Recent content by oldbold

There's no traffic on the screen - but it is earlyhours of the morning!

That was the westbound inaugural QF9, operated by the 787-9 in Yam Dreaming scheme. currently descending through 13,000 feet 7 minutes from landing at Heathrow.

I just looked up QF9 on Flightradar: surprised to see VH-ZND is over Hoboken: on closer inspection that is the suburb of Antwerp, not New York. The total estimated flight time PER-LHR is 16h53m for 14,498km.

I flew Business class with Asiana Sydney-Seoul-Paris and London-Seoul-Sydney. There was a one-night stopover at the carrier's expense on the outward journey, but I was offered no choice of hotel. It turned out to be in the centre of Seoul, a long bus trip away from the (magnificent) airport...

What route were you on when the Distance flown was 13134 mi and the Distance to destination 899 mi?

Re: Virgin Atlantic no longer fly to Sydney I have used VFC points (some earned on other carriers) for VA domestic flights to and from Hobart, but I did like the 346 used on the Sydney-Hong Kong route. and will be sad to see VS go. Even the economy seats are almost bearable!

When I found my bags had not travelled with me to Heathrow T5, I decided to stay overnight near the airport. I chose the Holiday Inn Express T5, but found it was located miles away in Slough. I was also caught by the hotel phone scam, being charged GBP3.00 per minute for the (I'd thought free)...

I'd take the QF487 at 20:00 which (at least on the random day I chose) is a 763, and book two seats in a window/aisle pair. You won't need an upgrade, and would not have much time to enjoy the lounge what with re-checking bags at the far end of the International Terminal and bussing round to...

There is an Etihad deal at bestflights.com.au/cheap-flights/phone-flights-details/uk-and-europe/etihad-airways/110272 which is a little cheaper until Jun 23rd : $1899 Zone 1 (DUB), and $1979 Zone 2 (BCN). You would be allowed at least one stopover - but note that Etihad fkights from Barcelona...

There are regular National Express coaches from the Heathrow Central Coach terminal ( a 5-minute trundle from T3) to Bournemouth. The 09:15 one arrives 11:35, and there is one every 90 minutes, according to National Express Coaches // Coach & Bus Travel Throughout The UK

There's plenty of seats on the (random Mar/Apr) dates I tried - it may be tougher at weekends. Or pay an extra 7k points and go via LAX.

The ATR72 is a modern, comfortable high-winged twin turboprop. All seats are in pairs, and the airline is consistently rated highly. See the airlinequality dot com slash forum slash bangkok website where there are hundreds of favourable comments.

For some time now, Tiger's only flight to Singapore from Australia has been from Perth. Since these are operated by the Singapore company with Singapore-registered aircraft, and the airline does not accept through bookings, as you discovered, flights from and to Perth do not connect.

One of the AAdvantage disadvantages is the fee for issuing tickets. Two one-ways, London to Copenhagen, cost us a total of 20k miles, "tax" was $132.20, and fees $120. I got $124.38 back on cancellation. At least they didn't charge another $120 fee!