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  1. bPeteb

    Bengaluru and Chennai. Hotel recommendations. Must see sights

    Just to wrap up my original question - we ended up booking the Taj at the airport for the night we arrive, added another night at The Madras Grand (hotel included as part of our trip) in Chennai, and in Bengaluru for our last night we've booked Radisson Blu Atria.
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    The view or two from my "office"

    Very! Maybe Picton instead ;)
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    The view or two from my "office"

    I have a feeling that one day we'll end up living here
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    The lithium battery problem has hit Australia - fire on Domestic Flight

    oh rubbish (about the plenty of fires). Luckily I've not ever found the need to take our Model Y with me on a plane but we digress
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    The lithium battery problem has hit Australia - fire on Domestic Flight

    We were talking about battery banks to a friend on the weekend. She's off to Europe and we were telling her she would most likely need to carry her powerbanks into the cabin. Flying EK I think. We didn't take one with us to Africa this year or last, or Korea over new year. We both use our...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    I'm not setting up credit monitoring. I also had everything released.
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    I have no interest in joining the ca. Money or points isn't going to hide my details if they do get released. Money or points is not going to give me a new identity. The whole Qantas should be taught a lesson blah blah blah won't stop this, or any other hack, happening again. Not a QF...
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    Yep. We're in an exit row for the overnight coming back so nothing lost
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    Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

    Did not like, and therefore didn't use, the foot net on our PE flight back from JNB last month. I just stretched out as much as I could under the seat in front. I'll give the net a go on our Y flights to India later in the year.
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    I'm a yes for everything and anything
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    I'd do anything to spend time with my kids. Even go to Bali.

    Maybe we take too many risks but we didn't think twice about having drinks with ice in hotels, restaurants and bars the two times we've been to Bali. We both ate fruit at breakfast every morning, drank juice and smoothies, and often had salads with dinner. No tap water for drinking of course...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Very sad/angry about this. Has anyone called and asked what address, email address and phone number was in the data? We've moved in the last six months and I use a couple of email addresses and phone numbers Address Name Email address Qantas Frequent Flyer Number Tier Points Balance Status...
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    Europe, with an Arctic cruise, a Balkan tour and bits of France and Malta

    Great report as always RF. Loved the Exodus tour. Something for bAlt and I to consider. Waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too many churches for us. Actually, one would be too many. The chateaus though were wonderful. I have heard the same about Ponant from a colleague. Not that they were ever on our list...
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    Another US trip report - but this one's about the home of disco balls and hand transplants

    Each to their own of course but I find aquariums the most horrific places. I just about got chased out of the aquarium in Chicago when I asked one of the 'trainers' some uncomfortable questions. Having swum with whale sharks off Ningaloo the thought of seeing them in a tank makes me incredibly sad
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    Are the days of Points collecting over?

    In play already Seat0B and thank you
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    I'm over (most) lounges

    No it isn't and I do. I want to fly any OW airline and have access to a lounge and priority checkin. If the price is right QF will still get most of our business if they fly to where we are going. Even if the lounge is overcrowded like the BA lounge was in JNB last week, my status means we can...
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    Are the days of Points collecting over?

    They aren't over for us because we aren't 'we will only fly F or J travellers'. bAlt flew PE BNE-JNB return on points. It was there for any frequent flyer to book. Last year he came back J JNB-BNE. I had to ring to ask but it was there. I pay for my mainly Y flights and bAlt flies Y CRs. We...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    yeh, I did that, just hello. Silence, so I hung up 1751676975 yes, that's true. No more answering going forward. I don't have a pre-recorded voicemail message. It's just the generic one provided by Woolies/Telstra
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Could be completely unrelated but had two calls within minutes from unknown Melbourne numbers this afternoon. I answered the first and just got silence and ignored the second. I get very few calls on my mobile.
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    First data hack that actually concerns me. The info taken makes it way too easy to create new identities. Both of us have received the second email. Actually super pissed. Am I surprised? Nope. I deal with Salesforce all of the time. A true nightmare to deal with. IT vendors in general just...
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