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  1. markis10

    Points/Bid/Platinum upgrade to/from Bali

    Could have been sold to someone who had too many bintangs on the day and fell asleep
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    Cathay Pacific booking classes

    Most of the economy fare are non earning on QF, what they are called is irrelevant, it’s the class that matters, depending on destination economy light can be in L for instance
  3. markis10

    Jetstar Delays/Cancellations

    Look forward to the news.com story about the Lara residents complaining about being woken up
  4. markis10

    Jetstar B787 Reliability Issues

    Ring Qantas and speak to a human, you might get lucky
  5. markis10

    Not such a great way to fly

    The older I get the more I understand the need to not sweat the small things. Goes to make popcorn…..
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    HKG delays today after freighter runs off runway

    Don’t need to watch a video to realise that given the airport within hours of the crash said the car was at a designated surveillance point clear of the runway zone, with the plane hitting the fence and pushing the car into the water.
  7. markis10

    Jetstar B787 Reliability Issues

    Have you tried the qantas booking ref?
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    HKG delays today after freighter runs off runway

    I think I know about runways, point is there was fence stopping security cars from accessing the controlled area of the airport. The plane left skid marks at the crash gate in my photo. The outside road is more of a goat track, but it’s there
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    HKG delays today after freighter runs off runway

    Taken from the access road at the threshold. Your confusing the internal road with the perimeter road which is below the runway elevation a fair bit It does not have line markings
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    Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

    Dry lease starts Saturday IIRC
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    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    AIrT raised $100M earlier this year through a subsidiary, AAM 24-1, LLC. This non-recourse agreement, renegotiated with existing institutional investors took it from $30M previously. It won’t yet show on the books as it’s a progressive drawdown until 2027.
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    QantasLink Airbus A220 Discussion

    And how’s that working out across the ditch? https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360834809/air-nz-whim-rolls-royce-over-engine-issues-outgoing-boss-says
  13. markis10

    HKG delays today after freighter runs off runway

    It’s not airside, there is a fence in the way and traffic on the road would not have the ability to go airside or the ability comms wise There may have been a ARFF crash gate nearby the security checkpoint that would allow access in the event of an emergency, ie
  14. markis10

    HKG delays today after freighter runs off runway

    There is a fence kind of getting in the way as they were not airside, not to mention the second hull loss and third accident for this operator who has a very small fleet.
  15. markis10

    Article: Serviced Apartments vs Hotels for Business Trips

    Laundry facilities are becoming quite common in hotels as well, they are actually brand start with the Holiday Inn express and the proinvest owned ones in Australia charge $2 for a wash or dry
  16. markis10

    Using ALL points for hotel payment

    Cancellations done on weekends are processed during the week, usually on Monday France time
  17. markis10

    General Medical issues thread

    Doctors letter won’t hurt, however just a copy of the prescription will suffice. You can double check with the relevant email address here https://www.incb.org/documents/Travellers/files/CPR_ENG_2024.pdf You may want to run it through google translate and send the request in simplified Chinese.
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    Bonza Airline Discussion

    Makes the coke bust look like small change
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    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    SMH is reporting the deal is done Air T, a Nasdaq-listed US aviation company, has reportedly agreed to buy Rex, according to sources with direct knowledge of the deal.
  20. markis10

    Great Firewall of China and Facebook

    China based esims work just as well, and tend to be a lot cheaper.
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