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It's probably not the total numbers, but the concentration and characteristics of cruise ship visits that make them singled out. They tend to be in greater in number in summer (as are overall tourists as well), tend to have limited time in port (say 9-5pm +/-) thus concentrating the presence...

Just check your departure gate before sitting down to breakfast. Anything from A1 to A10 or B1 to B6 should be only a 5 min walk or so from immigration. I’d be entirely comfortable with leaving hotel at up to about 6:45 (even with miss 5 yo slowing you down probably be at gate within 25 mins)...

Was in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago and whilst it was busy the main sense of over tourism came when encountering large groups who have this uncanny way of being oblivious to everything around them except what there guide is telling them to look at. You have to either go around them or shove...

I don’t put a lot of effort into them. If they work they work, if they don’t they don’t. It doesn’t cost much effort to join a program and include a number in the booking. When I was travelling 2-3 times a month for work, it took some time and effort to optimise, but now personal travel is...

That's very shi##y for the passengers on board (sorry, someone had to make the remark).

Also LTS and LTG are different again as the status credits neither help attain or retain their current level - more about the level above.

🤣 Yes indeed. I have had quite a few QF operated flights, but only classic awards. Although as I live abroad QF really don't meet my needs (and LTG achievement happened shortly after moving) so there is that ... and the fact that they don't operate any daytime flights from Asia to...

80 Status Credits, no points. LTG with virtually no points or SC earn on QF metal for about 10 years (have had more recent earn on JQ though).

Somehow I think the timings of the flight are to optimise connections at CAN. So a 2150 departure from CAN and 1225 arrival back there almost certainly provides feed from all across China.

There’s probably a correlation though between those who can afford to pay for F seats with cash and those who can generate the significant number of QFF points to make F redemptions and pay the large surcharges that come with them.

I’m guessing that JFK scheduling would similar to Qf 3/4 and therefore be relatively straightforward and curfews wouldn’t affect that (even if they existed at JFK in addition to SYD). Early afternoon from SYD, late afternoon arrival into JFK turn around to become an early evening departure...

We had a windowless carriage in the local train on the Bernina route (between Tirano and St Moritz). But it was also ceilingless. So an open air carriage in the middle of summer, one of my most memorable travel experiences. I’d be inclined to recommend the tourist train on the Bernina route...

The SBB app is invaluable to assist in planning all forms of transport including trains, trams, buses, mountain railways, boats, cable cars etc. A Swiss Pass is definitely worthwhile, even though it is not cheap. Alternatively you can get a half fare pass for month and get saver day passes...

Why not? Once admitted to an alliance, with interlining and aligned IT etc which involves a GDS, they probably would not be considered a LCC anymore. And once you’re in the back of the bus, you could argue that, at least for short haul, several one world carriers are LCCs…… . I’m any event...

Shame you can’t take Singapore Airlines (or Scoot) day flights - it works so much better. I’ve been doing SIN-MEL for years and basically have decided now to avoid the overnights if at all possible (I think I’ve done just two in the last 3.5 years). I used to find the later flights (around...

The UK numbers are not really relevant as it only measures through passengers on QF1/2, 9/10 and BA15/16. This would be only a portion of travellers going to UK.

A $19 increase in the ESTA, while annoying is inconsequential compared to the variations in airfares, hotel costs, exchange rates, food prices and just about every other aspect of a trip there.

In practice (particularly if you have no status) you can usually do this already for multi night stays - by booking same room type in different names for different nights and advising the hotel at checkin you’d like to keep the same room - usually they will accommodate such a request...

Not every carrier or every aircraft type for a given carrier provides power or USB points. And some who do charge for them. For me personally, I never used a (standalone) power bank though as i always travel with a laptop and provided it’s charged up, it works well to charge devices using...

Increase in demand for HA or increase in demand for travel to Hawaii? It could well be the former as they pick up the slack created by the withdrawal of Jetstar from Hawaii (IIRC QF capacity increase didn’t match the JQ capacity reduction).