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  1. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Next day off on a private tour to the monkey temple near Ubud and the Tegunungang waterfall. There is a lift back up with quite a swanky restaurant where you can have a drink. Mrsandye increasingly nervous of Balinese drivers and copping some stick for shrieking at the monkeys.
  2. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Walked through the winding streets to the Seminyak main street to get lie of land and had some nasi goreng and Bintang. In the evening went to the Frangipaani Indian restaurant next door to the main hotel building-another Luxury Escapes inclusion. Always been a curry fan, as a Londoner and...
  3. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    We were staying in the Impiana Villas in Seminyak. There is a central building with restaurant attached. The villas themselves are a short minibus trip away but the buses are quickly available on request. Package included several complimentary coughtails. Never one to turn down a free drink but...
  4. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Turns out that the Bali villa auction prize was a Luxury Escapes package. Transfers were an inclusion so into the hustle and bustle, find the man with the sign and off we go. I had initially hired a car but the Bali traffic made me glad I cancelled it. I'd last stayed in Bali in 1993 and it has...
  5. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Landed in DPS. Walked smugly past the long queues for passengers getting their visas on arrival. Then Travel Mistake No 1. Mstrandye3 couldn't get through the electronic gates. The rest of us were already through staring at him on the other side. He went to the desk and it turned out I'd left...
  6. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Nothing to complain about the flight. Leg room reasonable. Fellow passengers well-behaved.
  7. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    I don't have QF status (though have OWS via IB currently) but we were able to access the QF J lounge with QC (earned via PC+). Qf is unusually generous by internatioanl standards in allowing children in as free extra guests. I travel a reasonable amount so the SYD J lounge is fairly ho-hum but...
  8. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Flight 1 SYD-DPS JQ Y A321 neo QF award 18K points+$151 pp includes baggage Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye3&4 It's the classic way to go to Bali. Had originally booked for m-i-landye & mstrandye2 to come too but they couldn't make it (an advantage of award as you cancel for loss of 6k points...
  9. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    This type of trip is not for everyone. Most of our friends thought we were bonkers to take so many flights and stop at so many places along the way. I can only do so many days sitting on the beach though and do like to see new places and (funny enough) I do love getting on a plane. The fabulous...
  10. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    I've been lucky enough to go on safari twice already (Hwange on a rugby tours in 1995 and Tsavo/Masai Mara in 2001 for our honeymoon) and I've been hankering to do another. The backbone of the trip came when I found Y QF award availability x5 for AMS-JNB on KLM (CDG-JNB on AF was also...
  11. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Like many Australian migrants, trips back to the homeland are tricky. You want to see the family you've left behind but you also need a holiday yourself. After our first few years of staying at people's homes, usually while they were still living their normal lives, we worked out that it would...
  12. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    Many of the AFF TRs focus on premium cabins (which I love to use when I can) but for many points collectors with families, having enough points then finding J availability is next to impossible. On top of that everything x4+ becomes expensive. I'm a long way from the breadline but do have a...
  13. andye

    Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

    We did this trip back in April and I've been meaning to report for a while. Still, I'm currently in SIN overnight with no lounge access so here we go.
  14. andye

    Will you still earn/retain Velocity status beyond 2025?

    VA plat did used to be able to access the EY F lounge in AUH
  15. andye

    UL check in at SIN. No boarding pass online

    Thanks all I will indded be able to get BP at SIN but only when the UL agent comes onto the the Transfer desk 3 hours before flight. Looks like no lounge for me Good I don't have to clear immigration though
  16. andye

    Retroactively posting SC through Family Pooling

    Tried once many years ago. No luck I'm afraid
  17. andye

    UL check in at SIN. No boarding pass online

    Turns out no UL flight from SYD this evening so can strike that one. . Fingers crossed for Changi
  18. andye

    UL check in at SIN. No boarding pass online

    Internet AI says no UL transfer desk at SIN but guess will see at generic transfer desk at SIN (if UL at SYD cant help)
  19. andye

    UL check in at SIN. No boarding pass online

    Hi Not sure if anyone can offer words of wisdom Have flight SIN-CMB-LHR tomorrow at 0945 on UL Have checked in online but says can't issue BP for first leg due to SIN airport regulations (though suspect its not) Thing is I am flying SYD-SIN on SQ today landing at 0020 (separate tickets) Had...
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