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Cool, now I can take my EV with me in check-in luggage, and not have to rent something!

That looks like a wedding for someone who has only a single friend.

I’ve always assumed an AmEx lounge would be somewhat 2nd-rate … like a SkyTeam lounge in an airport which wasn’t the home of a SkyTeam member. Probably because anyone with an AmEx can get in. Is that an unfair assumption?

Oops, I scrood that up then … I plugged one of the big Euro airports into their site and got a fare, they must’ve code-shared part of the flight!

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 …

It’s a thumbs-up for 5 hours, and can be quite tiring.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

Well, it’s at no cost to him after all. :)

I saw you too!

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...

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...