I've done similar to this many, many times....flying from Canberra to Sydney on Qantas and then a non-aligned airline out of Sydney to the international destination. In reality it'll depend on whether or not your bag will get checked through from the original departure point. If the staff won't...

I flew into SYD on 21 Mar on Japan Airlines, a Oneworld member airline, with a connection through to Canberra flying Qantas Link. On arriving at the domestic transfer building was informed that they were only transferring people who flew in on Qantas. I was redirected to the T Bus, which takes ...

Spent Christmas at the Hilton Denarau in Fiji with the family. Pretty easy and pain free, with the testing available at the hotel. The Fijian people were incredibly glad to have tourists returning after the best part of two years of no wages. Let the naysayers stay home.....go and have your ho...

I persisted with Qantas until QFF Lifetime Gold was reached, thereby ensuring access to lounges and other perks for later in life in retirement when I would expect that the amount of travelling that I do will trail off significantly and I wouldn't achieve any lounge-access worthy status as a resu...