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    FAA grounds 737 Max 9 Aircraft Indefinitely after Alaska Airlines incident

    https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/EIR2024NM420001_737MAX9.pdf Looks like those planes are going to stay on the ground for a fair bit longer...
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    Japan Airlines plane in flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport

    I found the following tweet last night: "Contacted by JAL. All luggage destroyed (of course) - they will compensate 200,000 yen. In addition, I am also able to claim my transportation home from yesterday. I am surprised at how quickly they're handling this given what happened yesterday -...
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    Japan Airlines plane in flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport

    NHK Just confirmed 5 of the 6 crew of the coast guard dash-8 has perished. RIP The plane (MA722) was stationed at Sendai for routine maintenance when the 2011 Earthquake hit and was damaged from the tsunami. The plane was the only surviving plane from sendai airport after the quake. Today the...
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    SYD DOM J Lounge - Dining Improvements

    In the lounge right now and unfortunately not running. Only dry pasta and gritty bolognese...
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    Qantas app refresh (new look)

    I have the same issue with seat selection, need to zoom in so I have space to click on the "confirm" button without hitting the zoom in/out button. Had a cancelled SYD-MEL flight and the app let me select an alternative flight very painlessly!
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    I had a funny one - my Accor+ renews on 31 July. They gave me 40 nights initially (bumping me right up to Plat) Then they removed 20 nights (putting me back on 44 nights), but at least I'm still Plat ...
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    Japan Tourism for independent travellers

    Also hoping JL releases more reward seats (especially J) - would be nice if I can upgrade my QF J to JL J for next May/Jun ish. Or hope they bring back the 777s they planned to swap to in Aug 2020 so I can try the F...
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    QF Honolulu lounge reopening?

    That does not sound great for my trip next week on QF103/104 - will be flying out of HNL on the 13rd. It seems if QF lounges are not open and I don't get Delta Club access the only OW option would be the AA/JL Club/Sakura lounge which currently does not serve food?
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    Free ALL Gold Status for QF Silver or above - also Points Club Plus

    Also received mine - just renewed my accor plus membership a week ago... lol (still personally prefer Hilton > Accor).
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    August 2022

    Date Flight # DEP Airport Lounge Time Guests Comments 05/08 QF103 SYD T1 QF F ~1700 1 First intl trip in a long time! 13/08 QF104 HNL Delta? ~0900 1 HNL QF J still closed? Not too sure on guesting in that case
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    Hydroxychloroquine - What Goes On?

    Not if the drugs make them have a heart attack instead of treating the infection which is a possibility given the known risk profile of the drug. Also the CDC "research" they mention in the article is based on cell trials which basically... tells us nothing about how it is going to work in...
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    Hydroxychloroquine - What Goes On?

    Long story short, we don't know how effective it really is. The "studies" published so far is also very poor quality - I'd suggest reading Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin versus COVID-19: Grift, conspiracy theories, and another bad study by Didier Raoult and following a few links for a...
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    Where will you go first when the bans are lifted?

    I have a JAL F reward seat next January so hopefully that can happen. Otherwise I do want to go to Japan again end of August for a 3 day concert but I'm 95% sure that ain't happening.
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    Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

    Could be a lot of things, really... a) we're just lucky and most people who caught it happened to have mild versions b) we are still in the stage where we have enough resources to look after everyone (look at South Korea's rates where most people received proper care vs Italy where the health...
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    Anyone Still Flying Domestic?

    Not all of my sites have restricted on-site visits so I am still doing a weekly SYD-PER run until end of April or I get forced to cancel... whichever comes first...
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