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I've just entered the final stretch to LTP and as I look at it, it's one more LTG. 12 points into it my last LTG and my estimate it's 7 years away. Planning says it's possible, but is it worth it!

WCMO; the clickbait travel cough the SMH/Age keeps putting up. Today's article was an Influencer's dream, with all the name-dropping of products. I wonder if they have to mention if they get paid to promote products/articles in the story? And the new Trivago ad on Foxtel, please stop the pain! I...

Cleaning up/out the cellar and came across my old Gold books. A great reference and "teaching/drinking aid" but now offering free to a good home/cellar. Never came across the Ist ed., but there is a 2nd ed. interestingly sponsored by Benson & Hedges, hence the gold colour. Prefer pick-up Melbourne.

I've just entered the "last leg" of getting LTP by 12 points. Mentally, I've broken it down to 5 x LTG + 5,000 "bonus" points, so into the last LTG. At my age I think it's a bit stupid to go for it, what does it achieve at the end, aged traveller, etc, etc, but I've thought, what the heck! But...

Thanks, but it's a bit too late to put me off travelling; Myflightradar24 is telling me I'm 0.6 days off from having spent one year of my life in the air! And no trace of the luggage.

I just arrived home after a horrid 96 hours of mistakes, delays, lost baggage, accidents, flying firsts, etc. From the start, the last leg of a business trip was always a problem. Had get to Chennai from Kathmandu, got a great J fare with Sri Lankan, almost a status run KTM > CMB > MAA. There...

Most of my tea is from OS! Right at this moment sipping Twinnings English breakfast I bought in Sainsbury's two trips back, along with milk from Malaysia while in my room in Tirupati, India. They have a selection of T.S Wing tea in the room here which will end up in my "tea travel" bag. Love...

I booked with Sri Lankan from KTM > CMB > MAA on 8/12 as I had to pick up a flight on the 9th to KUL. It's a long story/multi-itinerary, but in J for $360, it's too good to be true. I received an e-mail and SMS advising me that the CMB>MAA leg was cancelled and to contact them. Three calls in...

It's been billed correctly, $56, and I can see it in the Uber app in my activity, but it just shows that it's cancelled, and the ride went nowhere, i.e., there is no journey map other than the pick-up spot. Weird! The number plate also matched, along with the driver's name. But no points allocated.

I recently switched from taxis to Uber to/from MEL airport because I'm fairly certain a taxi driver scammed my CC a few months ago. Everything seems fine, rides are good and the QF points are added to my account almost immediately. Except this morning. Booked the car and got a call from the...

I've one sitting in my e:mails for QF MEL > SYD > MEL for next Monday, but not going to take it for $$$$$ v short flight. But took up the two Aegean flights ATH > SKG and SKG > FRA. First one 40e and the second 90e. I bid and got them mainly as I had a long layover in ATH and SKG and got access...

Agreed, the Q was certainly way, way out in the left field. I've never even thought about the cutlery and probably still wont. I was just glad the "green angle" wasn't dropped into any of the posts!

So, go back to the OP, how many of us have these "little" idiosyncrasies????? And my tea is no joke, I need that caffeine in the morning!!!

I carry my own tea/sugar and, on some trips, my own travel jug and mug, including a spoon (stainless steel 18/8!). I'm an early riser and from 4:30 to 6 I will have at least 3 cups of tea. Simple reasons; hotels seem to only give you 2 teabags, Lipton yellow label is cough!, using those coffee...

Whilst this threat has turned humourous, I like the fact that it started out as another eclectic driver for deciding how one travels. I like reading what people think and do, in getting onto that metal cylinder in the sky. Either getting to the airport 6 hours ahead or deciding the cutlery draw...

I've read a lot of comments here and mainly elsewhere about the 1/2 full flights, etc., and the line from To Kill a Mockingbird about being "in the other man's skin" doesn't miss the mark. Mrs Leadman is a Maronite Lebanese, and she has the nightly phone calls back home to the family in the...

I flew out yesterday, and before I did, I went back to thank a few of the staff. They told me I was lucky, as there were two other passengers who "lost" their carry-on. It seems that they put their bags down the front, and seats were at the back. The security guy said this is becoming more...

I did it AGAIN!!!!!! Leg 14 of this trip from Thessaloniki to FRA on Aegean! Did some work on the flight and put the laptop under that middle seat table in J. It was far more stressful this time, 4 hours in total and running back from department to department. I joked with a few that I've seen...

Firstly, I had my flight history recorded due to "old habits" from my first job. Two salesmen had a scam where they booked domestic flights to visit potential customers, pay on their own CC, cancel, and then get the refund, but claim the visit. Problem was the two were out playing golf when they...

When you hit the 6,000,000 km mark & 5 days off living one year of your life in the air...............................