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Or if @rbjhan took the train there from continental Europe ;)

I've ended this year on 94 flights, which is the same number as last year but I flew considerably further this year. I also feel like I'm ending this year a lot more tired from all the travel - but perhaps that's an accumulation of several years in a row of rather intense travel. This was also...

There are also days now where Qantas is exclusively using Dash 8s (so no J available) on MEL-CBR. Not sure what's going on but even ADL-CBR, HBA-CBR and BNE-CBR are seeing Dash 8s now at times. I don't love this development as a CBR local.

An interesting list here: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/251221-2526flights If anyone wanted to do this, I think the Air New Zealand flight from AKL to RAR would be a prime candidate.

Thank you to everyone for your well wishes, they mean a lot. I'd say that's unlikely! 😝 To be clear, it was 100% my decision to move on. It has nothing to do with cost-cutting and no, I wasn't pushed out. This has been a great job for me for 11 years, but that's a long time in the same...

Thank you for the kind words @Townsend and glad you've been enjoying the podcasts until now. For those who missed that announcement, you can read about it here. I'll still be a part of this community going forward and will probably do a bit of writing on AFF next year, but the last podcast (at...

I'm not seeing this - any chance you could post a screenshot please of an example?

If a hotel is making guests wait 30 minutes for a coffee, maybe they need another barista. ;)

I was offered one at the CBR J lounge today.

How is the customer supposed to reasonably know what the underlying fare class is when the Jetstar website does not show it?

Did you receive maybe an electronic ticket receipt attached to the email confirmation? Does this receipt show a "Fare Basis" at all? E.g. checking one of my LATAM tickets from last year, I cannot find the fare class obviously shown anywhere but I can see that the Fare Basis was GLEKDZ8I. This...

What was the fare class (RBD) of the sector that didn't earn, and is it in this table? https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/earn-category-tables.html#latam

What's everyone using these days for overseas ATM withdrawals? I've recently opened an AMP Bank GO Everyday account - no fees on the account or international transactions/ATM withdrawals and it's one of the few remaining bank accounts where you can still earn Qantas points on the balance.

I'm regularly finding that ChatGPT/AI tools still routinely spit out incorrect travel-related information. Like the other day, Google's AI overview suggested going for Qantas status over Velocity status because Qantas offers family pooling. The annoying thing is that the incorrect information...

Technically it is a direct flight, by the aviation definition of the word. But it's not a non-stop flight. Same as QF1 SYD-LHR. No, the BNE-APW flight is continuing. SYD-AKL-APW is an additional new service.

Yes, I think you’re right - that engineering extended them as part of their checks. This plane ended up spending 19 hours on the ground in Canberra, so I assume the engineers must have found something during their checks.

Great evening, thanks @blackcat20 for organising, I know it can be a bit like herding cats at times 😝

I’m about 15 minutes away. Sorry for my lateness.

Yes

I’m delayed out of CBR, so might be a bit late. Looking forward to it.