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    Stolen Luggage - Worst airports?

    Nothing stolen from luggage, but did have DF booze confiscated in LAX - apparently I was bootlegging - whatever that means. Travelling from LON (where DF was bought) to LAX for 2 night stopover, then on to OZ. Despite having receipts etc, I was breaking some law (which they had just made up, I...
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    DF in BOM transiting in SIN to MEL

    Hi I am flying from Mumbai back home to Oz soon and just read on the Qantas site that if you buy duty free alcohol and perfume from Mumbai airport "even in the sterile zone", it will be confiscated as it is not allowed on board the plane. See Carry on Baggage - Country Specific This...
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    Virgin Blue perception

    I couldn't see how you can crack jokes one minute and then talk about safety the next. I just looked at the FA's and thought if this plane crashes, I cannot rely on you. They give the impression that they would be out the door before any pax, screaming their head off. Virgin - never again!!!
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    MEL Long Term Car Park

    I always go as far as possible to the back near where the bus comes in to LTCP. You can usually get a park near the bus stop. Parking near the entrance is just a nightmare - given up on that ages ago. Unless you fluke one as you drive past.
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    Unspoken Rule of Air Travel

    Parents who insist on having small children/toddlers next to baggage carousel when you are trying to lift 20 odd Kgs off a moving belt is fairly out there but maybe that is just stupidity, not rudeness. Shoes off is fine, but not socks. Shoes on seats is just plain bogan as far as I am...
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    What do you want/expect on board?

    For me, it isn’t a physical thing that I expect; it is more of an attitudinal thing. If the CC don’t have anything to do, then hanging out in the galley is OK, but just wander up and down the aisle occasionally to make sure everything is OK. And also, if you want to gossip in the galley, do it...
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    Indian Airlines

    Hi Heading off to India in a few months (for the first time) and noticed that there are quite a few airlines operating there now, both budget and 'full service'. Does anyone of any airlines to avoid, or can recommend. Not just service etc, but safety-wise. as well. I see that the EU havent...
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