• My experience  - around Australia but particulalry in Canberra, and different parts of the world,  - is that it is no quicker and is typically slower by some margin.  You have to take your belt off more often than not in Canberra too (some inconsistencies, depending on the day here...

  • I was booked to fly into Canberra on Tuesday 25 October.  Now being dumped at Melbourne airport on Monday 24 October at around 10.30pm.  The comment quoted "All passengers will be provided with alternative travel arrangements will be assisted to ensure smooth onward connections to their...

  • I flew to Singapore on Monday with Qantas.  Can confirm - no mask was required.  Flying home on QF2 tonight and am looking forward to no mask on that flight too.  And the QF First Lounge here in Singapore sure does get busy.

  • I just flew Business Class return SYD-SFO.  The seat and a very friendly FA were the highlights.  The food (dumped on the table, served on a single plastic tray and borderline inedible) and the Polaris lounge shutting at 10.30pm despite the fact that the plane had been delayed until mid...

  • JakeDrake - spot on, I reckon.

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  • Qantas Int'l/Domestic Transfer - SYD

    Mar 23, 2022, 12:35 PM

    I flew into SYD on 21 Mar on Japan Airlines, a Oneworld member airline, with a connection through to Canberra flying Qantas Link. On arriving at the domestic transfer building was informed that they were only transferring people who flew in on Qantas. I was redirected to the T Bus, which takes ...

  • FIJI Travel Feb '22

    Feb 07, 2022, 05:13 PM

    Spent Christmas at the Hilton Denarau in Fiji with the family. Pretty easy and pain free, with the testing available at the hotel. The Fijian people were incredibly glad to have tourists returning after the best part of two years of no wages. Let the naysayers stay home.....go and have your ho...

  • Status Strategies

    Jul 31, 2019, 04:56 PM

    I persisted with Qantas until QFF Lifetime Gold was reached, thereby ensuring access to lounges and other perks for later in life in retirement when I would expect that the amount of travelling that I do will trail off significantly and I wouldn't achieve any lounge-access worthy status as a resu...

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