Search results

Hi all, Hope yer week is going well. Just wondering if anyone here knows of sites that will show real-time tracking of Aus commercial flights? There seems to be a stack of them that track flights in US and Europe *and* claim to show Aussie flights, but when I try searching for, say, QF124...

Re: True off topic - Digital SLRs Thanks, BlacKnox - and others - who have sung the praises of the D70s. I just popped out at lunch and had a look at one. Reeeeeal nice - I will borrow one over the Chrissy break and give a whirl. Either D70s or D200 will be brilliant, me thinks - just a case...

Damien, Nikon make some very nice stuff indeed, as proven by my now 17 year old F801s, which, up until a few months back, was still being used to shoot a fair bit of work stuff. By my estimates, I've shot over 1,000 rolls of film on it (no idea for previous owner, but would have been through...

True off topic - Digital SLRs Hi all, And now for something completely off topic - anyone here a keen photographer? After many years of resistance, I'm now replacing my beloved Nikon F90x with a brand spankin' new digitial equivalent. I've been looking with much interest at the very...

Nah, I just wanted to see the thing. There's a possibility I will be in Brissie next week and wouldn't mind seeing if I can be there on the day the A380 is - it's awesome! But thanks for the idea of asking Mr Dixon for an inspection - I might just give it a go anyway - you never know yer...

Hi Splunk - hopefully you haven't left yet and this advice still helpful! I have taken my bike with me from Canberra to most capital cities and to USA on Qantas. I've never had a problem or additional charges (even travelling on Xmas Eve!), and staff always helpful, especially if they can see...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has more information (times, dates?) on the proposed A380 visit down under next week? The most recent I can find is on the QF website, which states the A380 will visit Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as part of QF's 85th birthday celebrations, but that a...

MetroAir, Sorry to hear that, because my experience is exactly the opposite! I've provided feedback - good and bad, and by phone and email - and I've always received a pretty prompt response from QF. And none of the usual auto-reply 'thanks for your valued commments, either' - in each case...

Ya-hoo! I am now a 'Silver' level FF, for whatever that brings - or doesn't! However, as I noted in earlier posts, what seems a relatively minor achievement given the mileage of most of you folks is a major achievement for myself, as a one-time (and still sometime so) Freaked Out Flyer...

Well, NM and others, thanks again. I feel a little better about blowing cash for a biz class ticket, although I guess when the company has shelled out what it has for the travel to date, the cash averages out quite nicely! Oh well - off to trying to find something to provide a purpose to...

Thanks NM - some encouraging words there! Do you mean to tell me that the notion of 'Status Runs' are not that unusual? For myself, I couldn't care less about the level, per se - the 'FF Silver' I'll see from now on is just a small confirmation (albeit one that will cost a $277 Biz class...

Thanks very much, everybody. Unfortunately, I miscalculated the SCs required - it was actually 40, no thanks to those Discount Economy fares the company loves so much - but, following all yer suggestions, I've booked a one-way BUSINESS class flight, Cbr-Syd, which will bring in 40 SCs and do...

Thanks Damien. As I said, it's a silly quest, but Silver will sort of ratify all the flights I've done, and prove to me that the bloody things don't fall out of the sky! Just to be clear - if I don't make the 20 SCs I need for silver (by month's end), do I fall back to standard Bronze - and...

Hi all, First, thanks for a great site and some very helpful info. It's always a pleasure to read the postings here. Just a quick question - I'm not the biggest fan of flying (a bugger in my current job, with some 300+ offices around Oz), and spent many months re-scheduling meetings to...