Recent content by Eastwick20

I've got to say, as a regular Skybus user I think it's pretty good. Every 15 minutes so it's pretty much a walk up and go service and a quick 20 - 25 Minute journey. It's outrageously expensive but the train, if/when built wouldn't be any cheaper you can guarantee it and I doubt it would be any...

I to am also a printer outer! Recentl I too print out everything , I know its old school and I've never really needed any of it .. until that one time when you do.....

I feel like the people in this thread who are demanding that the shades be lowered/dimmed on day flights are people who never choose/select to sit in a window seat but want to control what is happening over at that seat. Surely the solution is to book a window seat yourself and then you can...

I guess for me personally I choose/pay extra for a window seat to look out of said window and that was my point, if its going to be closed the entire flight I'd never choose it or pay extra for it. I'd just go pay for an aisle and get the benefits of an aisle instead. I absolutely don't argue...

I think the key here is that more and more airlines outside of status, charge for a seat selection and the seat selection is advertised and sold as a choice of Window seat / Middle seat / Aisle seat So the ( possibly legal ) argument is if I have selected a window seat for an extra cost to...

I have just returned from a MEL/LAX/MEL in Y and found United to be surprisingly good! I prepared myself for the worst but they were certainly streaks ahead of when I last flew with them a few times in the late 90's Food was good and plentiful , drinks flowed and the Cabin Crew came through...

My money is on their overseas call centre contracts are up for re-tender so they have " leaked " that they might bring them back to Oz in order to scare, sorry I mean assist with negotiations.

I get that crew repositioning say MEL - SIN would absolutely require J to get sufficient rest but seriously is J really necessary for a flight to ADL where your only in the air for 50 - 60 minutes? Seats available up the front? go for your life but If you have customers in J then for a short...

Pre covid, while the Chinese carriers were not ideally the first choice for pax to Europe/USA etc what their capacity dumping and lower price point did was to keep the other carriers somewhat honest and on the competitive ball. Within the travel industry the China carriers have started getting...

I've arrived in SIN on a MH flight ( separate PNR ) gone to a transit desk and after a few minutes of tapping they had arranged for my baggage to be rerouted and boarding passes issued for a BA flight to Sydney I know in this case its QF to BA but I'd say give it a go, They are very friendly at...

Not QF but on a recent Etihad flight AUH - MEL in Y class I got chatting with the lady one seat away, turns out we had both paid for the seat next to us to be neighbour free A bit of cheeky double dipping by EY, I guess they hope you don't get chatting to your neighbour!

The airline is also assuming that passengers have access to Wi-Fi at some point to get online to check in Now yes in this day and age its fairly easy to and most airports have some form of free internet access but to assume that every passenger ( in particular international travellers /tourists...

I thought remote stands were actually cheaper then air bridges for airlines in terms of airport charges. I know at some European airports the low cost carriers such as Ryanair/EasyJet actively take/choose remote stands where they can as it's a cost benefit over an airbridge gate. If this is...

Correct , and even if we had Ryanair / Easyjet down here it wouldn't make any difference, until airlines operating in the Australian market become legally accountable for schedule changes/cancellations they can do what they want with little to no consequences.

Back in the 90's when Aerolineas Argentinas flew the Boeing 747 200 between Buenos Aires and Auckland the return flight used to have to land at the tiny Rio Gallegos Airport towards the bottom of South America to fuel up before attempting the polar route across to New Zealand It was then...