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First time ever flying on Xmas day , going Darwin/Singapore /Kota Kinabalu with Silk Air - looking forward to it ,should be interesting!

Never leave home without my sense of humour !

I'm travelling SYD - BKK with QF at the end of the month (Y) returning early Aug , would like to use points to upgrade to Business one way , but wondered how to make the most of the experiance. The flight over is daylight and the return is overnight , I'm not a great sleeper on an aircraft ! My...

I received an e-mail from QF FF this afternoon with my "new pin number", rang QF spoke to a very helpful operator , told him I did not request a new pin etc. He replied someone had tried to access my acc at 2.53pm multiple times and failed, hence the new pin. He reset my old pin for me and...

Flew JQ return CNS - BNE last weekend , points and SC appeared on my FF acc Sunday (for Sat flight) and Monday for (Sunday night flight). No problems here !

I was in India in Sept - bought a phone in one store and was escorted to a another shop to purchase a sim card etc. Entire process took about 40 mins , had to supply a passport photo as well as a copy of my passport and an address (use your hotel address). A referee was also needed - luckily had...

Hi - will be doing a couple of internal flights within India soon ,just wondering if anyone could recommend a "good" airline . First sector will be Mumbai- Bhavnagar and next Kolkata - Mumbai . I am QFF (only Bronze !) Thanks

Hi, Am off to India in September and after a couple of days in Mumbai will fly to Bhavnagar to visit the Alang Shipyards. Does anyone have any tips about how to get a guide or a tour into the yards. I will be travelling on my own and am aware of the fact they are pretty camera shy in that area...

Read on another forum, they fly on to Broken Hill ,then travel back to SYD by train, eventually departing SYD for some point in Japan !

I wonder if that is just a DRW -SIN -LHR thing ? A friend of mine flew CNS -BNE- LAX last Thursday , flight down to BNE was Jetstar ticketed with a QF flight number. Upon checking in at the Jetstar counter she was told they cannot check her bag through to LAX , so at 78 yrs of age ,she had to...

Contact the Jetstar office at Tullamarine and they will direct you to lost property. I left my mobile phone on a Jetstar aircraft once (CNS - ADL) , Jetstar rang a contact number on my phone to get a message to me that my phone had been found and was in MEL ! I had to pay for a courier to get it...

Mindil beach - thursday nights. Can be very entertaining, nice to get some food and a drink and sit on the beach and watch the sun go down. Next door to the Casino !

Had a similar experiance with Czech Airlines flying from Venice to Prague several years ago. Had flown in and out of several European ports - not a problem until check-in with Czech .Cost us about 150 Euro ! No further problems after that in Eurpoe or Nth America.One wonders !

Again , thankyou Straitman and also to Evan for your pearl of wisdom.:p

Thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious Straitman.How silly not to have seen that !