And this, in a nutshell, is what separates the wheat from the chaff in the frequent flier world: People either know enough to be proactive, get themselves protected and sit patiently, or they go fully batshit crazy, letting their anger get the best of them and making all sorts of wacky comments.
I'd love to see most of them never do business with QF again. Doubt they could make that happen.
You're a trooper Mike 👍
I tip my hat to you knowing full-well that you almost universally have long haul flights if you want to get anywhere. When the shit hits your fan, it's a gigantic dump and a very powerful fan.