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My son flew to NY via a 2hr transit stop in LA from Brisbane with Virgin Australia.
on arrival in LA ..No Baggage..LA blamed Brisbane...
NY gave him paperwork ,which was carbon copy of described baggage, no tracking number.
I rang Brisbane was told they would ring me back...it never happened.
My son in NY has phone number for NY Airport it's an answering machine.
There has to be a better system , we feel so helpless and Customer Service at Virgin Australia doesn't ...

“Would it were day” I have said to myself many times over the course of the April. Jetlag has really taken its toll. However, somewhat fortunately and unlike the Constable of France, I was not destined to fall to Welsh longbow men in a muddy French field. Business meetings, particularly boring ones, awaited me. It is also 2012 rather than 1415.

It has been a truly tedious month of travel, two days in Newcastle, a week in Shanghai, three days in Auckland and almost two weeks in Blighty. ...

Has anyone travelled with them in business class recently? If so, how were they. I've read varying reports and am interested to learn about them as I'm considering travelling Syd to Europe with them.

Thanks

April is here already so it is time to reflect on the second half of March and look ahead to a very hectic month of travel.

March was an unusual month for me, I might even call it odd, it saw two milestones reached. The first, QF P1 and more importantly the second - the retention of VA/DJ Platinum for 2012/2013. I still need another 35 SC’s to be a genuine platinum in my mind though.

My return from Brazil was to be swiftly followed by a trip to Blighty......and not flying ...

We are travelling to South America next month ---Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil.

We are uncertain of the best way to access mobile phones /SIM cards/ internet etc and would welcome advice from those who have been there recently .

Also , are ATMs reasonably available and is is best to use local currency or USD ??

Thanks

Kevvie