I gave up on QF long haul many many years ago primarily due an appallingly insensitive cabin crew on one flight but also the seat pitch in Economy. From memory QF was either 31" or 32" whereas, at that time, Malaysia (MAS) generally had a 34" economy seat pitch on the long trek to/from the U...

One thing I noted was an  'Economy' seat pitch of 33".  Long, long time ago, I gave up on Qantas on my flights to/from LHR and switched to MAS (Malaysia). Interestingly the economy seat pitch on the MAS aircraft (I think a DC 10 and 747) was 34" and, I think, Qantas was 31",  but p...

My wife has an allergy to cats that can lead to significant breathing difficulties and is unable to be in a confined space where there is even a single cat. Not sure Virgin has properly thought this one through. Perhaps they should also seek advice from their risk/safety manager (assuming they ha...

I have to admit I invariably used QR on PER/LHR/PER in the past when travelling with my wife but, as a consequence of these changes, I may reconsider and look elsewhere when we travel together. I have a QF9/QF10 coming up and the fare differential was not significantly greater so QR may lose a pr...

I note the reference to the payment being 'automatically' refunded within two weeks if there is a last minute change. Given QF's past history with refunds I will reserve my judgement.  This new scheme sounds more like a means of QF getting interest free loans with the prospect of actually be...