Executive Traveller

outthere1000

outthere1000

Member since 28 Feb 2015

Activity

  • 135 Total posts
  • 10 Discussion comments
  • 0 Discussions started

Frequent flyer programs

  • Air Canada - Aeroplan
  • Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
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  • Five carry-on essentials that frequent flyer flyers swear by

    Jul 01, 2026, 05:09 PM

    Noise-cancelling headphones come with the J seat. My no.1 essential item is compression socks - the longer the flight, the more essential they are. A pain to put on but I arrive at the other end feeling so much better.

  • How the Qantas status changes will affect you

    Jul 01, 2026, 04:49 PM

    "So the new Qantas Status Credits rollover mechanism allows 25-50% of those ‘excess’ Status Credits…" So which is it? 25%? 50%? Something in between? I haven't seen any information on exactly who gets what percentage - can anyone help?

  • Qantas first class gets Bollinger, ‘dine on demand’

    Dec 03, 2025, 05:05 PM

    Dine on demand is an amazing new First Class feathre? Air Canada has had dine on demand on intnernational Business flights for years. Especially valuable when crossing the Pacific.

  • Opinion: Why airlines must ban inflight video calls

    Nov 28, 2025, 02:57 PM

    Air Canada currently has good wifi domestically; international is following around May 2026. Every wifi announcement on every AC flight includes "Voice applications are prohibited".

  • Opinion: Why airlines must ban inflight video calls

    Nov 28, 2025, 02:53 PM

    I'm one of the people who doesn't have a company, and pay for my own (J) tickets. There are some, believe it or not.

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  • Would Qantas devalue its frequent flyer points?

    May 23, 2020, 12:24 AM

    I recently contacted Qantas FF on behalf of a friend who lives in Cyprus, is a Qantas FF member, and is not on the internet (yes, they exist; he's 70). He normally comes to Australia once a year, but with the borders firmly shut it's unlikely he'll be able to come anytime soon (not an Australian)...

  • Where did my post go? It glitch or censorship?

    Aug 07, 2019, 10:38 PM

    Still unable to access more than one discussion thread. After the first one loads OK, the message for all subsequent threads is that the thread doesn't exist or has been removed. Not using Explorer, though - using Firefox for Mac. Just tried to post this and got a message "Internal server error"....

  • Where did my post go? It glitch or censorship?

    Aug 07, 2019, 10:37 PM

    Still unable to access more than one discussion thread. After the first one loads OK, the message for all subsequent threads is that the thread doesn't exist or has been removed. Not using Explorer, though - using Firefox for Mac.

  • Australian passport fees increasing in 2019

    Dec 19, 2018, 07:28 PM

    Originally Posted by Ourmanin Originally Posted by nanohits Originally Posted by townaz One thing to keep in mind our passport is valid for 10 years. A lot of other countries only issue passports for 5 years. A lot of developed countries like US etc are all 10 years. As is the UK. And as a sli...

  • Changing passports in the middle of a trip

    Aug 15, 2018, 10:33 PM

    Originally Posted by Ross I have three passports Aus/UK/Can and do this all the time, enter exit on passport of country - never had a problem. Last edited by Ross at Aug 14, 2018, 08.34 PM.I have Aus/Germany/Can, resident in Can, and have no trouble traveling to Europe. However, a few years ag...

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