travel etiquette

I flew BNE-MEL last night departing around 1910. I was listening to one of the music stations on the IFE (this was a non-AVOD 738) and I had it turned up pretty damn loud, maybe maximum (using the supplied el-cheapo headphones in Y). I was in 4C, 4B was vacant and a lady was in 4A. Well into...

I ask because today there was one parent w 3 children under 8, the two eldest were fighting, complaining, yelling to their parent and the youngest was a post toddler-too big for a bassinet (though they tried and the child fell through but was allowed to stay in). Obviously there are multiple...

Long time lurker, first time poster.. I just had a very pleasant surprise flying back from SYD - MEL tonight.. I checked in through the premium lounge entry as normal and received my boarding pass. As I am always late, I didn't pay very much attention to it and just stuffed it in my pocket as...

Maybe its just me or perhaps its the shirt I am wearing but tonight I have been informed that DJ have a policy of 2 beers in the first hour and 1 beer every hour after that in the Sydney lounge by the current attendant - Mr Juvic, I have also been informed that I cannot get beers for others...

We are travelling international with our friends this saturday 9th July. My husband can guest me into the F/L but our friends have only Q/P membership. I have never been in the first lounge and was really looking forward to it but we are arriving at the airport together. Would it be extremely...

I am currently sitting in BNE Domestic Business Lounge waiting for my flight to SYD. Grabbed a diet coke and went to the cold food/salad side and grabbed a plate and put some olives, ham and salami on it. The person behind mealso grabbed a plate and started getting cheese with his hands/fingers...

What can I say, lounge access would be interesting: Days before a gridiron player was arrested on a US Airways flight at San Francisco airport following a dispute over his saggy pants, the airline allowed another man wearing skimpy women's panties and mid-thigh stockings to fly, according to...

Myself and Select others were asked if we would like something brought from the J cabin. I elected a Shiraz and others wines and champers.Nice touch Qantas, I have heard of it previoulsy but not consistently.CSM Dorothy Carmichael was the first to recognize WP and higher down the back years ago...

You wouldn't do it at home, so why is it deemed acceptable to do it in an airline lounge - or perhaps I'm wrong in this assumption, and a lot of people are pigs at home as well... I am always astounded with the pushing and shoving in around the food servers, the barrista service and the bars in...

Hi folks, I'm a always-economy flyer (the vast majority of my travel is for work, and anything but economy is vanishingly rare in the IT industry) who's about to take business flights for the first time as part of an RTW award. Knowing the controversy around here on visible male shins or...

I'm not regarded as the snappiest of dressers but I sit here (BNE Q Club Lounge) staring at a guy that looks like a larger version of Paul Hogn from his 70's TV show. This prompted me to check the requirements and here is what I could find: Item 10.7 "Smart, casual dress standards apply at...

Hi Everyone, This is my first post so please be nice :mrgreen: I was wondering if there is a dress code for the Qantas First Lounge? My partner is a QFF Platnium and we are flying to HNL in March, and was planing on accessing the first lounge, do we need to dress up? My partner wants to...

I thought this deserved a thread of its own (I guess I'm not high on boosting TOTT now that it's beaten the infamous Amex thread :rolleyes:). At work, what rules/etiquette/expectations/conventions/etc. do you follow in the use of your mobile phone? This includes: Do you change your phone to...

Using the airline to whom this FF belongs, I indistinctly indicated I would not be adverse to an earlier flight out of Brissie. I neglected to notice the checkin was harrassed, and dealing with a burnout in an earlier flight, and mass rebookings. I wasn't asking for an upgrade or a freebie. I...

I'm SG and I've finally decided to redeem some points (currently have 250,000, never used any) to upgrade a MEL-BNE flight on Friday. Was booked on a relatively cheap fare so the 12,000 points was a good deal, IMO. I have flown J several times before both domestic and international, and happy...

From news.com.au: Includes several YouTube videos of tourists behaving badly.

from news.com.au:

I flew LGW-MLA with GB "soon to be Sleazyjet but still flying as BA till later this year" Airways yesteday with loads of FTers to the MLA DO, but alas in whY. And it seemed the switch to Sleazyjet had occurred earlier than I thought. After the first drinks service, I was getting a little...

Should there be a minimum dress code when flying? Last week we returned from Bali - not the first trip so we do know what to expect - but I am constantly astounded at what people consider suitable attire to wear on a plane. I wouldn't consider myself a snob but I would think that footwear...

I am heading to Japan next week. I've heard it is very rude to wipe your nose in public and that it is considered more polite just to sniff. Is this true? Are there any other little rules like that I should know about? It's a leisure visit, so no business meetings to contend with.