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Banksy Art show in Sydney - tickets booked thru some mob called Fever. OK it’s the modern way, scheduled entry times to ensure it’s not too crowded, scan a code, get tkts on yr ☎️ and off you shoot. Great show, blokes done a lot more than girls & balloons, and we’re really enjoying it until a...

Thanks for the VA DG link - about to take my life jacket on a yacht delivery and then fly home. I know co2 cartridges are permitted but useful to have to link. A friend of mine, occasional lawyer and full time pedant, actually found & printed out the rules for QF, JQ and VA so he didn’t hv to...

well yeah, dogs bark and so thieves move on. But that CMO - to the extent that residents (see Rooflyer abv) need to put up with visitor dogs who think they own the place. We hv had a series of dogs, incl up the EC of Tas where we hv a shack, and we actively disabuse them of the idea the whole...

Thank you - brings back great memories of the days of flying CX with a QF Plat card. Remember my first shower in one of the Pier cabanas - there were a couple of dinky nozzles down at chest height. Nothing to fear there so just I turned on the tap - but I hadnt seen the half metre wide shower...

Same day return - who's got time to make sep bookings in those circs? 1710386720 Same day return - who's got time to make sep bookings in those circs?

Some advice: once you get some status, the rules may change.. Long story short - I booked a Hba/Mel return in J on points, then get a notification of flight change. Return flt changes from 6 to 10pm - and you are required to accept (or decline & call us). I am VA Plat. So I call (the same...

Usually go with Avis in UK where the experience has ranged from excellent to studied indifference to outright piracy - but the one time we used Hertz was very professional and straightforward. Depends on the local operator I suppose.

Recently I sat next to a 2nd officer who had been in Mel for 6 monthly simulator check and was going back to Perth. so plenty of time for a chat... I asked him how Bain/VA were doing and he said emphatically they had already (this was mid Dec) made back thr money they outlaid to buy VA. One cud...

With you on all counts there.. thought the old R was a lot cosier, more comfortable and a good deal less pretentious than the new, wch is why I will opt for 777 F these days, all else equal. Anyway here’s to more F, R, J and SQ generally in the year to come..

‘Not too bad‘ - damning with faint praise

.. and they'd need to get a bigger J lounge in Melb as well. Gets pretty squeezy in there with 40+ J on a 777. Imagine near twice that number on a 380. The horror...

V droll..

New Q about go-arounds: We did a go-around in an SQ A380 recently in SIN. About 100' off the deck (well, that high from my R suite, a lot less back at the main gear) when full power applied is applied and up we go. Pilot comes on to say 'bird strike' - I didnt catch whether it was 'risk of' or...

Gatwick probly same as Lhr - most rental coys are off site so you'll need to catch their shuttle out to the lot. We hv used Avis mainly because we know thr London locations and hv an online acct to book direct. Dont know if it helps to be a known customer but we did get a nice upgrade as a...

*remember not to try opening the taxi door.. man inside controls it...