Renewing status with points now official policy?

[Punky]

Hahahaha... doesn't surprise me, and I can understand where they're coming from. I've always sought variety and colour in language, even when I wrote about technology, so for example we try to avoid the dryness of repeating 'arrives' and 'departs' par after par in favour of several different yet commonly-understood words or phrases. All good!

You need more phrases.Just look at the number of ways commentators on stock prices say that a price has gone up or down.

 

[DavidFlynn]

You need more phrases.Just look at the number of ways commentators on stock prices say that a price has gone up or down.

Oh, we got plenty of phrases as alternatives to arrive/depart, just that 'wheels up' sometimes tweaks the pedants.

 

[Strategic Aviation]

got a link back to the whinge?

AusBT thrives on a good press junket. Just wait until Star Alliance has their next big global conference and all you'll see on the site for a week is gushing stories about LH, LX, OS etc despite those carriers having almost zero relevance to Australian travellers.

Take anything they publish with a grain of salt. They get a few good quotes but otherwise their access to information is about as good as ours sitting at home.

I somewhat agree, I feel like they get their "inside information" from forums such as these and write them up as "exclusives". They are more akin to a blog rather than your traditional news source.

Not to mention the grammar and spelling mistakes.

 

[DavidFlynn]

Thanks for the links - yeah, those are two sets of ill-formed opinions which I’ll unlikely be able to change. C’est la vie, etcetera.

 

[Strategic Aviation]

P.S. There is a typographical error ("of to") in Uber-competitor Taxify launches in Sydney, Melbourne - Australian Business Traveller, and someone has also commented that the code is only for $5 (not $10).

 

[Lendav Orav]

Oh, we got plenty of phrases as alternatives to arrive/depart, just that 'wheels up' sometimes tweaks the pedants.

But of course, "wheels up" time refers to something different to "departure time". Technically speaking, that is.

 

[Danger]

You need more phrases.Just look at the number of ways commentators on stock prices say that a price has gone up or down.

And "the pointy end". Arrggghh. Vomit.