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This one always puzzled me, for packaged processed food like chocolate bars, chips and the like, how would they know it came from the plane and not from the point of origin (and why would it matter )? I get these rules are written with the semi-fresh/ frozen and reheated food served up...

Think of WSI vs SYD the same as ADL vs MEL. No one is moving their entire operations there as it is serving a different market.

In Singapore they have tablets available in the arrivals hall, with staff on hand to assist. (the data synching only takes a couple of minutes, so this seems to work well).

Note that even with separate ticket SQ can throighcheck luggage and issue the BP for the LH sector. Obviously you don’t have protection for the itinerary though.

Yes there are 5 flights from JFK to LHR and 1 from BOS to LHR. Basically an 8am-10am departure arrives at 8pm-10pm., so 12 hrs on the clock face (of course less actual time). Similar to (at least during DST) HKG/CAN/SGN/KUL-SYD/MEL, HND-SYD which are all around that 12 hrs and less than BKK...

A little nice thing is that so many of these flights actually exist. Not quite the same (as it's easterly rather than south easterly travel, and 12 hrs clock face time rather than 9-12 hrs), but there are from what I can tell only 6 daytime flights from US to Europe (5 NYC to LHR and 1 BOS...

Haven't been through Indian departure process for about 2-3 years. But is struck me as relatively easy and straightforward*. * compared to what it was 10 years earlier. OMG that was something else, IIRC you had to show your boarding pass to about half a dozen people between check in and...

The arrival card is simple and there’s usually plenty of time on the inbound flight to fill it out. But on the flip side it would improve the experience for some: - frequent travellers who could save their profile, so don’t have to fill out same info every time , and - those who don’t speak...

I think you'd get good timing in one direction and bad in the other. A schedule at this time of year of SIN-MEL 13:30/23:55 -> MEL-SIN 0130/0610 might work OK.

Lot of government agencies or councils actually encourage clearing of vegetation hanging over or close to structures to mitigate bushfire risk. Depending on where you are located.

The other thing, how does an outsider distinguish #1 for #10? I have never had anything to do with aviation safety, but at one point had a role that covered 8 manufacturing sites and another dozen research sites across Asia Pacific. We did audits, measured all sorts of things, knew the...

Must be doing something right then. Exactly what Channel 7 and 9 do. Josh Cahill is the “Married at First Sight” of airline reviewers. Not for me. But I’m in the minority many people loves this sort of stuff . I can’t stand manufactured/ orchestrated drama posing as reality, although it...

Arrangements can be confusing!

The $36 is in lieu of lounge entry. First step is to open the Priority Pass app and retrieve the membership card, which is a QR code. The cafe then scans the QR code with the PP reader and enters your flight number. (nb: This is the same as if you were entering a lounge using the PP). The...

Just $1.

That's what I previously believed. Clearly this is wrong in some instances and we should just respect whatever arrangements the vendor has in place. They'd never ever try to rip us off (any more than they would charging inflated airport prices 🤣 ).

Thank you. Good to know. Maybe it's something on the international side 🤣

It’s still seems wrong from a customer perspective which is another reason why this whole surcharging thing is BS . The transaction with my CC provider is for $1 not $37. I don’t pay a 54c surcharge on the $36 if I pay by cash or if I don’t have any top up.

But it’s not a credit card. I scan the Priority Pass - the $36 get billed to Priority Pass (or whatever their agreed recovery is), it gets deducted from my bill. If I pay cash on a $37 bill I pay $1 cash - no surcharge on the $36. . If I pay card I pay $1.55.

So if you had a gift voucher at. Merchant for $200 and the bill came to $220, and paid the difference with a credit card , and the surcharge was 1.5% then you’d expect to pay a $3.30 surcharge and not a 30c surcharge on the $20 credit card payment ? If the total came to $36 there would be no...