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Should hamburgers be served in first class?
Mar 05, 2025, 06:42 PMWhen I was flying between AU><Asia every other week on a year long project (Biz class) all I craved on the flight/s home was simple food like steak, roast chicken and yes….a burger!! I once begged the crew on Qantas for vegemite on toast with cup of tea back in the 747 days on QF2 BK...
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More airlines ban power banks being used in-flight
Mar 01, 2025, 10:42 AMInconsistency of policy between airlines is what breeds the blazé attitude of passengers to this fairly serious potential problem. Fly QF it’s one rule, connect to LH it’s another, jump on SQ it’s another, MH it’s another etc people just give up and put their powerb...
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Qantas inflight meals: what do you want on the menu?
Oct 09, 2024, 05:58 PMI used to be PPS on SQ for a solid two years while working on a large project in Asia and I can fully support this. Every flight short, medium or long the catering in both economy and business was consistently above par with western, indian, asian, vegetarian inspired choices, book the cook was s...
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Qantas inflight meals: what do you want on the menu?
Oct 08, 2024, 07:56 PMHave to agree with most, just focus on classic and timeless options that represent value and do the job of providing a tasty and wholesome meal. In premium classes for domestic & international the offering again should be classic & timeless with a focus on premium quality and choice. I al...
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Are Virgin Australia’s 777s on the way back?
Oct 04, 2024, 06:37 PMThose ex-VA 777s are being used on low yield leisure routes ex DOH for some years now and I wouldn’t hold my breath so see them back on higher yield DOH-Australia long haul. This may all read like the triumphant return of VA 777s here on this thread but the reality is something quite differ...
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Retaining Qantas Platinum in Asia
Jul 04, 2019, 02:00 PMI went through this exact thought process when I was going to be relocated to Singapore, and it comes down to how you are going to fly and to where and how often. I could have held onto QFF by using JetStar Asia for most of my intra-Asia (easy 1-3hr flights) and then plan for my min x4 QF flights...
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Inflight WiFi - luxury or necessity?
Feb 15, 2019, 04:23 PMI love to disconnect and have no emails or connectivity, but I equally love jumping online inflight and watching my own entertainment like NetFlix, iTunes movies etc. My recent flights Sydney-Perth on Qantas with free WIFI was awesome on my iPad binging shows (as was most of the flight given the ...
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Qantas is cracking down on illegal buying & selling of frequent flyer points
Dec 31, 2018, 08:03 PMOh for goodness sake get real, the QFF program is for members to enjoy and extending points to your close family and friends is acceptable, on-selling your points in a commercial capacity to all and sundry is not in the spirit of the program and I’d be surprised if legitimate status members...
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Advice on flying Qantas to Singapore, then BA to London
Dec 31, 2018, 02:11 PMYou must have flights on same ticket. Big problem with people buying separate tickets online and then bags not being through checked and when there is a disrupt no responsibility taken by airline to deal with your next flight.
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AMEX Centurion Card invitation
Dec 13, 2018, 01:58 PMIf you’re weighing up the fee for C card, then that’s an indication that maybe Platinum Charge is the better way to go. C card is more about having an RM (relationship manager) who acts almost like your personal EA and is available to “manage” your travel and lifestyle sch...