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You'd think that if the service is equipped with efficient tools and the staff now their stuff, they'd quite easily figure out similar runs than many experienced individuals here. In other words, posting your own findings here shouldn't be much of news to them as they should have something...

Final thoughts on accommodation and flights To round this up, some comments on the travel itself. Accommodation This time around I wanted to try the cheap and hopefully cheerful options to see how they go. For a proper introvert, even the thought of hostel dorm rooms is alien and a short stint...

Contemplating whether it'll be worth retaining SG on VA given I'm likely fly a lot less in the next 1-2 years (and I already have enough status on QFF side). But if I end up preferring VA SG, I'll need 210 SC by Christmas. --> What might be some decent cost-effective ideas ex-SYD either domestic...

There's one also in Jewel, i.e on landside. Open 24/7. https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide/facilities-and-services/baggage-storage.html

In the Y food offering with a special diet, QF is well on par with others I've come across in recent years. CX and AY are equally poor. JL is the only one I'd think of happily having again.

Why is that, why the reluctance?

Any chance of attempting a retrospective claim for the 50 SC earnt? I got my fifth leaf and the respective reward options two months before the membership year ended, intending to choose the 50 SC when the new year starts. Then I blissfully forgot the whole thing and am now two months into a new...

Following from what Big John mentioned in another post, have you ever estimated the cost of your SC's against other criteria than money? Hours/SC, CO2/SC, etc? It'd be an interesting added dimension to the true/full cost of the status. Looking at my recent run, it was 34 hours for 570 SC = 3.6...

Day 5 - Christchurch Time to start the journey back. Two full days at the destination was good. A third one would have been brilliant but you always need to leave appetite for more. 😎 A leisurely drive back and straight to the city. I had three hours before it was time to go and return the car...

Day 4 - Tramping, hiking, trekking, bushwalking, call it what you will Last time I wished to do some walks but it was rainy and many of the tracks were closed. This time around, two shorter and simpler tracks were open and they more than made up for what I had missed last year. The beauty of...

The seat upgrade to business is perhaps the easiest to answer. The formula is commercial info held by Qantas but the signals gathered point to something like this: 1) PE to J requests are processed first, then Y to J requests. 2) The FF status comes next. P1's are processed first, then...

Since early this morning on Android. The Play Store doesn't have an app update available, either, so just be a backend issue overall of the front end being outdated.

Day 3 - Destination and a billion stars The latest & greatest the night before was that the road might open at 10 am. So, after a cozy night and a breakfast I join the queue waiting to get moving. And yes, at 10:30 the cones & signs are off, the conga line moves. Avoided 2+ hours extra driving...

Those merino/possum/silk clothes are so temptingly soft and feel too comfortable to be worn. And they cost heaps. But something little is already in bag. Next, the liquor... The only outstanding question left is what to bring to a 1-year old rascal?

I've brought honey back from Europe. The only question at the quarantine in SYD was whether it was purchased from a store. I've been hit by carry-on restrictions much more often than AQIS.

Glad to be of service. Someone's got to test them out for the benefit of others... 😁

This NZ Govt site is excellent for checking for the road conditions and closures. Very helpful in understanding what to possibly expect on your way. https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/highway-conditions/

Day 2 - Gold Coast to Aoraki Mount Cook - Well, almost 5:20 am wake-up, 5:40 out of the hostel, brisk pre-dawn walk and at 5:55 I'm waiting for the Qantas Club to open. A quick shower, breakfast #1 and then onto QF591. The connection in SYD was 1:45 long and was just suitable this time around...

Day 1 - Positioning To get going, it was time to take an evening flight SYD-OOL (QF596). Everything was looking good - until the train had a longer than usual stop in Waverton, then very slow progress across the Harbour Bridge and towards the city. An incident in Newtown messed up the routine...

A little status run to NZ keeps your fresh. Perhaps. But to give the run a proper excuse, it's time to head out for some stargazing. I'm far from being interested in astronomy or anything fancy and civilised like that but do enjoy looking up and marveling the universe. The magnitude you sense...