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A very warm welcome aboard AFF @AMLB from TouCams

Friday Dinner - Yes Saturday daytime - Yes, yum cha lunch Saturday dinner - yes Sunday daytime - maybe Sunday dinner - yes

I drive a Jeep Compass Trailhawk. It is named Bobbi (in full, Roberta Anne Matilda, because I can call her RAMBO), after a late friend of mine named Bob who loved offroading. In September 2023 I took Bobbi all the way to Cameron Corner and Oodnadatta before visiting Japan and the USA on a...

Gold as of right now. Love not having to pay an airfare.

It is not beyond me to imagine Qantas serving a single lettuce leaf, sans dressing, as a special meal, without compunction or shame. Excuse my cynicism and sarcasm.

Word of the day: Froward - used to describe a person difficult to deal with; contrary. The airlines' miles departments found Cam a froward customer, when he reacted to their latest devaluations with his unique admixture of arrogance, cynicism and sarcasm.

I remember when I was a kid, Coles (or perhaps Woolworths?) had a promotion where they sold volume 1 of F&W for 9c, volume 2 for $2, and the other volumes for $9. Volumes 3 and 4 came with two halves of a dictionary. They were released weekly, and even in total it was still a pretty good deal...

OK, time for me to start a thread! Who has had experience with ordering a special meal on economy international long-haul? Are they of better or worse quality than regular meals? Any meal passes for "diabetic" or "low calorie" if you just get served a garden salad and no dressing! Please post...

Melbourne doesn't have much Apricity at the moment. But I am going to Sydney for the weekend where I plan to find some. Does Apricity actually derive from the month of April? Ironically, I was born on an unseasonably cold and wet spring Monday at the end of April.

In a bit of hypocoristic irony, the "other" hypocorism in my case was taken because there is already "drron". But practically speaking, don't call me Ron. Ever.

It's my title and the hypocorism of my name. So creative I deserve a medal.

Platinum for me. Local.

Oh, has the location been determined for the 2027 international pub crawl?

Flashback: I'm flying on the A350. Just found out it is actually a flat bed. I still don't fancy driving on day one of a trip to Europe - and I would be wanting to maximize time efficiency on a half-day trip to Windsor. Is the food any good in the LHR lounges? Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and...

OK, bit the bullet and booked PVG-HEL-LHR, on the evening of 5 June 2026, for 90k Qantas points and what turned out to be a measly $40 in taxes. Plan is as follows: - I will not be having any checked baggage. - The HEL-LHR section I was lucky enough to get a AirLounge Seat, which I gather is...

I need to somehow book a redemption flight from Europe back to Oz in mid to late July next year. I hope there is enough time to avoid paying post-devaluation points.

Still no sign of points (although my next statement doesn't come until mid-July). Is there a list of restaurants where the card earns more than 1 point per dollar? The terms states "major restaurants" but presumably only major chains that participate? If anyone can help with this it would be...

I will be in Sydney that weekend for Father's Day, currently on waitlist for masterclass, but will still be making a trip so I will be able to join for dinner.

So is there ever any availability in J for Avios? Offering redemptions for fewer points is meaningless when there are no available flights to redeem for even a full year (say from Europe to Melbourne via Doha). I need one for July next year (one-way).

So when can I expect the Citi points to arrive then? The wording in the terms and conditions suggests that the points are only ever credited after they e-mail you instructions to autoswipe to Velocity.