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    Airlines with easy Y extra seat purchase?

    But given it’s for 2, the cost halves c/f for 1, and nobody’s sitting in that middle seat. And it can be booked online. I dunno how good it’d be for one adult trying to lie down, 4.5’ if you’re lucky, that’s trying to sleep pretty curled-up …
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    It’s a thumbs-up for 5 hours, and can be quite tiring.
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    If we’re talking Headless Horseman stuff and your body is always fumbling around for your head after it’s fallen off and is rolling down the aisle then no … but if you’re getting a “crick neck” due to weird neck angles then yeah it very much might help, my wife finds them helpful for that...
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    Airlines with easy Y extra seat purchase?

    This is what Air New Zealand’s Skycouch product is, innit? That should be easy to book; doubt it’s as cheap as US$70 though.
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    I’m only 6’1”, and I’ve got both legs pointed either one way or the other to avoid them intruding into the neighbouring footwell … not even possible for a middle seat. Of course that means you’re sitting ‘twisted’ the whole flight. Anything you put your feet in or on that’s elevated has to...
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    I don’t understand how these can work in Y. There’s already not enough legroom, your legs are already splayed in the memeworthy “manspreading” pose … given that a net must be above the floor level it has to mean your feet are moved even closer to you when using it, reducing the available room...
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    Delayed baggage with Sri Lankan airlines

    Most insurance coverage & compensation really seems skewed towards getting you back whatever it was you lost, or paying you it's value if it's not possible to get it back ... but all the costs of not having it for a period of time are often overlooked. And it's annoying!! Given that you've...
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    Scams like these

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    Why do you travel?

    Y’know, it’s a good question and I don’t know if I know the answer. One thing I know makes me feel uncomfortable is going to places where people are struggling; I don’t like to be the wealthy foreigner surveying the lowly plebs … I want to be the scum when I go somewhere, that’s my comfy spot...
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    Inflight theft

    Nope ... there was a lady of Islander background traveling in F on Emirates the one time I've been in F, I mention Islander background 'cos to hear her speak and to see what she was wearing in terms of clothing & jewellery I suspected she may even have been royalty from somewhere like Tonga or...
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    Credit card extended warranty: do ppl still use/value them?

    Absolutely this … the person who’s got the decision about paying any attention to your assertion that something needs to be covered under statutory warranty is sooo very likely to just dismiss you … meaning a lot of escalation, arguing, possibly threatening legal action, possibly needing to take...
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    I'm over (most) lounges

    Ooh first post I see, and a poignant one to boot! Welcome! :) It may be that Qantas behaviour towards their top frequent flyers has changed, but when I was talking more frequently to workmates that were very very firmly in the Platinum zone (eg. return J flights to Europe monthly and Japan...
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    I'm over (most) lounges

    Well, it’s at no cost to him after all. :)
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    What's your golden travel rule?

    Hey that’s an interesting thought … back in the days when sand in unpleasant places didn’t bother me as much, I was happy to stand behind an open tailgate and get completely dressed out of wetsuit & scungees into undies & shirt & jeans using just a towel as a ‘skirt’ to hide the most private...
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    What's your golden travel rule?

    I think that reading AFF makes me think of the premium cabins as more of a “bunk room” than “in public”. My biggest issue with wearing PJ’s in that “bunk room” is that because I’m not under 25 I won’t wear them in the terminal or the transport to/from the airport, and in most cases the only...
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    Article: How to Gift Qantas or Velocity Status to Someone Else

    Woah! Scammer accidentally caused what for many could be a positive effect, to highlight a potentially very useful older article!! That spambot will probably sent to bed by its’ mummybot with no dessert tonight …
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    What's your golden travel rule?

    Oooh, Clapton & Robertson on Further On Up The Road from The Last Waltz!
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    I'm over (most) lounges

    Maybe that price reflects the product, as well? I tried a couple of LH J lounges circa 2008, one in Frankfurt the other Amsterdam. They were somewhat akin to a really massive version of QF's Hobart lounge (except using automated processes or vending machines rather than the blue-haired tea...
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    I'm over (most) lounges

    Well queuing theory was around before 'planes were, so there's that little piece of terminology theft while we're at it!
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