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If you have the skills to repair suitcases, you could probably make a bit of money from repairing other peoples' as well! I wouldn't personally know how to do this myself.

Yes, they still do... I bought some last year and used them for a long flight within South America (flying on Star Alliance). Saved hundreds of dollars!

@JayTee would 11 or 12 July work for you?

Do you repair it yourself, or take it into a shop that does this professionally? I wonder what the hotel staff think about left-behind suitcases?

I won't be around in the following week unfortunately. Dates that I could make are 5, 11, 12, 14 or 15 July.

Well it's just ticked over past midnight in Dubai, and the Emirates website is still showing F availability to Skywards members with no status. So, looks like this change won't be implemented until later today.

So, your suitcase is approaching the end of its life. After years of trusty service, it's battered and bruised, the wheels aren't what they used to be and the handle's starting to come off. It's time to get a new suitcase. What do you do with the old one? I suspect many people just throw their...

I'm not living in Canberra any more, but I will be back briefly in July. Is there any appetite for an AFF Canberra dinner on, say, Monday 14 July?

Emirates has signed a new partnership with Greek Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines, which includes earning and redeeming miles on each others' airlines. From the press release...

Brisbane will be the first Australian city to get the new product. The other airports to get it first are SFO, YVR and RAR. https://www.airnewzealandnewsroom.com/press-release-2025-introducing-a-new-era-of-travel-air-new-zealand-unveils-fully-redesigned-787-9-dreamliner It's currently...

Perhaps, but they don't (generally) let you actually pay for the booking.

I'm a big fan of Utrecht - it's like Amsterdam but smaller, less tourists and friendlier :) Only 30 minutes by train from both Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.

I suspect that the system might error out later in the booking process if you try to book an itinerary where (a) the onward flight has insufficient connection time after the inbound flight, or (b) the two sectors are not available to book as married sectors. I haven't specifically tested this...

Malaysia Airlines operates the evening KUL-PER service MH127, and the return MH126 departure at 2.10am, every day. This flight has been an A330-200 for years, but recently it's been a mix of different A330 and Boeing 737 variants. Lately it's been almost exclusively 737-800s. Obviously a much...

Daytime flight in both directions - that's surprising.

Nothing on Citibank's Australian website currently indicates changes to the Prestige card Priority Pass benefit. Not saying there won't ever be changes, but I suspect that if they did make changes they would need to give more than a few weeks of notice...

Indeed the offer has changed this year. The number of PQFs/PQPs you need to earn to complete a challenge has also gone up. It makes this challenge a bit less appealing/useful, compared to getting the TK match (or just getting the HSBC credit card). At least United does now (and/or will soon...

The gym area at TLL also had a section that isn't in the photo (there were people using it so I didn't want to photograph them) with weights and strength training equipment/machines (not sure of the technical term for this).

Sale on until Tuesday. Cheap fares include: Domestic: SYD-BNK from $38 SYD-AVV from $42 NTL-BNE from $54 MEL-OOL from $64 CBR-BNE from $103 PER-CNS from $146 International: PER-SIN from $140 MEL-NAN from $189 MEL-SIN from $189 MEL-DPS from $199 MEL-SGN from $209 BNE-BKK from $285 SYD-KIX...

Ironically, this plane produced a lot more noise by going around, and subsequently flying over a bunch of Sydney suburbs.