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Qantas uncorks Penfolds Grange at its first class lounges
Dec 26, 2023, 06:43 PM1997 Grange is in the decanter today in Sydney.
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Get ready for JAL’s amazing new A350 first, business class
Dec 12, 2023, 02:32 PMHaving "stereo speakers built into the headrests, “allowing customers to enjoy the inflight entertainment system without using headphones”" sounds like a recipe for noise pollution and arguments?
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What makes a great hotel room for business travellers?
Nov 02, 2023, 03:14 PMDecent lighting - I don't understand why so many hotels have such poor lighting in their rooms. How hard is it to give guests a decent, bright central light, ideally with a dimmer switch for extra control? They can add one or two of their usual, lower-power lamps on top of that......
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Bait and switch: should you be compensated for an inferior seat?
Mar 14, 2023, 05:56 PMI hope your compensation / reimbursement was based on the economy prices available at the time of booking, not the usual Qantas rubbish of calculating the price difference based on the most expensive Flex fare?
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What was your best upgrade?
Jan 05, 2022, 08:10 PMIn the mid-2000's, I booked a trip to the Caribbean on points in economy via a deal with a friend who had plenty of points but couldn't use them for various reasons. I paid him somewhere around 50-60% of the cash cost for the same flight and he booked the ticket for me. My status with the airline...
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QANTAS Online Shopping - System broken down completely?
Apr 08, 2024, 11:10 AMI've had issues with booking AirBnB stays via Qantas; at least 75% of the time, I have to make a manual claim and Qantas almost invariably says that they have no record of the booking, but they will credit the points as a courtesy. The back end of their system clearly has major issues for both Qa...
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Probability of International Travel from January
Sep 02, 2021, 09:46 AMUnlikely, with the various State premiers drunk on power and beholden to fantasy-land permanent zero-covid pie-in-the-sky
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Delayed Baggage
Jan 12, 2019, 09:43 PMOriginally Posted by Carrots There's no reason travel insurance won't still provide coverage for lost luggage (assuming the claim is valid/accepted), however you won't be able to double dip. ie if you're given $x from an airline and you replace something that was lost with that money, then you w...
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Delayed Baggage
Jan 12, 2019, 09:15 PMWill travel insurance pay out if you have received compensation for delayed baggage from the airline?
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Looking to activate the VA hotel loyalty upgrade from Gold.
Feb 16, 2016, 02:32 PMAgreed - go for HHonors.... but having gone through the process myself, please note that it can take a couple of months for the upgrade to actually go through.....