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No, this was Wednesday 29th of May. We were booked on NZ 884, which ended up departing Sydney at 11:03am (originally scheduled for 9:30am, so it was delayed, but not delayed long enough for us to make it, given the long delay getting in from Canberra).

Ahead of a trip to NZ to visit a gravely ill relative, I decided recently to splash out an purchase a Virgin Lounge membership. The first-listed benefit of lounge membership on the web-page is reciprocal access to Air NZ lounges on code-share trans-Tasman flights, so I knew it would be...

For me, status points and resulting privileges are a bigger incentive than points ever were. I travel a lot more often for work than I do for leisure, so being able to get a good seat and sit in the lounge before my flight is worth more to me than accumulating points (which according to our...

According to this calculator (http://martincjones.squarespace.com/posts/2013/3/28/equivalised-income-how-do-you-compare-to-other-australians.html), my household income is in the top 2 or 3% in Australia. I have no debts, having recently finished paying off my mortgage, and my living expenses are...

Unless they are planning a similar trip themselves, your friends are just being polite when they ask how the trip was. If you are passionately happy about something you did -- something new and different -- they might want to hear about it. If you can give an entertaining disaster story or a WTF...

I was pleasantly surprised to get 20cpl off when I refilled our car the other day. We only fill the tank once a month or so, so most of our EDR fuel vouchers don't get used, but the $5 discount was nice. I routinely activate offers when they come in, just in case I meet the criteria, but I don't...

I can't believe no-one seems to have mentioned the Pulp song, "Common People" yet. It's going to be stuck in my head all day after reading this thread. Is this for real? [ETA: Oops - sorry: I didn't read the thread carefully enough] If so, I suspect the real issue is not money, but respect for...

In my experience, the shipping address doesn't actually have to be associated with the Amex card: it just has to be located in the US (or wherever). In the US, they use postcode verification for credit cards. When this system encounters an Australian CC, however, any postcode you enter seems to...

Another issue is what happens if one of you needs to cancel or change your flight. This happened recently when I was travelling with my husband on a single PNR. We had a weekend trip planned to Melbourne, but then I needed to cancel my flight due to a work trip (a meeting in Melbourne cropped up...

An option is to get one of the Amex cards directly from Amex, rather than through a bank. They have some very good earn rates and may be a good complement for your Woollies Mastercard. The ones with the highest earn rates (like the Amex Qantas Ultimate) also have very high annual fees, but come...

* Rooms that smell bad, whether because they are either insufficiently aired or someone has smoked in them or because they've used an air "freshener" scent spray. * Asking me to have short showers "to save water" while not even bothing to provide a $10 water-efficient shower-head. * No...

Yes, if you are a paid member, you can still access the lounge on a saver fare. I can't answer your other questions.

It depends how fussy you are. There is usually something vegetarian to eat, but people will use the same tongs and spoons that have been used for the meat -- and I know this would put everything off-limits for some vegetarians.

Surely most of us wouldn't notice?

You can do this with an iPhone or Android device, too. There are a number of apps around for the purpose: I use OffMaps, which also pre-downloads any wikipedia articles relevant to the area, along with info about places to eat. Always helpful!

Sure. If a person with back problems can't travel in normal Y conditions, the same applies. The ability to recline (not during meals) is part of normal Y conditions.

Best: iPad, Kindle and one not mentioned yet: a double adapter to simplify charging my devices in hotel rooms. Worst: A pair of expensive Phillips in-ear noise-cancelling earphones that just made my ears hurt.

So how do you know it's bad?

I hate to sound mean, but if she can't afford to upgrade to Y+ and can't travel in normal Y conditions due to wounds and claustrophobia, she probably shouldn't be travelling at all. Perhaps with notice in advance, the airline could be persuaded to make some accommodation for her disability if...

Bear in mind that some people have back issues or other physical ailments that make it very uncomfortable to sit up straight for more than an hour. You can't know, so don't give people a hard time if they recline.