For a critical review of JA's style just Google: Joe Ashton Crikey scalps. He's got quite a record.

At Sydney it's no longer a strict 3hrs check-in before departure, but I doubt that Qantas has returned to all-day check-in. I've more recently been able to check-in 4-5 hrs before departure. The exception might be checking in for QF11, as the Americans must position a security person at check-i...

Originally Posted by Grannular Does Qantas even have spare A380 capacity to move on to this route? Definitely not. Qantas destroyed 2 of their A380's, and 3 of them are at Abu Dhabi, with one of them being there for well over 2 years.

I have had that experience arriving in LAX off QF11, for there are always several QF staff on hand at the carousel. Their role seems to be to explain how LAX works and to retrieve any bags from the carousel having the Yellow tag.

An ETA to enter the UK is already required for 7 Middle East countries at a cost of £10. People coming from other countries will require an ETA sometime in the future.