Recent content by Amerrican

After year banking in Queensland, I've recently moved to the USA. I had an American credit card hacked after a business trip to Thailand. Called the US bank, they removed the charges immediately, replaced the card via overnight delivery service, and sent me an apology letter! US banking law...

United today announced strict guidelines for the double charge for "fat people". BLOOMBERG LINK Like the luggage charge, I'm expecting that this charge will be waived as a "bonus" for Premier, or at least 1Ks.

Finally, discount fares come to Oz. Actually, $1200 isn't reallly "discount" but just what an advance purchase economy fare should have been all along. I note Qantas have mostly matched this fare as well. With DL and V entering the fray, this will bode extremely well for the Australian...

Your methodology is faulty. Long haul flights, by their nature, are more cost-efficient to operate. Less cycles on the airframe, for starters.

Re: Delta to start ATL-LAX-SYD TERRIFIC NEWS! Most long-haul passengers are NOT going to "throw away" 15,000 miles. That's over halfway to a free US domestic ticket. And "V" will have trouble getting any visibility in anywhere but LA. As for SQ, it's become such a political football...

A couple light loads and you're predicting UA's demise? Actually, I think all the recent news is terrific for UA and the Oz routes generally. With two more carriers coming online (VA and DL), fares are heading down dramatically. This will mean more aggressive marketing of the destination in...

Re: Delta to start ATL-LAX-SYD TERRIFIC NEWS! This is the greatest news for the Australian tourism market that one could hope for. Here we've got airservice from Oz to a wealthy country of 300 million English-speaking people, and we get on a few hundred thousand tourists per year. Why...

I'd be happy to read this post if/when you decide to write it in English, mate.

I'm *G on UA. It would seem that they would need to start dropping fares on SYD/LAX and SYD/SFO when V starts flying these routes, at what are 20% of so less (still too high on this, the highest profit route in the world). Any ideas when Dec/Jan fares are likely to be "adjusted" by United...

I've been told by the Sydney UA station manager that SYD/LAX and SYD/SFO will be the first in Asia-Pacific for the refitted 747's.

As an American now living in Cairns, having access to my voluminous Star Alliance miles via Continental's service to Guam is a godsend. Color me HAPPY!

I am an American living in Cairns. Whenever doing any UA reservations I either use the web or call the Premier 800 number in the US. I've got a US-based VoIP phone line with a US number, so the call from that phone is free. This is especially useful when booking award travel (I fly 'em...

The Bose are the only way to go. I've had two different Sony's and the Sennheisers, but the Bose are more comfortable and do a much better job. The design is also vastly superior (they fold flat and have a terrific case). The QC3's are the current model, although they don't look to be much...

Of course it did, I called them! (Actually called the Cairns Post, who notified their Murdoch brethren in Darwin).