you to tailor what types of comms you would receive. For example, you may wish to opt-out of receiving the Travel Partner emails, but you may stil...
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EMAILS FROM VELOCITY
Sep 19, 2023, 03:42 PMSame here. I think it may have been caused by clicking on an unsubscribe link in one of the Velocity emails some time ago. But it seems that re-subscribing does not bring these emails back.
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Extended wait times for Taxis and Rideshares in regional cities
Nov 08, 2022, 12:31 PMI noticed a story on ABC News the other night about how the lack of drivers for taxis and ride-shares, particularly in regional centres, is impacting services. I saw the impact first hand last night at Mackay airport with arriving passengers waiting in the taxi queue for over 2 hours. If you're ...