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I also struggle to understand people who book "no service airlines" and then complain about the lack of service. You get what you pay for people! As regards to Air Asia X in general. I have flown them many, many times between PER and KUL, and thence onward within Asia. Their planes have...

I got "adopted" by David Helphgot(?) of Shine fame on a redeye out of Perth. He was bouncing off the ceiling, walls, seats from the QP onwards. His poor long suffering wife took every opportunity to disappear, and everyone was assuming he was with me and asking for his autograph. I've never had...

My experience arriving at HEL 3 times last month, was that was that I was through and in a cab within 15mins (carry on). The trips in varied from 30 to 45 mins (but that night was the ACDC concert). I travelled across to Tallinn on the smaller, but faster, Linda Line cats. Lots of local folks...

Agreed, I understand the OP has made his own arraingements tight, not Qantas. Be careful, it could cost you!

sorry, missed you Febs. Spent thursday 30 and friday 31 at Nurburgring, and Aug 1 and 2 in Stuttgart. Don't you love driving safely at 160 and getting passed at a RATE of knots by something exotic! :-)

I have just spent the weekend visiting both museums in Stuttgart, and as some others have mentioned it thought I would post an entry. I drove down from Cologne (since I wanted to drive the Nurburgring for a couple of days on the way).That's another story. Hint one: pay the 4 euro extra for...

Yeah, big problem for all the OFT as well! Means you get to pay tax at Australian rates on all your income no matter where it's earnt. If you are paying some tax in your earning locality, that's a credit and you only pay the difference. No Double Taxation! Still a bugger if you were paying no...

There's a great Hilton compound down the Red Sea coast at Hurgarda. Short flight from Cairo. The bogans, russians, and germans go a short drive further south to the "resorts". So you should be safe.

Hi just wanted to encourage any of you interested in Medieval cities like Prague, to make the trip to Tallinn as well (instead of). Just 1 1/2 hrs by fast cat (built in West Oz for Linda Line) across the Baltic from Helsinki, or short hop by LCC from anywhere in Europe. It has a fantastic Old...

I was one of the persons to warn of S7's less than impressive history as SibAir. I thought it only fair then, to give them a look while I had the chance, and report back. I Flew on S7 52, a bright, lime green Airbus 319 with winglets, between a spanking new Kolsovo airport in Ekaterinburg and...

One place you definitely do NOT want to waiting for a checked bag is Perth International. Even though Immigration refuse to put on enough officers, and you wait forever to have your bag molested by the handlers, it's the SINGLE Customs bottleneck that's the killer ( and they are SOOOOOO polite...

Half asleep, I left my camera bag (containing still and video) in a Qantas overhead locker while being forced to de-plane in LA on a Sydney/New York flight. Realized as I hit the end of the aerobridge and tried to get back onto the plane but wasn't allowed. Reported it immediately, passed...

No One? Thought there'd be at least one car nut that had visited.

Thanks, If you have to waste a leg on an airport transfer, I would fly out of St Petersburg if you can. IMHO Moscow is only worth visiting for two days max, to see Red Sq?Lenin, inside the Kremlin museums, and some of the amazing underground Metro stations (and it's hellishly expensive), were...

Dr Ron, Ekaterinburg is the 3rd largest city in Russia, located as the capital of the Ural region and the start of Siberian Russia (as distinct from European Russia). Seems about the same amount of people as Perth, but much more compact as everyone lives in multi-story apartment blocks. Has...

I'm currently on a 9 week Northern Europe jaunt with carry-on only. My 2 wheel Roller is taken outbound in the "smaller size" with an empty 20 litre vinyl duffel bag flat packed inside (weight 10kgs spot on). On the way home the roller can be expanded to go underneath if I buy anything, and use...

Anyone visited the museum and have any suggestions for hotels? I don't mind if it's not next door, as long as there's transport options. Cheers

Finnair: Hel to Svx Flight AY 151 Rego: EEL Plane: Embraer 170 with 6 J seats and 64 whY. 2-2 Same seats for both classes, just different level of service and meals. Seats: given 5 A, B, D, E and 6 A, B for the 2 ½ of us 50% load. Bus transfer from terminal, single stairs to plane...

PER-SVX Leg 2 AY74 NRT-HEL AY74 was an Airbus A340-300. Checkin Narita commences 2 1/2 hrs before ETD, and the Finnair ground staff let me use the Business/FF counter and tagged the luggage priority (although we weren't allowed to sneak in the lounge as only Ruby and QP lifer) 2 Finns blind...

Used QF79 out of Perth to Narita as many of you do. Perth International is much better than the disgraceful Domestic terminal, but still not a patch on overseas airports. Taxi from the city was $39, and the only other option is the "backpackers" mini bus. On checkin found I was allocated 25d...