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    LRE (Longreach) weekend - 26-27 Sep 2026

    It closes Sundays over Summer: From Saturday 11th October 2025 opening hours are 9am – 2pm. Closed Sundays & Mondays until end March 2026.
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    Flight SQ228 Dumped Fuel over my house

    It’s the Vapor zone that’s the problem, over the sea in Melbourne affects tassie arrivals and most of Rwy 34 traffic in MEL, where SQ went not so much. This is what MATS says on the subject:
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    Flight SQ228 Dumped Fuel over my house

    Dumping fuel over water is not preferred traffic wise nor environmentally, aircraft was at 12000 so most would have evaporated.
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    Flight SQ228 Dumped Fuel over my house

    Hope your not a smoker!
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    First claim ever on travel insurance

    As the flights are on seperate tickets they are not connections, you may struggle to get coverage depending on the limitations of your insurance.
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    Woolworths gift card thread

    Next week at Coles they are back with 20x flybuys
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    Have you been on a flight that diverted?

    Got on the wrong Northwest jumbo at ITM after a flight from JFK that was heading to SYD. Ended up going back to JFK, on short final gear up flaps up and diverted to EWR, as the previous departure didn’t depart after reaching 14 ft of altitude. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_843
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    Crowne Plaza brand back to Paramatta

    IHG signs 217-room Crowne Plaza hotel in Sydney’s west - Hotel Management Scheduled to open in 2029, Crowne Plaza Parramatta will be centred in a new landmark mixed-use development, positioned opposite Parramatta Train Station. The new hotel will feature an all-day restaurant, intimate lobby...
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    E4B night watch in MNL at the weekend

    Seems the yanks were a bit nervous at the weekend with the night watch aircraft at MNL on full alert for the duration of its tenure. We have had them in BNE previously where they parked and stood down, as opposed to having all doors closed and engine 1 turning and burning...
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    Does MMB on finnair work for MH tickets?

    Finnair use Sabre IIRC
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    Western Sydney Airport (WSI) Discussion

    They have had it for a few years in conjunction with Coulson, following the NSCA model from the 80s equipment is used here for the fire season then heads to America for theirs. They also have a chinook, which was fighting fires on the north coast on the weekend when I spotted her from the...
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    Woolworths gift card thread

    Simples, the interchange fee on Eftpos is way lower than with credit cards, so revenue from use of cards is significantly less.
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    New BNE Passenger screening point

    It’s BNE, it’s not open till we do the PR!
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    New BNE Passenger screening point

    📣 PSA: From 5am Tuesday 28 October, all domestic Qantas passengers will use the brand-new northern screening point located next to Qantas check-in and bag-drop. This upgraded screening point features five brand-new security lanes equipped with Rapiscan CT (Computed Tomography) screening...
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    Qantas<>Qatar Connecting through DPS

    Not for all airlines (the dreaded *), and if it’s EK both revenue fares can be through checked: https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/gb/en/policy-and-guidelines/baggage-information/interline-and-through-checked-baggage.html When can my Customers Bags be Through Checked? If the customers...
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    Hilton Honors discussion

    Benefits apply to the member, not per room, so if you book two rooms only one will get the benefit under the terms of the program, including bonus points etc. Hotels sometimes extend benefits two other rooms, especially if it’s clear they are a family, but they don’t have to.
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    QANTAS security breach-2 separate flights were cancelled without Authorisation by my ex-husband through his QFF Account on-line.

    Rubbish, where does it say that in the conditions of carriage? No Qantas are not liable, you failed to be proactive in responding to changes in personal circumstances of which Qantas had no information on. When you made that booking you had a contract that is a partnership with Qantas, you...
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    ALL Accor+ Explorer Membership Discussion

    Apparently sending an email to [email protected]. Mark attn Kathleen, will get it sorted, my local contacts at Maroochydore have all be laid off as a result of the new program.
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    Cathay Pacific booking classes

    Let’s see how HB go as a good example of what JQ would have been, UO is a poor sample by comparison with its long history of issues and owners not dissimilar to Tiger. 3K outcome is irrelevent as it operated in a totally different market as discussed in that thread. Just because airlines are...
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