and the answer is NOOOOOO! We boarded the plane in LA to then sit on the tarmac for over an hour, they said some guff about loading freight….. anyhow just added more time to the cramped conditions…. and that meant we were not going to meet our connecting flight to Brisbane …so whilst we were in the air Qantas already moved us to the 12:05 flight (replacing the 10:05am) …so we get to Sydney, clear immigration and customs, transfer to domestic terminal and yep you guessed it …Qantas Club….and the first announcement we hear….our original flight to Brissy was delayed…we would have made it!!!!  Ah well …what can we do? Wayne is currently catching up on the Australian news. We should be home by 1:30pm Brisbane time ….here’s hoping.