Business Class
- QF128 SYD-HKG Qantas A380 Business Class review
- I was originally booked into Qantas Premium Economy as per my outbound ticket, and was considering burning 25,000 Qantas points on a upgrade to Business to maximise sleep opportunities on this overnight flight. As luck would have it, on rechecking my seat assignment on the morning of the flight, I was no longer shown in [...] Read more – ‘QF128 SYD-HKG Qantas A380 Business Class review’.
- Cathay Pacific’s ‘The Cabin’ Lounge review
- When Cathay Pacific opened the Cabin in late 2010, it gave a glimpse into a new modern design philosophy for their ‘hard product’ – lounges, seating, etc. – which would be rolling out across their network in the coming years, such as the refurbishment of The Wing, and their new Business Class seating. I was [...] Read more – ‘Cathay Pacific’s ‘The Cabin’ Lounge review’.
- Qantas Business Class Lounge, Hong Kong – Review
- Before spending some time in The Wing, one of Cathay Pacific’s many Business Class lounges in Hong Kong, I scouted out the Qantas Business Lounge which is used for Qantas & British Airways departures to Melbourne, Sydney and London. You’d be able to access this lounge if travealling with Qantas or British Airways in Business [...] Read more – ‘Qantas Business Class Lounge, Hong Kong – Review’.
- Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge review – Photo tour, post 2012 refurbishment
- Cathay has 3 major lounges at HKG – The Wing, The Pier (both with Business and First Class sections), and The Cabin (Business class only). On my return to Sydney, I was able to access both The Wing and The Cabin thanks to my Qantas Gold status, and a 2 hour delay which meant me [...] Read more – ‘Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge review – Photo tour, post 2012 refurbishment’.
- A guide to LA800 & LA801 Business Class – Sydney to Auckland return
- One of my favoured ways to travel between Sydney & Auckland in Business Class on the cheap, whilst still accruing Qantas Frequent Flyer points and Status Credits, is to use LAN’s daily service. LAN fly a widebody Airbus A340 between the two (and onwards to their primary hub in Santiago, Chile), with their respectable long [...] Read more – ‘A guide to LA800 & LA801 Business Class – Sydney to Auckland return’.
- Trying out Qantas Domestic Business – QF444 Melbourne to Sydney Review
- I normally wouldn’t write a review about a quick Melbourne – Sydney domestic flight. As one of the busiest routes in the world, and at an hour or so long, it’s never going to be a unique experience that you’d die to repeat. However, I was down in Melbourne for work, and given my employer [...] Read more – ‘Trying out Qantas Domestic Business – QF444 Melbourne to Sydney Review’.
- Sydney to New York (via Auckland) – QF141, QF25 and QF107 Qantas Business Class review
- As I wrote back in November, I was recently given the opportunity to go to a conference/seminar type thing in New York in early December. The event was only announced a month before it was on, and I knew it was something I wanted to be at. I am lucky that my employer is pretty [...] Read more – ‘Sydney to New York (via Auckland) – QF141, QF25 and QF107 Qantas Business Class review’.
- QF6 Frankfurt – Singapore in Qantas Business Class – Upper Deck 747
- Research & Booking Getting back over to Asia and onto Australia from Europe was only possible in Business on points by departing from Frankfurt on QF6. QF5 (to Frankfurt) and QF6 (from Frankfurt) is Qantas’ last non-London European beachhead, and operates daily – departing Frankfurt in the late evening, and one of the first Qantas [...] Read more – ‘QF6 Frankfurt – Singapore in Qantas Business Class – Upper Deck 747’.
- CX110 Sydney – Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Business Class Mini Review
- Ever since I can remember, I’ve gotten super-tense for early morning departures of any kind. It’s something I’m slowly getting better at, but this morning was no different – I reckon I was operating on 3 hours sleep, max, after leaving the house at about 5am to be at SYD by around 5.30, for a [...] Read more – ‘CX110 Sydney – Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Business Class Mini Review’.
- London – Frankfurt (LHR-FRA) on BA914 – British Airways Club Europe & Heathrow T5 Galleries Lounge
- Booking I couldn’t get award availability out of London to Singapore for two of us in Business, so needed a connecting flight to Frankfurt to pick up Qantas’ other European service, QF6 to Sydney (via Singapore). Both our tickets were originally booked in Economy – one a BA points award and one a paid booking [...] Read more – ‘London – Frankfurt (LHR-FRA) on BA914 – British Airways Club Europe & Heathrow T5 Galleries Lounge’.
- Booked! To New Zealand on Air NZ in Business
- Well, I went for it : ) helped me think it through, and the plan all made sense – so I bought and confirmed my Air New Zealand itinerary for early next year. I’ll be heading to Webstock – my favourite web conference, ever – in Wellington, via Auckland. The routing looks like this - [...] Read more – ‘Booked! To New Zealand on Air NZ in Business’.
- New York JFK – London LHR – BA178 in Club World (Business Class)
- Our experience on BA was actually pretty bad, given how great Qantas were for the rest of our journey. I’ll come to that in due course, but first, a few notes on how this was booked. BA charge 50,000 miles for a one way Club fare between the North America and the UK. Redeeming for [...] Read more – ‘New York JFK – London LHR – BA178 in Club World (Business Class)’.
- Sydney – Frankfurt in Qantas Business Class on Points
- Given that this site has been set up to talk about how to best accrue frequent flyer points I figured I might as well cross-post this write up from my personal blog of my experience last year of flying from Sydney to Frankfurt in Qantas Business Class which was booked using 128,000 Qantas points. Enjoy [...] Read more – ‘Sydney – Frankfurt in Qantas Business Class on Points’.