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Flute56 · 16/10/2024 09:02

I have just flown from London to Perth with Qantas and I'm very disappointed because the food was rubbish and I couldn't eat it and I'm used to nicer food and a hot wash clothes to wash your hands and face with after you eaten and I thought Qantas was a good quality airline but they're not they seemed to be the lowest of the low and when it came to breakfast you only allowed one drink and I have been with other Airlines where you get a orange juice or something and then they come round and off coffee but do not allowed to have that with Qantas. I also I thought that all the cabin crew would be Australians because Qantas is an Australian airline but going out to Australia they were all English and after this I would never book with Qantas again and the only advantage from me is you fly Direct but for such a poor quality of service I don't think it's worth it just to save a few hours on the flight

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backinthebox · 16/10/2024 14:00

Hmm, I work for a well known British airline, and on my last trip we had 3 Indian crew, 2 Spanish, a Slovenian and a Pakistani Londoner. This is fairly typical - aviation is a very multicultural industry. You’ll be very disappointed if you expect only crew from the country the airline is based in to be working for them these days.

KimberleyClark · 16/10/2024 14:00

saraclara · 16/10/2024 13:48

Why can so few people spell QANTAS?

I can spell it, it was correct in my first post but don’t know what happened in my second!

WinterMorn · 16/10/2024 13:59

harvestdesigns · 16/10/2024 12:48

this thread is hilarious 😂

But I don’t think it’s intentionally so! Its mad.

ihaveliterallynoidea · 16/10/2024 13:57

Try Ryanair or easyJet. Then come back to us

Berlinlover · 16/10/2024 13:55

saraclara · 16/10/2024 13:48

Why can so few people spell QANTAS?

Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Service

InWalksBarberalla · 16/10/2024 13:55

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:15

I hope when i fly to adelaide the crew are australian.

Are you going to ask to see their citizenship or birth certificates to confirm they are Aussies? What about Indian-Australians or Chinese Australians- will they pass. There's about a million people born in the UK living in Australia. Are they allowed to work for QANTAS or do they need to born in Australia?

Berlinlover · 16/10/2024 13:54

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:21

Because it would show that the aussie crew are representing their own countries airline

Don’t ever fly Ryanair, you’ll have a nervous breakdown.

saraclara · 16/10/2024 13:48

Why can so few people spell QANTAS?

saraclara · 16/10/2024 13:46

GoingRoundInOvals · 16/10/2024 12:29

Well that was years ago. If you're booking emirates to aus for example, Manchester to Dubai to Perth, you'll check in at Manchester and pick your bags up in Australia.

weird post.

The US has different rules. You have to collect and recheck your baggage if transiting. But in a more seamless way than happens normally. You pick up and recheck in basically the same place.

But yep, everywhere else I've every travelled, you don't see your baggage again until you get to the final destination.

KimberleyClark · 16/10/2024 12:55

We flew with Quanta to Auckland via Singapore and Sydney last year, didn’t have to collect our bags until Auckland.

harvestdesigns · 16/10/2024 12:48

this thread is hilarious 😂

Itsthecatsfault · 16/10/2024 12:35

You have to collect your bag when arriving into Oz and transferring to another domestic flight. So, London to Perth, going onto Adelaide. You pick your bag up in Perth because you have to go through quarantine and immigration in Perth.

When returning to the UK your bags are checked through. So Adelaide-Perth-London you don’t need to collect your bag in Perth.

I like Qantas, but am pleased they stopped playing “I still call Australia home” as it made me cry every time I returned to the UK (Aussie, longtime UK resident)

GoingRoundInOvals · 16/10/2024 12:29

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:26

Years ago i flew to usa and it wasnt direct. We all had to collect our cases and book them in again

Well that was years ago. If you're booking emirates to aus for example, Manchester to Dubai to Perth, you'll check in at Manchester and pick your bags up in Australia.

weird post.

Kago2790 · 16/10/2024 12:28

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:21

Because it would show that the aussie crew are representing their own countries airline

Don't fly Emirates,Etihad, Qatar etc then. No Emirates or Qatar is will be handing you your coffee.

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:26

Porridgeislife · 16/10/2024 12:23

Someone is giving you really bad advice.

Qantas doesn’t care who you fly with domestically unless you have booked from London to Adelaide on one ticket.

Any fare purchased from Europe to Australia will take your bags the whole way if you have booked on a single ticket. I have never had to collect bags mid-way unless I’ve deliberately arranged a stopover.

Years ago i flew to usa and it wasnt direct. We all had to collect our cases and book them in again

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Porridgeislife · 16/10/2024 12:24

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:21

Because it would show that the aussie crew are representing their own countries airline

Kindly, who cares? Do you only want to see Brits on BA? Finns on Finnair? Emiratis on Emirates?

SocksAndTheCity · 16/10/2024 12:24

Was it them who stole all your full stops? The bastards.

Porridgeislife · 16/10/2024 12:23

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 11:59

She also said it's more convenient than going to Dubai or to Singapore or to Hong Kong and then collecting your suitcase and rebooking it all in for the next flights because not all airlines that you are connecting with automatically put your bags on you have to collect them

Someone is giving you really bad advice.

Qantas doesn’t care who you fly with domestically unless you have booked from London to Adelaide on one ticket.

Any fare purchased from Europe to Australia will take your bags the whole way if you have booked on a single ticket. I have never had to collect bags mid-way unless I’ve deliberately arranged a stopover.

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:21

saraclara · 16/10/2024 12:17

Why?

Because it would show that the aussie crew are representing their own countries airline

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HelpMeGetThrough · 16/10/2024 12:21

Poggishairtufts · 16/10/2024 12:17

Do you have a limit on the number of full stops you're allowed to use per day?

Quantas didn't give any out on the plane.

Lottemarine · 16/10/2024 12:19

Qantas have the absolute monopoly over here, but they are overpriced and very average at best. I’m in Perth and I would fly Singapore Airlines and Qatar any day.

saraclara · 16/10/2024 12:17

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:15

I hope when i fly to adelaide the crew are australian.

Why?

Poggishairtufts · 16/10/2024 12:17

Do you have a limit on the number of full stops you're allowed to use per day?

Flute56 · 16/10/2024 12:15

I hope when i fly to adelaide the crew are australian.

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Georgyporky · 16/10/2024 12:15

I'd report the post as racist if I didn't find it so funny!

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