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Review: Cathay Pacific's new business class sleep service

Oct 30, 2019, 05:52 PM

The slippers and quilt are a welcome addition. Always enjoyed flying Cathay J to the U.S. from Perth, but find the mid-flight meal from HK to the U.S. strange as it disturbs you when sleeping. PJs and dine-on-demand would be great for the long-haul flights.
Behind the 15-year evolution of Emirates' airport lounges

Oct 02, 2019, 03:03 PM

100% agree, and the main reason why I won't fly Emirates. The Qatar Business lounge in Doha is streets ahead.
Qantas trials preferred seating

Jul 10, 2019, 02:50 PM

Other overseas airlines appear to have preferred seating from the first row - often only the first two rows are preferred. Starting from Row 9 is plain crazy.
Qantas to launch Brisbane-Chicago flights

Jun 17, 2019, 02:33 PM

Agree. Not unusual to have a small checkin crowd at FRA but full aircraft, with all the Brits coming across from UK.
Remarkable rise of rosé entices luxury group LVMH

Jun 13, 2019, 02:31 PM

Some really nice light-style rose wines now coming out of Provence. Aussie versions tend to be too strong or too sweet.

Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?

Apr 23, 2019, 02:55 PM

Meant to add that sleeping tablets seem to reset the body clock a lot faster.
Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?

Apr 23, 2019, 02:53 PM

Believe depends on flight class. When flying for work long distances in economy, used to take prescription sleeping tablets so that I could be effective the next day, but there were noticeable side effects. Now that I'm travelling in Business for leisure, one or two Restavits do the trick.
When does Qantas release frequent flyer seats?

Jan 07, 2019, 04:14 PM

Also recommend phoning Qantas at exactly the time, or slightly before, the seats are released, as popular routes seats are snapped up very quickly, sometimes within the first few minutes of their release.
Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?

Aug 18, 2017, 02:14 PM

Hmm - according to the April SMH article, with a revised range of 9700 nm, it looks like the ULR could make SYD-LHR in a single hop. Interesting.
Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?

Aug 18, 2017, 02:09 PM

I believe that's a key question - can the ULR version fly direct SYD-LHR?