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My big LSL trip starts on Wednesday September 11. My main international flight (in business class) departs Sydney at 8.20pm, but I am still at work in Melbourne that morning. What is the latest time I can realistically arrive at Sydney domestic airport earlier that evening, so that I don't miss...

Slow travel is wonderful for those who can viably do it. I can't until I'm retired (and no longer need to look after my elderly parents). I wonder if I'll still be robust enough to do that then.

Dear friends, I have 2 days in Tuscany this year on my grand trip in mid-September, arriving from Rome and then heading onward to the Dolomites. I have previously been in Tuscany before and done the Cinque Terre, Florence (only the Uffizi) and Pisa. I am staying in Empoli, half an hour from...

I will be flying from Sydney to Rome, vis Chengdu, Sichuan Airlines J, revenue fare, on 13th September. I have been to Rome twice before and have seen the really top sights. This time I will have one day in Rome, arriving at 0725hrs and taking the train to Tuscany that evening. Any suggestions...

Hello globetrotters, I have somehow survived in my current posting for seven years and as of tomorrow I am up for long service leave! I will be departing Melbourne the week of September 17 and returning after Cup Day, with several weeks planned in the US. I already have my returning ticket from...

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It's via JED only. A stopover is an additional 240 AUD I doubt I will have the time. I'm teetotal (dry) anyway.

For my next trip to North America I already have my RETURN trip back to Oz booked with awards. I'm just wondering to get to Toronto, you can get a one way J ticket with Saudia from MNL to YYZ (Toronto) for about 2100 AUD. Taking into account a repositioning flight and the fact that MNL is...

Bronze. Sorry, I will be in pre-Trump America.

I love the name Cynicor. Manipulating points, extracting value from fares and dealing with airlines has always required a delicate mix of arrogance, cynicism and sarcasm.

Silver for the time being. Would need to know exact dates to arrange leave with work.

Gold for this ATM. I love Northern Europe at that time of year, while Melbourne is always so bleak.

I thought MattG is there. Matt_01 came from Mongolia earlier. Anyway, back to the topic, my parents cancelled their airfare, with cancellation fees of $300 each off a total fare of $29750. They didn't have the balance on their credit card so I lent them the amount of the new fare of only $6998...

How is Mongolia?

But what is the time taken to get a cash refund with Qantas less cancellation fees? When they booked a J fare with Qatar airlines just before the pandemic, it took them 18 months (and about five written letters) to get their refund.

Dear friends, My parents (who are physically very well and in their mid-70s) just booked two J return tickets on Qantas/LAN (I don't know exact details) from SYD-SCL for their once-in-a-lifetime Antarctica cruise this Xmas (travelling mid-December to mid-January). They booked on the Qantas...

Nope. There were no warm options in the "all day" menu section at all, except for tomato soup.

Hong Kong weather in early June is typically atrocious. Rain rain rain and maximum mugginess. I am wondering whether it might be viable to alternate annual Lounge Crawls a bit, perhaps with NRT and ICN.

NRT has nice lounges. With sushi! Never been disappointed with a lounge there. It has the best of all worlds.

Finally, home. MEL immigration is a zoo if and only if your passport can't be read at the Smart Gates. Double the usual Uber fare home but still better than taking a taxi in Melbourne. Now for some hard grind until my next trip.