You are perfectly correct. UA and QF are the only two airlines who fly direct US-AUS these days, QF and UA from LAX and UA from SFO. I have no experience of UA but naturally I'd recommend QF. Email me privately Dennis and I can give you an idea of best availability times. Then maybe Matthew can give you a cheapy! Grant SYD QF ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Greenwood <mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:00 am Subject: Re: OZ > Air New Zealand no longer operates on the LAX-SYD route! If you > want a > non-stop flight I would take Qantas over United any day. QF has far > superior service and individual seat back videos. > > If you want to contact me privately Dennis I will even give you a > good deal > on the tickets. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of > Dennis W Zeuch > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:22 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: OZ > > > Six of our family (wifes side) are flying USA to SYD this > March..shoppingfor tickets. Can any of you who fly the route > recomend a carrier? Qantas, > AirNewzealand are the two they are considering mostly. Is there any > difference these days or is Y class real bad everywhere? Thanks Dennis