Yet another reason not to bother retaining platinum. One of the few benefits that WPs got on a semi-regular basis was a spare seat next to them towards the front of the aircraft (if available). Now we can add this to the long list of non-benefits that plats used to get: priority security, priorit...

Yes, the Qantas champagnes are increasingly lacklustre (especially in first). I feel genuinely sorry for the poor flight attendants who are trained to present the bottle to you before they pour it. It's a rather sad exercise when they have show you something you could get for $8.99 at Vintage Cel...

Looking at these menus, it looks like a downgrade relative to what was on offer pre-Covid. The international first menus are substantially worse than the offerings from competitors like Singapore and Emirates in terms of ingredients and presentation. No surprise that Neil Perry appears to have di...

It’s interesting that Joyce said the Sydney Domestic Business Lounge was top of the domestic upgrade list in 2019 only to prioritise Adelaide a few weeks ago. It’s a bit odd frankly that the busiest airport in the country gets the worst domestic business lounge. The Sydney Qantas Club...

Will certainly be avoiding the first lounge for a while. It will be like that awful few months last year when only business lounges were open domestically - couldn't find a seat, jammed full of qantas club members stuffing the finger food into their pockets etc. At the very least the spa should b...