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People want someone to blame - a plane full of people died. They are impatient and don't want to wait for all the facts, particularly as this investigation could take a very long time. There are likely lawyers ready and willing, with families of the victims also ready and willing, to file suits...

For a while, there were a bunch of carriers who, on check in, would insist on attaching some sort of tag to your bag which says this can go up into the overhead compartment and any non-tagged bag had to go under your seat. I think even Qantas was on board (pun intended) with the idea for a bit...

Must be a fairly late flight because that menu is pretty light. @Berlin , better eat in the lounge and then nightcap on board.

One could just ensure that you arrive and depart from T3. It's the best of the lot and has the resort world attached to it via walk and mini shuttle, plus a very decent number of eating options landside. No need to be stressed into tackling the traffic. It does rub out PR and MH, but there are...

For the non-seafood eaters, the buffalo mozzarella or duck followed by the brisket looks rather good. Interesting how the brisket looks like a Mexican dish, but no tortillas are included. Even a bit of bread would go some way with that dish.

No recent menu, but there tends to be non-seafood options available on the SIN-SYD menu. One of the options is vegan so that can't have any seafood in it, not even in sauces or seasonings. Seems one or two plates of the mains are seafood. At least one option is Asian. There's a selection of...

It's attention to detail indeed, but it also explicitly shows off how many Japanese are trained to check for everything, i.e. with very deliberate handling and pointing. Most Western cultures would be taught to observe and check the same things, except they would just eyeball it rather than...

That  is saying something. I visited a QC lately and I'm glad there are still sandwich ingredients and salads. Whatever gets put up for hot food, if ever, is meh. If your remark was actually serious then the quality of the VA offerings has seriously gone downhill. They can't viably afford to...

They had a government propping them up, virtually no work to be done on the aircraft themselves and the praises of everyone saying thank goodness we have competition. The free market once again shows even financial opinion is, ironically, worthless bluster. Probably didn't help that they had...

What was the originating country of the call, unless it was a private number or spoofed domestic mobile number or the like? Any accent on the person who called? Thanks for the scoop to be careful. Also going to acquire an airhorn just in case.

True, but it hasn't been unheard of (pun intended) for people to make phone calls on board a plane while still on the ground, even after they have been told to knock it off and go to plane mode. Their excuse is usually that the call can't wait and a very important deal is hanging on it. Most...

At this point, I wonder when wifi will be such a standard offering that lack of it will be grounds for demanding compensation. I'm sure that Mr Smith whose connection to a meeting dropped out due to patchy wifi cost him a large contract won't be able to successfully sue Qantas for lack of...

Hopefully the pasta isn't cooked too much in advance (viz. undercooked), as it should be served al dente. Yes, I know many people don't like true al dente pasta (too tough for them), but it is Adelaide and there are a lot of Italians in the city.

Was the EUR 99 rate an advance purchase rate? Just thinking if the Points+Cash is based on the Best Flexible rate rather than the best possible price you can get. When I see something like this happen, I like to call it one of life's IQ tests. :)

In China, they may be "normal" people but they are definitely trying to make a career take off on Douyin/TikTok or other platforms. Apparently it is quite the thing to try for when the markets for traditional occupations (or traditional pathways) become too saturated or frustrating. When I was...

For a slightly different laugh, FYI "préservatif" in French means "condom".

Basically a drop of 4,000 points from the initial offer if you buy just enough to trigger the highest bonus. Not as good obviously, though not the end of the world and probably still good value?

That's a quack team of ducks there. :)

I haven't tried looking at reward flights. I thought it had something to do with the delayed approval of flights from the Philippines. My sister has been waiting for the ex-CEB flights to come online.