I had spent most of the day in the United Polaris Lounge prior to this flight (I had access because my flight from Tahiti landed the same morning). At around 6:30PM I headed from the G gates to the A gates in the International Terminal, which required…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering travel in business class on Qantas and Singapore Airlines, first class on Singapore Airlines and Japan Airlines, and something inbetween on Malaysia Airlines ("Business Suite"). Ford and I took a trip to Bora…
Through April 13, 2019, the US Citi ThankYou program is offering a 25% bonus when you convert points to Qantas Frequent Flyer. Points ordinarily convert at a 1:1 ratio, though during this promotion you can convert 1,000 Citi points into 1,250 Qantas…
Qantas has 12 Airbus A380s in their fleet. The airline has been satisfied, though not thrilled, with these planes. That's to say that Qantas has been flying them for many years now, and has no plans to retire them. As a matter of fact, Qantas will be…
There's no doubt that there has been a lot of innovation over the years when it comes to the onboard products offered on planes. From Emirates and Etihad having onboard showers in first class, to Qatar having fully enclosed suites in business class,…
It’s no big industry secret that airlines overbook flights. They have complex algorithms to determine how full each flight is likely to be, and know that not every passenger booked on a flight will actually board. Some passengers will change to…
"Ask Lucky" forum member LivinLIfeFrankly posed an interesting question today that I figured I'd chime in on, and I'm curious what you guys think. You can read the entire original post here, but to summarize the situation:
Good morning from Melbourne! I just took the 15 hour flight from San Francisco to Melbourne on the Qantas 787-9, which features their latest business class product. Amazingly enough this was my first time flying longhaul in Qantas business class (I've…
The big benefit of checking in online for a flight when you don't have any luggage to check is that you can usually bypass the check in experience completely. This means not lining up for check in, and not having to speak to any airline staff until you…
Pistols at dawn! Qatar's (in)famous CEO Akbar Al Baker is known for saying all sorts of things on behalf of his airline that he doesn't mean (how's that new route to Las Vegas going?), but recently he has insisted that Qatar Airways is considering leaving…
Nowadays we're seeing more ultra longhaul flights than ever before. This is largely possible thanks to new planes that are long range and fairly low capacity, which makes these routes viable for the first time in history. For example, I recently wrote…
A few months ago I wrote about the problem Qantas had with their Singapore lounge. It is a shared business and first class lounge, and was built when Qantas A380 flights to London routed via Dubai, rather than via Singapore, as they do now. While the…
When you credit an eligible flight to Qantas Frequent Flyer, the loyalty program of Qantas, you can earn both Qantas points, and Qantas status credits. I've written before about what I believe to be the best uses of redeeming Qantas Points. Qantas is…
Qantas recently had a media event at the Qantas Lounge LAX to showcase their autumn menu, and Neil Perry (the celebrity chef who does their catering) was there. While I appreciated the invite, I didn't attend. With very few exceptions I don't attend…
An interesting story has been making the rounds in Australia over the past week. On August 31 this year, female British Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Exeter, Dr. Siobhan O'Dwyer took a Qantas flight and was unhappy that although…
There's no airline in the world that has made a bigger 'song and dance' (as Australians would say) about receiving their Boeing 787 Dreamliners than Qantas. Despite hundreds of 787 frames being delivered, for dozens of airlines around the world for many…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
The Qantas First Class Lounge LAX opened in late 2014. It's generally regarded as one of the best airline lounges in the US, and for most miles & points enthusiasts, visiting this lounge is a bucket list item. Generally speaking, airline lounges in the…
For years, airlines around the world made huge profits by charging customers exorbitant fees in order to pay for flights with a credit card. People had different reasons for wanting to use credit cards, though for many of us it's all about earning points/miles.…
In 2011, Qantas opened a new lounge at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1. It was a single class premium lounge, replacing the separate first class and business class lounges it previously operated in Singapore, with British Airways. At the time, this…
If it was two months earlier I would have thought it was an April Fools' joke. While Qantas' biggest rival is undoubtedly Virgin Australia, their second biggest rival is probably Air New Zealand. Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand used to have a very…
