Keith T

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/37-airline...81201-6ojf.html http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-new...81201-6o2e.html

Switch to AAdvantage if you don't mind flying AA rather than BA between the US and the UK, though if ATI for AA/BA/IB comes through this might change. AA does not charge fuel fines for awards. Otherwise, in most cases the tax/fuel fines make F/J bookings better value than bookings in whY (like you pointed out it's often not much more to simply buy a flight in whY) though out of the UK you also have to deal with APD.

I read that El Al is planning to use UTP for the time being.

Direct action and thuggish behaviour are hardly democratic IMO.

Some 'live' reporting here from FTers in BKK: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=892482 Thank goodness I didn't proceed with prior plans to visit BKK. Changing flights, or worse being stuck there - would've been an ordeal.

Except in this case it'd appear to be voluntary rather than forced by bureaucratic impasse.

I can't quote directly from the Straits Times as the online website is subscription only (any Singaporeans here that subscribes to the online site willing to copy/paste?), so here's the thread on SQTalk: http://www.sqtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5741

Updated. But only 2 extra flights as I've discovered that there were a few times I deliberately ticketed myself on different flight numbers on the Roo route to get more status bonii. Expect my *A segment count (SQ, LX, SK) to increase in Dec... no I'm not switching allegiances from OW, just been busy redeeming my *A miles. Praise be to bmi diamond club...

It's more work though. Mmmm, but it means I get a few more segments in.

The was in relation to them collapsing when I'm already holding ticketed flights with them. But these are ticketed on AA 001 stock (oneworld Visit Europe) and I s'pose I could always get AA to reaccomodate me on other carriers as INVOL if it comes to that. Indeed I've heard good things about their intra Europe product. I'll be flying MXP-BUD and BUD-PRG on them.

I'm wondering the same.... They better not cause I'm already ticketed on 2 of their flights in February.

My top 10s: # Airline Amount % 1 Qantas Airways 43 23.9 % 2 Singapore Airlines 36 20.0 % 3 British Airways 25 13.9 % 4 Cathay Pacific 12 6.7 % 5 American Airlines 12 6.7 % 6 Air New Zealand 8 4.4 % 7 Virgin Blue 6 3.3 % 8 JAL Japan Airlines 6 3.3 % 9 Thai Airways 6 3.3 % 10 SWISS 4 2.2 % Heavily skewed towards the top 3 unsurprisingly. Didn't know I'd flown Cathay, Thai or DJ that much. # Airport Amount % 1 MEL Melbourne 72 20.0 % 2 SIN Singapore 61 16.9 % 3 SYD Sydney 29 8.1 % 4 HKG Hong Kong 18 5.0 % 5 LHR London 17 4.7 % 6 BKK Bangkok 16 4.4 % 7 AKL Auckland 12 3.3 % 8 KUL Kuala Lumpur 12 3.3 % 9 CBR Canberra 10 2.8 % 10 NRT Tokyo 9 2.5 % SIN and HKG would've gotten more hits had I broken up the QF 2 segment flights via both airports (eg QF9 MEL-(SIN)-LHR) and listed them seperately.

AZ in oneworld?? Please say it isn't so!!!

See siggy (BA97 link). It's mainly JNB-SYD that's proving difficult, which isn't too surprising. And LHR-MEL which is an award ticket. But I'd got them all booked on alternative days so it's not too bad.

Looks pretty much like the current FCL cabin? Whilst it is the general trend of F (and J) cabins to move towards enclosed private suites these days, I'm not sure I like it. I prefer a more 'open' cabin. I found the herringbone type seats in J a bit claustrophobic for some reason (especially on CX) and I hate not being able to strike up a convo with the person next to me (part of the fun of traveling). I will report back on the SQ Suites in 3 weeks, but a lot of my friends have commented that they preferred to leave the doors open and blinds up.

A friend of mine booked SYD-JNB return in F for only AUD9648 all in for him and a friend. Superb deal. That's like Air Mauritius J prices. Pity my DONE4 which I started in MNL back in July is meant to cover all my travels until July 2009. Now wondering if I should buy another DONE or rub my crystall ball and wait for another deal like this, in light of the global financial crisis there ought to be plenty of similar deals by QF or its OW partners....

I fail to see how the Wright Brothers fit within that contemplation, nor of how it'd improve QF's image amongst Australians if it'd indeed been irrepairably tarnished. As i'm still HLed on a few Qantas flights I almost wish there'd be a couple more safety scares to frighten people off their planes so I can actually confirm my bookings. *touchwood*

If Qantas had intended to honour international aviators then yes the Wrights would defo top the list; however, looking at the list, they'd clearly intended to include only Australian aviators and others who've made significant contributions to local aviation. What other airlines have done is irrelevant as that's simply comparing apples and oranges, it's like saying every airline should adopt 'The World's Favourite Airline' as their marketing tagline.

The whole point is to pay tribute to Australian aviators. The Wright Brothers are hardly Australian.

Nancy-Bird Walton is the name of the v first Qantas A380.

If only they're "slumped of passengers" for the dates I need to travel as I'm still waitlisted for several of my flights.

But the sale covers all destinations, including NRT.

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/greatNewsSal...u:greatNewsSale A great deal from a top quality airline, The World's Most Experienced Airline. [simply change the location to your country of origin to get fares from that origin]

USD500-1000 per flight assuming they get takers. But damage to brand and goodwill = priceless...

Hmm... now I don't think I'm an 'aviation buff.' But my convoluted routings (NRT-DXB via SIN and LHR for instance - see JAN-FEB '08 TR) and addiction to FF miles can hardly be considered 'normal.' And i do love flying but would only have a vague idea about planes. So I've no idea what I am. Back on topic: Sorry to hear the inaugural return didn't go too well. Glad that things worked out in the end.