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Complaints of bed bugs on another Qantas flight two weeks before…

Passengers on a further Qantas flight reported bed bugs, according to Nine.com.au, in the run-up to a separate cancellation; the airline's response is unclear.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWe promised you this one: passengers on another Qantas flight are complaining of bed bugs, and the report says it comes two weeks before a separate flight was cancelled over the same problem.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNine dot com dot a-u reports repeated complaints from travelers, and for anyone with a long-haul booking, the question is what is actually in the seat they paid for.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo weeks of warnings before anyone grounded anything.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe data does not say how the airline handled the earlier complaints, so I will not guess.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have flown on worse, Hank, and I have never once been asked to rate the seat.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's lesson: the only thing that travels for free is the bug. Checking the seams of my pillow now, on camera.

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The story so far

  1. Greg Norman calls Qantas a 'never-on-time airline' · The Age
  2. Bed bugs ground Qantas Rome-to-Perth flight · SMH.com.au
  3. Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers; Qantas bedbug grounding · The Moscow Times
  4. Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome · The Guardian
  5. Qantas flight grounded after bedbug outbreak · BBC
  6. Passengers 'woken by screaming' on Qantas bed bug flight · Nine.com.au
  7. Complaints of bed bugs on another Qantas flight two weeks before… (this story)

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