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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    Excellent. In that case, stay tuned, as it's quite beautiful blanketed in winter snow!
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    The district immediately surrounding the hotel has plenty of small cafes, bars and restaurants. We pop into one for dinner and sample a local specialty, Pilsner Urquell. Then it's an early night to shake off the jet lag. Next morning, it's cold, clear, about -8C. We visit the Hotel Cube''s...
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    We land in PRG early afternoon, and go through the EU's new entry procedures with the fingerprinting and so forth. This turns out to be pretty straightforward and there is no queue to speak of. Prague doesn't have an airport train, so we go for an Uber to take us to our hotel, the Hotel Cube...
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    With that out of the way, we arrive in Dubai to try out the complimentary Dubaiconnect service. This is for Emirates layovers > 8 hours, and <26 hours and includes a free hotel room, transfers, and meals. In our case, the layover is 19 hours, which allows a decent break in the journey. For...
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    14 hours later, after a mix of movies, and a bit of sleep, we are on final approach to Dubai around 1pm local time. Gear comes down, and we are really low, about to touch down, then suddenly the pilot guns the throttle and pulls up remarkably steeply.. A go-around. An A380 can really go when...
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    Travelling party is 2 adults and 2 teens, travel occurred January 2026. We started with a 6am flight on New Year's day, which entailed getting to the airport at 4am. Definitely a bleary eyed way to get the ball rolling. I'd found a good deal with Emirates - a mixed cabin fare, which was...
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    Cash fare manipulation - Europe?

    Jakarta is often recommended as a staging point for this
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    Prague, Vienna, and a wild A380 late go-around

    So this trip started with the 6am Emirates A380 out of Sydney on the way to Prague. If we were half asleep approaching Dubai after 14 hours, this would quickly change! Included in this trip report: A very late and wild go-around in the A380 to kick off the trip Emirates new(ish) Premium...
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    A Family Ski Trip to Austria

    They are pretty much not in Austria. Skiing is the national pastime, and they are consistently of a very high standard. You see 75 year old codgers bombing down the mountain like they're Franz Klammer. And very few snowboarders for that matter, maybe 1 in 10? Following this TR! Have visited...
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    Qantas International Business - Domestic Segments in Economy?

    Have you tried multi city?
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    Have you accidentally booked the wrong flight?

    Poms sometimes fly to the wrong “Grenada”. The Caribbean one, as opposed to Granada, Spain
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    Griswold’s Road Trip

    Looks like the Griswolds have well and truly hit paydirt!
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    The Skiers & Snowboarders Thread

    As in carving skis?
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    Griswold’s Road Trip

    Sympathy factor low.
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    Griswold’s Road Trip

    Keep Rusty on a tight leash
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    Cairns short layover domestic to international

    Maybe. But from somewhere like Cairns, it gets more difficult and complicated., and increases likelihood of luggage separation. Also depends on number of travellers (it's easier for example, for the airlines to find alternate seats for a solo traveller as opposed to a family group). Lastly the...
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    Cairns short layover domestic to international

    That's the important bit. OP what is the impact on your travel arrangements if you miss the onward connections to LAX, and are re-accomodated on another flight a day or two later?
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    What on earth was this aircraft doing?

    Impressive
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    What on earth was this aircraft doing?

    Ah yes, given the 3am aspect, that seems a better explanation than aerial photography. Airspace would be nice and clear at that time of day. Terrain radar doesn't care that it's in pitch darkness. Impressed that plane can stay aloft that long.
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    What on earth was this aircraft doing?

    The mrs said she heard an aircraft buzzing around repeatedly at something like 3am. This isn't normally a thing in Sydney due to curfews. When I got up, I took a look at FR24 and found this extremely unusual flight track. Any ideas what this might have been upto? It looks a bit like a missing...
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