Trip Reports

A last-minute decision to spend the weekend in CHC saw me booking a flight back to MEL with Pacific Blue. All things being equal, I would have booked both ways with DJ - but the lure of the FLounge was too great.

In case you're wondering, the JQ flight MEL-CHC was a) late and b) uninteresting. I had my exit row seat and was asleep by the time we hit cruise altitude.

Check In and Airport

After swearing black and blue I wouldn't book any future flights ...

Check In

Check in wasn't quite so nice to me this time. I had forgotten to OLCI at T-24, and the seat selection at ~ T-8 wasn't great. I started out in 15C and changed myself to 10C, with the hopes of an improvement once I got to The Lounge..

At the airport

BNE being the ancestral home of DJ, I had moderately high hopes for a reasonable experience here. Security was a surprise - I got a security guard that made polite small talk while I was divesting ...

Ever since the spectacular collapse of Ansett many moons ago, I've been a dedicated Qantas flyer. Probably not really what you'd consider a frequent flyer up until a few years ago, when a recommendation from a travel-addicted friend lead me to Flyertalk and from there on to Australian Frequent Flyer .. the slippery slope down the path of status, perks, drinking way too much at airport lounges in strange cities and generally spending more time than is strictly necessary at 38000 feet. My name is ...