Recent content by Bellthorpe

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    Emotional Support animal on Flights

    What? Whence came such a right?
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    Pax kicked off Air NZ flight for ignoring safety briefing

    And fail. The person who denied you such seating need only say "In my opinion the passenger would have been unable to perform the required emergency duties".
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    Tipping Uber drivers in Australia

    "Previously, tipping was only encouraged by Uber in the United States ... " Here in France one is prompted for a tip. It's been that way for the few years I've been using Uber.
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    Hilarious DYKIWA rant against SQ on facebook

    I would think FT took it down because people were publishing his contact details. Perhaps that should just have been moderated out, but either way that stuff had to go.
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    Booted from seat at gate - Does it happen often?

    Brilliant strategy. High risk of being told to leave the plane, with further non-compliance resulting in your arrest.
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    Virgin Blue - Feral to say the least...

    An interesting commentary. I have little sympathy for the OP, based on his stated history of abusing customer service staff, and inability to check his own boarding pass. I travel only with Virgin Blue now. Too many Qantas stuff-ups, surly superannuated staff, and delays. I've not had a...
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    Virgin Blue announce new baggage prices

    I stand corrected. My recollection of the email sent me from Virgin was faulty.
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    Virgin Blue announce new baggage prices

    No. These words are to get around the 'your message was too short' message.
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    Paypal

    Thanks, but as I understand you, you have set up a PayPal account which is charged to your Amex. That's quite different from a merchant being able to accept Amex through PayPal. The whole point of accepting credit (or charge) cards as a merchant is to attract people who don't have a PayPal account.
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    Paypal

    Australian sellers on Ebay might prefer direct transfer, but those of us who sell our goods in an international market need to be able to accept Amex, JCB, Discover and so on.
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    Customs face-cam airport go-ahead

    No need to go to the US or Thailand to understand the answer with regard to this technology. It just doesn't work very well. Roger Clarke's Counter to SmartGate Misinformation
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    Customs face-cam airport go-ahead

    It is unfortunate that in any rigorous study of the technology, it simply doesn't work well enough to be of any practical benefit.
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    Paypal

    I'm a PayPal merchant. I would like to accept Amex, but PayPal simply do not offer me that option.
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    Paypal

    Which laws did you have in mind?
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