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  1. Timba-Jet

    The Age/SMH reclining seat survey

    Interesting concept, a section where seats have recline, general economy section will have seats fixed. This gives passengers the choice.
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    Buenos Aries recommended Hotel

    Which airport? AEP or EZE
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    QF A380 Business Window seat ease of access

    I had no issues stepping (rather than climbing) over my next door aisle passenger. I love looking out the window, plus the side storage makes it an obvious choice for me. However if you are not so nimble or below average height, it may be a bit more of a challenging manouver, but still much...
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    Sydney to Guam the long way

    Hi Brad, look forward to reading about your stay in Guam, I fly out there next weekend! You say the long way, but transiting via BKK-HKG is probably the shortest way there alongside BKK-TPE, unless you start from Cairns. Great work at HKG with charming the TG staff to get lounge access. Agree...
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    The Qantas Singapore Lounge

    Regarding food offerings, when in Rome or in this case, Singapore..... I'm all for local food offerings, understand some travelers have less appetite for non-western cuisine, but for me that's the fun of travel.
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    Blood on the walls - vah full year results

    VA would be smart to keep the tiger brand completely distinct from VA brand. That's the whole point two have 2 unique value propositions attracting different customer segments. Also unlike JQ which is a 100% subsidiary of the Qantas group, VA have a 60% stake in Tiger Aust.
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    Outrageous taxes on LONE5

    Great itinerary Paul. Agree, $2000 in taxes/surcharges is exuberant, can't see the value in LONE's, maybe if traveling in peak times when standard tix are expensive or for flexibility. A cheap RTW ticket plus some side trips should work out cheaper.
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    Spring 2013 First Lounge menu

    Thanks for sharing edison. Omelette looks good. Nothing like a champagne breakfast to start the day.
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    Avianca Life Miles - post your SUCCESSFUL award bookings here

    Wow, I must look into this. I knew about the AU-GUM deal with USDM, but the connecting LM deal!!
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    SYD Business Lounge - ''this is not an arrivals lounge'

    Not good to hear accounts by others of issues with arrivals access, no excuses for those staff. For me, have encountered no issues at either SYD or MEL J lounges. Had two breakfasts yesterday, a light one pre departure in Syd and a full hot brekkie on arrival in Melb
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    Use of mobile phones whilst inflight.

    2 weeks ago on a VA MEL-SYD flight, the man next too me was openly checking emails and messages on his iPhone on take-off. Could not tell if he had switched if too flight mode, my guess would be not, and simply blanked the screen when FA did their pre take off check. Was not going to say...
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    US Dividend Miles - Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

    Re: US Dividend Miles - post your SUCCESSFUL award bookings here. Congrats on your perseverance, many others would of given up, that's showing really FF spirit. On the other hand I do have concerns, is this a case of too much of a good thing! Then again, why is the actual extra cost to the...
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    TAM airlines

    TAM may give more options from NA-SA, particularly into Brasil. However LAN and AA already provide good connections. For the OP situation, if you are not already a member of any Star Alliance FF program (and have miles) it may still be better than nothing to join TAMs program, once they join...
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    VA's Pre-Recorded Announcements/Safety Demo & Cabin Ambience - Please change them!!!

    Re: VA's Pre-Recorded Announcements/Safety Demo & Cabin Ambience - Please change them While it is a but robotic, the pre-recorded messages are ok. Yes, a good clear live announcement would be better by the FA, but people are variable and some FAs rush through it and I wonder how non native...
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    First refurbished 767 enters service end of the month [Oct '12]

    Agree with the limited time when we can actually use the iPad Q streaming, on a SYD-MEL/BNE sector lucky if you get access for half the flying time. Still half glass full is better than an empty glass. On the headphones part, which smartphones, MP3 players and other gadgets, that have...
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    Qantas Wine latest offering

    3000 points to moi account as well. I purchased on 29 June.
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    Has anyone had success with the call-up "Marginal" xASA's?

    re: Has anyone had success with the call-up method for "Marginal" xASA's? Whilst I agree it a debacle of situation. It is one thing for call centre staff to have variable knowledge, especially new and/or uncommon pork ducts and services. However the reports here indicate a consistent pattern...
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    Changi transfer 3 hours Qantas to Jetstar Asia

    I do hope this eventuates. Checking in in the F area may help, however this is clearly against QF's own guidelines available on their website. Last month at checkin SYD Int, asked if they check bags through to separate 3K booking from SIN, was politely told no, but to go to the transfer desk...
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    US Dividend Miles - post your SUCCESSFUL award bookings here.

    Well done on getting a stopover included. I'm looking at booking a GUM trip myself, was looking at long overnight transits, but might give a stopover a try and hope (but not expect) based on this. BTW, what approach did you take with the agent: give them a list the flights upfront or wait until...
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    The demise of Qantas international flights

    Pragmatically, the view that if a route was clearly profitable for QF then QF would already be in there swinging, is probably true. What I would like to see QF do or take a calculated risks on are creative routing to Maximise fleet usage. PER-SIN-HKG/BKK LAX-YVR maybe, if direct YVR is not...
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