• A classic lesson in to tell enough of the truth without telling anywhere near all the truth. All Qantas has to do is make sure there are a few classic reward seats in every class for Ms Hudson's comments to be truthful. It could be more than eight and less than twenty seats ov...

  • "Inside the headrest of each business class seat is a pair of finely-tuned speakers..." Well, I hope their system works better than the underwhelming system in JAL's new business class which I flew from Tokyo to LAX recently. 

  • I recently flew Qatar from Melbourne and as long as you are on a flight fitted with Starlink it works brilliantly. No one nearby was making calls, my video streamed perfectly for the entire journey, including previous dead spots. Unfortunately, my onward journey was on an older plane without Star...

  • Qantas resets Australia-Tokyo flights

    Nov 15, 2025, 08:38 PM

    I wish all our flights landed in Haneda. Even the Japanese prefer it to Narita.

  • If you have lived through a typical Air France "industrial action", you'll know why no sensible FF would ever trust them or connect via CDG. It is not that industrial action is common, but it is remarkably hostile, fast and with no care at all for people who are stuck. I am not anti-union, but th...

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  • It took me some time to realize they are charging FULL price on tickets, a total waste of time and my so called $450 credit was wasted a few times. Now I realize it has to be cars and perhaps hotels. Very annoying.

  • US ESTA required?

    Mar 14, 2018, 04:34 PM

    I have an APEC card and regularly use it in the USA. I absolutely need ESTA approval which usually takes a day (but allow longer, why take the risk) and certainly never needed a paper copy although I have the receipt on my laptop in case customs asks (and they never have because I couldn't check ...

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