Search results

When adding a stopover, you're now basically stuck with "home market" inventory, that you have to share with Singaporean based travellers, which is much tighter than competitive inventory between outstations. I've noticed post-covid SIN-xx_ or xx_-SIN inventory has been much tighter and more...

My partner is Solitaire, and I have status as supplementary Solitaire. Before COVID, put in an economy waitlist it was bound to come through - fairly quickly, even if the flight was quite full. Business class was more hit and miss. Now waitlists, even in economy, almost never come through...

Because it's time for the them to get on the career ladder? (if you know you know, if you don't never mind).

Now another 10 years and the airport line might be started. Or ready perhaps? As an aside, not a big fan of the free transport piece for bookable V-line services. Leads to speculative bookings, and people who need to travel last minute potentially miss out. But I guess people probably do...

I don’t know about those characteristics but have noticed the A350 to be quieter than the 777.

Not that many, but still a few years until I hit 60. But it won't affect me at least on the route between MEL-SIN. I flew TK last week in economy, and no way I was going to stump up almost $300 to allocate an exit row seat. Nor was of the mind to pay $90 to allocate myself a standard seat on...

Uber about $15-25 from BXG depending on where your accommodation is. That's probably the most efficient option. The two hour journey from Southern Cross can easily become 3 or 4 hours depending on the time you land at MEL wrt train and bus schedules. Coming from MEL, if you're a fit (and...

On the topic of tax and rental properties another WCMO, this narrative around greedy landlords! I have on older 2 br flat that I rent out. Just doing my tax. Yes, I've put the rent up 25% over the course of the last 2-3 years, or $90/week. But guess what the increase has been over the...

TBH, sums up the problems with the lounge for J pax. Despite all the complaints about the "dungeon" aspect I don't mind the physical environment, but I do always sit in the lighter, more open area to the left of the doors as you enter, not where most people gravitate to at the rear of the...

Different scenario to booking two connecting flights and skipping the last one. The long stopover should substantially reduce the risk. You’ve travelled on 5 of the 6 sectors already.

My favourite (not) is "Your call is important to us" repeated ad nauseum. No it is not. Otherwise you would have answered it an hour ago when I started the call.

Submitted a claim for Vueling, as flight was cancelled apparently due to a missing pilot (and couldn’t find a replacement, oddly at their base BCN). Was all done using online chatbot. It was advised that claim would be processed after 10 days. Then at 10 days asked for bank account details...

The same spokesperson quoted in the HBA/CBR/MQL base closure thread? 🤣

Yeh, I've never taken the airport bus, have done the train + Uber/Taxi, same time, slightly cheaper and more services a day, and you get dropped off at T2 checkin area instead of out the back of T4...

Last time I looked at to get me back home to SIN ( have family in Bendigo), the routing was BXG-SYD-MEL-SIN 🤣 With the new schedule, there won't be too many international connections outbound now either, HND & SFO only perhaps.

As we move into the summer timetable at end of October, QF are changing the Bendigo timetable from overnighting a plane in Bendigo to an afternoon return. So moving from evening SYD-BXG, early morning BXG-SYD to an early afternoon SYD-BXG and late afternoon BXG-SYD. Has caused some disquiet...

I guess the closest you get to this is OOL, where you go through to the domestic departure lounge, before proceeding through additional security and immigration to the international gates which is a much smaller space.

My favourite was a place that offered a 5pc discount for cash payments, yet still applied a 1.5pc surcharge for card payments. I’m OK with the former if that’s what they want to do, but still adding a surcharge for cards seems wrong.

Don’t forget that bad debts are funded out of interest rate margins as well. When charging 20% interest and offering at most 4.5% for deposits (or charging 6% for mortgages), there’s a bit of wiggle room there.

Yes correct. SQ still have arrangements in place with SK (benefits still provided for KF Golds travelling with SK and vice versa). You’re correct for all lounges.