Flew from Sydney to Los Angeles on August 19th (QF11). One of the cabin crew in my section, M, was super nice and we had a little chat at the end of the flight. Wish I had gotten to talk more and exchange contact.
Im looking at flying direct SYD to SFO return for a fortnight over Xmas. I understand that prices are always more expensive at this time and seem to go up every time I look. Do they ever stabilise or am I looking at 3k return? 18 December-3 January is the time Im looking at.
*** Thanks Reddit, confirmation was accompanied discount
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I have heard Qantas has the best premium economy.
I’m flying QF27/28 next year Sydney to Santiago return.
Just wondering if it’s worth using over double the points (or cash) as an economy seat?
Looking for personal experiences if anyone wouldn’t mind sharing.
Currently in the check-in line at Sydney Domestic and there’s one person working the economy counter, while there are about a million self service kiosks sitting around.
I know some people prefer the kiosks (and they can be handy for busy periods), but I don’t. They seem geared towards checking in on your phone and doing everything yourself, whereas I actually like dealing with a person and getting a proper cardboard boarding pass.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but if you’re paying a premium to fly with a supposedly full service airline shouldn’t face to face customer service actually be part of the experience ? Otherwise what exactly is differentiating it from a low cost carrier at the airport ?
Flying the 787-9 to lax in December, just curious, is this the flight that’s typically crewed by New Zealand crew? I ask as I’ve seen a few posts saying that this particular crew use the middle seats as a bed? And I want to take that into consideration when selecting my seats. Cheers.
Hi does anyone have experience (good or bad) paying in instalments for flights? I need to buy some flights for a few family members for my wedding and want to spread out the cost a bit but haven't used it on flights before.
I have a Klarna account and found this website www.alternativeairlines.com via their app. I know is an ota but I'm considering giving them a go if they're trusted by Klarna enough to be partnered on there.
Would love to hear if anyone has experience either with this website or just buying flights this way - especially if there's tips other than 'don't use Klarna' which I've seen in other threads... unfortunately I can't move the wedding and can't conjure money out of thin air haha. Thanks!
I will be arriving at airport 2.5hrs (Jetstar) before I can bag drop for my next flight (Qantas) due to only one regional Jetstar flight option. Is there anywhere I can sit/cafes before security?
Australian Flight Attendants — Am I the Only One?
I genuinely feel like Australian airline flight attendants are some of the worst I’ve encountered anywhere in the world when it comes to basic customer service.
I’m talking specifically about communication, attitude, responding to requests, and just generally seeming like they actually want to be there.
A few years ago I flew Qantas from Singapore to Sydney. At some point during the flight I asked for a toothbrush. The crew said they’d get one for me, but it never came. I asked again later, and still nothing. Eventually I went to the back of the plane where the crew were sitting and asked again. The response I got was:
“I thought we already gave you one.”
The tone was incredibly abrupt and almost irritated, as though I was inconveniencing them by asking for something that they had simply forgotten to provide.
At first I thought it was just an isolated experience.
But then I started noticing the same thing with Jetstar. I’ve flown them several times and, while obviously there are exceptions, I often find the cabin crew extremely abrupt and seemingly uninterested in their jobs.
Virgin can be similar. And I’ve been flying Qantas for years, and honestly, I feel like the service from their cabin crew has progressively gotten worse.
What makes it more noticeable is that I travel internationally quite a bit.
I’ve flown ANA, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar, Emirates, Air New Zealand, various South American airlines, American carriers and Air Canada.
And, generally speaking, I find the cabin crew on these airlines much more professional, friendly and genuine.
On Qatar, I remember sitting awake watching a movie while most people around me were sleeping. One of the cabin crew noticed and came over and offered me some snacks without me even asking. I've had similar experiences on ANA and other Asian airlines where the crew are constantly checking whether passengers need anything.
It’s not even necessarily about being overly friendly or doing something extraordinary. It’s the basic things — acknowledging requests, communicating properly, checking on passengers, boarding, and generally making you feel like you're not a nuisance for asking for something.
Even Air New Zealand has consistently struck me as having really friendly, professional and genuine cabin crew.
Meanwhile, whenever I’m at Sydney Airport and see Qantas crew rushing around, they often look completely overwhelmed, agitated and unhappy. Obviously I have no idea what’s actually happening behind the scenes, and perhaps the working conditions, staffing pressures, technology, management or general pressure of the job are contributing to it.
And to be clear, I’m not saying every Australian flight attendant is like this. I’ve definitely encountered some fantastic ones.
But as a general observation from my own experience, Australian airline cabin crew seem noticeably worse at the basic customer-service side of the job compared with many international airlines.
Maybe I'm completely wrong and have just had a disproportionately bad run.
Has anyone else noticed this, or am I just imagining it?
Has anyone noticed the removal of Qantas news inflight over the past month?
I fly multiple times a week (currently in 1F on my 5th flight in 7 days) and have noticed that the news option has been removed from the inflight wifi app.
Considering the amount of time I spend in the air, I often use this time to catch up on headlines, so hopefully this is a short lasted technical issue.
After its final flight across Australia a QantasLink Fokker F100 jet aircraft has touched down at Shellharbour Airport where it will begin a new chapter at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS).
The recently retired 100-seat aircraft has been donated by QantasLink to HARS where it will join its collection of aircraft as a public exhibit.
VH-NPU “Meekatharra” is the second aircraft to be donated to HARS, with another QantasLink F100 donated to its Parkes Museum in February.
Meekatharra will sit alongside Qantas’ first Boeing 747- 400, VH-OJA that was donated by Qantas in 2015. City of Canberra arrived at HARS following 26 years of service and is one of the museum's most visited attractions.
Can I pay to bring a second suitcase even though I’m a pleb economy flyer? I have medical formula for my daughter I want to travel with.
I’ve been going back and forth with them since March now. Here are the last 2 screenshots of our correspondence. Can anyone help me here???
They haven’t addressed a single thing I said in my last email.
They cancelled my ticket when they should have cancelled my ex partners, forcing me to fork out extra money for a new ticket for myself.
I bought the ticket before trump dropped the bomb for $800 then had to buy a new one due to their mistake at $1500.
I obviously can’t contact my ex to get permission to refund his ticket, even though I paid for it, but the fact is, I am owed at least $800 for the extra cost of the flight that I shouldn’t have had to buy in the first place. And they only seem to talk about the exs (Kaidyn) flight.
No one is listening to me.
It’s a whole massive story that’s lasted months, and it’s been an absolute fuck around, and it’s getting nowhere.
Is anyone with a little more understanding, willing and able to listen and offer advice?
it doesn’t make much sense for me
I hope it will as it would be very cool
I was looking at my seats for my flight from Singapore to Melbourne in the A330-200 and it removed my selected seats and made them pai even though I have gold and it it was a standard seat in 32A and I called Qantas and they said it was an aircraft change even though it was still the A330-200
QF 7 SYD- DFW 11Aug2026
Awesome flight. Aircraft upgraded from 787 so plenty of spare seats meant efficient and more personalised service.
Arrival into DFW at 1pm meant no queues and plenty of border agent windows open for a quick and easy entry stateside.
I'm in the UK and I can't pay for flights to Aus using my Wise card or ING card. Just tried paying with mum's Commonwealth credit card and Revolut card to no avail. Anyone else having this issue? It's been happening for weeks and I'm at the end of my tether. Cannot stomach another 2 hour call...
EDIT: I've cleared all my caches, tried on different web browsrs and it hasn't helped.