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I wouldn't worry about it.

It happens at most of the London terminii, especially for the longer distance trains. For example, London Victoria. You just have to have your wits about you (and keep your phone safely out of sight).

I don't think I'll be joining,, with my AUD 5K pa British pension. 2.5% of nothing is nothing. I guess I'll just have to rely on my indexed Comsuper and Australian Age Pensions.

I've flown TK J quite a few times long haul. From CMB and CGK to IST and back quite a few times, and I've found the service to often be quite lackluster, especially from the male flight attendants, who can be rather authoritarian and defenders of the faith (IMO). TK is indeed quite a conflicted...

Sounds good, but... How many people would actually want to do that? And lug their luggage onto the 760 bus (which would inconvenience almost everyone else). And that's if the 760 came along on time or if at all. Well, that might be your preference, but I'd rather get the tram at Helensvale and...

Yes, this appears to be all good on the face of it, but one wonders what will happen tp ING's interest rates as a result.

I guess you're talking about the past, not the future.

Everything landed today for me. Hotel and wine vouchers, 150 SC's and 5,000 points. What's not to love. Well, apart from the awful experience I had a couple of days ago trying to cancel a domestic points resevation. That's for another thread I guess.

I think I'd rather stay in a hotel overnight....

I made a BA Avios redemption booking on the BA website a few days ago. Of course, it won't let you enter a non-BA FF No. So the solution is to phone the BAC call centre in Newcastle UK and ask the nice agent to enter your QF FF No. No problems, all done with an (imagined) smile in a couple of...

Probably won't appeal to many, but I've just booked it, departing AMS end-September 2025 and returning mid-May 2026. Best fare on a decent airline I've seen in quite a while. Seems to be widely available for many dates to mid-2026 at least. Here's an example...

Oh dear.

I think I'll sit this one out, as I've already made enough bookings to requalify for WP from September 2026. However, I don't have a real problem with the promo, especially as it's the second one this year. The freebie SC's would have been nice and well timed for me (Sep-Aug qualification...

Yes but aren't they wholly owned by Qantas, so not really a separate company at all. Just accounting smoke and mirrors? And FWIW, and it's completely irrelevant, I did meet the startup owners of NJS in Adelaide circa 1989 as a CAA officer. As I recall it, they were planning to fly BAE146's.

Didn't happen.

As far as I understand it, you don't have any choice at T3. You have to go through Immigration. So, that being the case, I'd just cross the freeway on the "Runway Manila" footbridge (as mentioned previously) Runway Manila · G2C8+7G3, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines and head off down...

Talking of Bintan, I was rather surprised when I discovered recently that there was a modern, functioning, internaiional airport on the neighbouring island, Batam. Just a half hour away from Singapore by ferry. Who'd have though it?

How is that relevant?

Yes indeed. Will be interesting to see how the owners Bain, QR and the retail investors go. Might end in tears, a way down the track. However, the American management will probably have hightailed it by then, having seen the writing on the wall.

I think we got the message (we already knew it).