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UK lifts business class APD ‘flight tax’ to $500
Nov 01, 2024, 11:43 AMExtortion by any other name.
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Do Qantas’ upgraded meals hit the spot?
Oct 06, 2024, 08:18 AMThey don’t care. Let’s face it - that stuff is mostly processed and pre-packaged faux-food. Wouldn’t eat it at home or out and about. Not on and aircraft either.
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Frequent flyer dismay as Emirates axes this Australian route
Sep 09, 2024, 10:31 AMDisappointing, especially the loss of the civilised daytime flight SIN-MEL.
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Revealed: Air India’s new A320neo business class, premium economy
Jun 21, 2024, 06:52 PM3-abreast on a narrow body aircraft isn’t premium anything.
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Bali wants $70 ‘tourist tax’ on Australians
Jun 21, 2024, 06:49 PMBali is trashed now and no amount of taxation will fix anything. Went there in ‘88 and it was still quite good. Went there again with some misgivings in 2017 and it was gone. A further 7 years on - no way! It’s so ruined that the ‘right type’ of people need to be paid to g...
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Qantas Club Membership Offer Woes
Oct 16, 2022, 12:36 PMI decided to rejoin Qantas Club using their current new membership offer, having had several years without it. Every single time I tried to complete the transaction it bombed out citing ‘technical difficulties’. The deal concludes tomorrow. No response from QF/Q-Club etc. Anyone else ...
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Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?
Apr 24, 2019, 02:45 PMAny sedative/hypnotic should not be combined with alcohol, particularly the benzodiazepines and “non” benzo’s including temazepam, zolpidem (Stillnox) and zopiclone (Imovane). Not to mention, some countries are very dodgy for flying through with drugs of dependence.
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Qantas cracking down on carry-on luggage
Nov 14, 2018, 08:10 AMWell at least QF are predictably inconsistent as usual ;)
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Did Qantas just invite everybody to join the Chairman's Lounge?
Oct 25, 2018, 01:15 PMYes, got one too. I had to laugh knowing I would not be a person of interest to QF.
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Debit card acceptance in hotels
Sep 21, 2018, 03:22 PMIt might seem overkill to some but I’ve resorted to emailing each hotel I’m pre-booked into for specifics about their various security deposit requirements. They’re all different and I want to know what I’ll be up for in advance and prepared accordingly especially as I don...