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Yes, WSI will probably be more "successful" than AVV, but it may still be a relative white elephant. Govt backing does not ensure success (remember the Voice?). The Govt can throw money (or issue threats) to airlines, but there may well just be token compliance, to test the water. Of course the...

Wouldn't it have been not much more expensive just to book a cash fare with VA and save your points/Avios?

I was on th last Ansett service from MEL to CBR, way back when, and there was a similar air about it. However, the cabin crew went around with the drinks cart and basically said that it all has to go and it's free... Lifted the gloom a little. And all we have now in its place is an emaciated VA.

Well, I was in the CBR lounge earlier today, but I didn't plan or expect to be. I was seeing off my wife, who is a UA Mileage Plus Platinum member, and I just wanted to be sure that she wouldn't have any problems with lounge access (she was on an el cheapo VA fare). So I wasn't expecting and...

I did wonder why (and how) the op was going via Turkey Creek airport (TKY)... https://airportcodes.aero/tky

Isn't sending the code to your email address an option?

I always assume that the meals in J on Qantas Intl will be fairly rubbish, so I try and eat in the lounge beforehand and don't bother much with what's being offered on board (alcohol excepted). As for Y on Qantas Intl, I try very hard to avoid it. Qantas compares very poorly with CX, my...

Yes indeed, I think VA is being quite mean about this, and in the end it quite possibly could hurt VA as well as the Velocity members who miss out. As for UA, they certainly did the right thing, and helped me to amass 2.5M miles with Mileage Plus, thereby giving me (and my wife) lifetime...

Thanks, but I was under the impression that the shuttle bus was no more. Otherwise it's the obvious choice. In any case, I quite like to walk from airports to my off-airport accommodation (or bus stop) when it's reasonably doable, eg SYD, OOL, DRW, PSA, DMK, CNX, MNL, TRG, BLK (sadly...

Yes, in a similar vein, one sunny afternoon I set out to walk from CNS to the highway to catch a bus, and it was quite a hot day. No major dramas, but it would have been nice if it was a bit cooler. Anyway, halfway into my odyssey, a kind passing motorist perhaps felt that I might have been...

He (I'm assuming) will go far....

It has to be an improvement over that foul tasting white Lallier. I even prefer the Aussie sparkling in the J lounge. Very poor when compared to other airlines' FC lounges around the world that I have visited, eg CX, EY and BA.

Yes that's fine if you're staying for a few days, but for an overnighter it becomes less obvious. I'll have plenty of time to get to the city (flight arrives 10:50 am), so the bus option may well work well for me (and the exercise won't go amiss either).

That may be so, but the app offered it to me. Just didn't allow me to switch it on from overseas. I'm not making it up. However, that is now all in the past, as I currently use Amaysim which is fine (pity about not allowing 5G). And as a backup, I also have a Three UK sim which I use (in...

I'm having an overnight in Launceston later this year and have been looking into this very issue of getting to Lauceston city from LST. From experience at LST. Uber can be expensive, due to the tricks they play with surge pricing, etc. Cabs are not far behind either. So I have come to the...

Eggs duly sucked. I couldn't get the app to work as it didn't like being overseas. I was quite happy to pay Vodafone $5 a day for the privilege, but it flatly didn't want to take my money if I wasn't in Oz. Catch 22 really. In my opinion, Vodafone is a heap of carp and I've now changed it to...

Well, we all have feet that we can vote with, if so inclined. Personally, I think the changes to the website are change for the sake of change. More negative for me than positive. A bit like what's happened to Expert Flyer...

I guess Woolies arrogance prevents it.

Doesn't work for my Vodafone (AU) prepaid account. Bit of a pain, really.

And up to 6 am on Saturday. (for those early flights)...