George Rogers said he “absolutely loved” the flight. Once on board, Qantas’ resident drag queen, Qantana, and fellow queens Felicity Frickaccino and Vybe kept guests entertained with a game of drag bingo, and a team from MECCA MAX gave everyone a bag filled with beauty supplies and hosted a make-up masterclass at 40,000 feet. Singers Hugh Sheridan and G Flip and comedian Joel Creasey performed in the lounge before the flight and passengers were gifted a special pride-themed pair of Qantas pyjamas. “There were drag queens and they gave me a hat and a rainbow flag and there were free drinks. “After check-in, they took us all into the Qantas First Lounge at LAX,” he said. George Rogers said the flight had “great vibes.” Getty Images for Qantas, He had spent the past few weeks partying hard with mates in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica, which perhaps explains how he missed the fact it was a WorldPride flight which was very clearly explained to customers when booking through Qantas.īut for George, it was a happy mistake, and he was blown away by the surprises Qantas had arranged for passengers on the one-off flight. George, a British building surveyor who’s lived in Sydney for the last six years, was flying back to Australia after holidaying in South America. “It dawned on me when check-in opened and I saw a lot of ‘colourful’ people and pride flags.” George Rogers thought he’d booked a standard flight to Australia but actually boarded Qantas WorldPride flight. “I had absolutely no idea it was a WorldPride flight,” he told. So understandably the 29-year-old got quite the shock when he checked in at LAX and realized he’d actually booked a seat on Qantas’ WorldPride flight which was created to bring members of the LGBTQI+ community from the US to Australia for the 17-day festival. George Rogers thought he’d booked a ticket for a standard flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia.
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