Recent content by Snowant

I remember when I got an upgrade to business on QF from LAX, I was on the window at the front left. A woman had a baby over on the far side, near the rear. The baby screamed for the *entire flight*. Non-stop. I figure people go in business to sleep. No one slept. I felt sorry for the poor...

Yep. I suspect they used an anti-histamine like the US benadryl. Or something.

JAL astonished me with their amazing service when I flew them (CBR-SYD-NRT-YVR) fairly often, but this is next-level. And being able to use it for other flights too, next-level again. I do remember when on JAL, if a baby started up, a hostie would appear and take the baby for a walk. It was...

I'm actually surprised how easy it was to get my refund, as the flight to the US that I cancelled still flew. I just suspect the return flight didn't, as it was late March when the pandemic had been called. I cancelled the March trip in early Februrary, as I knew when the pandemic was called...

Huh, when the health services stop using it! A known and planned-for pandemic, I guess they hope we don't know that. To be honest, the Qantas we had before covid vs Qantas now is like chalk and cheese. They seem to have used the pandemic to convert Qantas into a much lesser version of what it...

Probably simpler to get it all back (if you've not used any of the credits), and then do bookings with money. Qantas seems like a giant, blobby-like creature with no eyes and a tiny brain, flopping and blundering around. So it's probably best to not confuse it too much... get the money back...

I got my money back! Over $3 grand. My case was a tad tricky, as I cancelled my trip in early February 2020, as I knew the borders would be closed and the pandemic had been called or was about to be called (I helped work up the pandemic plan in 2005). So when I cancelled my trip, no one knew...

Qantas (some years back), from Adelaide back to Canberra after a fraught week of meetings and a big event I'd organised (yes I was beat). Dinner was unlimited cans of james squire, and a giant rissole sitting on a generous bed of mashed potato, with gravy. OMG, it was perfect. When we landed at...

If only Virgin allow it, then I might find myself flying Virgin. People bring small dogs into the cabin in carriers in the US and it's absolutely fine. Putting dogs in the hold is still a risky procedure, it's mostly OK but sometimes horrible things happen. I would much rather have a dog in a...

NYE in PJs with the dogs is how I've spent every NYE in years. Get to watch the Sydney crackers on the TV, then hunt for a screening of it that my foreign friends can watch (this year the Telegraph put up the ABC feed on You Tube, top effort). I'm rural so if I go anywhere, I can't drink as...

Me too! First time I flew Business (points upgrade) in a Dreamliner, I got an amenities pouch. It had the Aboriginal art painting of antennae on a hilltop and stars everywhere. Loved it so much I went hunting to see if it was possible to get a print of it for the wall; I'd never seen Aboriginal...

Syd-LAX, the only time I flew in an A380 (used to tweak my itinerary to fly in a 747, and after that a Dreamliner). Was down the back in economy. Window seat as usual BUT the wall was too far from the seat to sleep against it like in other planes. First disaster. Second was the Family From...

I love working from home, have been doing it since I had to leave office work, because the chemicals in perfume make me really ill. They stopped smokers from polluting the air, but apparently people wearing harmful chemicals are OK. So I do public service recruitment, I run some processes from...

I was puzzled by the announcement, as back in mid February, I decided to cancel my March trip to the US. I go most years to ski and buy jewellery supplies in Utah. Went to My Bookings, and hit the "cancel" option, then it gave me the option of taking a credit voucher, so I did that with some...

The original plan was that, when we reached the stage of closing the borders, it'd be done instantly with no warning. Sending out this warning will bring people flooding back, carrying more virus. This government is so out of its depth, and so in the thrall of big business, it can't govern...