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  1. markis10

    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    VA231 Mel-ADL Chicken curry, other meal vas the veg pasta I had from MCY
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    20000 bonus Velocity points for a year VIP subs to RSL Art Union

    I had no issues, points awarded and dd successfully stopped after a couple of months
  3. markis10

    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    Same flight again today, went the veggie pasta route
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    AFF Member Stock Discussion

    Have to blame QLD for that, no provision for royalties or domestic reservation when Curtis Island came on board with Queensland Curtis LNG (a joint venture of QGC – now a Shell-owned business, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Tokyo Gas), Australia Pacific LNG (a joint venture of...
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    AFF Member Stock Discussion

    We don’t import all our gas, 20% of our production is used domestically which is significant as we are number 2 in the world.
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    Alliance Airlines Discussion

    That’s old news for some time, the key point is that the board is now seriously looking at alternative outcomes if negotiations fail.
  7. markis10

    Alliance Airlines Discussion

    Alliance failed to publish results as promised last night, they did send an internal email saying redundancies in BNE for pilots and engineers as well as engineers in ADL were now on offer. Should have clarity soon.
  8. markis10

    A week in China - Where/What?

    MC acceptance is still rare in China, they only established a JV in 2023 so it’s starting to change
  9. markis10

    Article: Should Airlines & Hotels Offer Last-Minute Discounts?

    No such thing, minimum staff levels are based on number of seats whether they are occupied or not. In terms of hotels etc, let’s not forget last minute.com and wotif who were setup to offer last minute discounts as their primary business offering, it did not end well for either.
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    Brisbane International Lounge - lounge passes

    I believe they have lost the top floor due to the upgrades and relocation of the screen point, so have reduced capacity.
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    IHG signs up new HIX for coughburn WA opening Sept.

    IHG signs new franchised Holiday Inn Express in Western Australia IHG has signed a new 170-key Holiday Inn Express coughburn, set to open in September, in partnership with Australian property development and construction giant, SKS Group. The franchised property will form part of a new 13-level...
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    Alliance Airlines Discussion

    NJS have an empty roster when it comes to A220 courses to meet the needs of incoming frames. Alliance has an announcement of results due later today, word is they are losing crew in great numbers, wonder what the future holds for wet leases with QF?
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    Midair collision between Helicopter and CRJ (AA5342) at Washington (DCA)

    Final report is out, https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AIR2602.pdf So many red flags
  14. markis10

    Domestic Luggage Shipping from BNE

    Qantas do a pretty good job https://freight.qantas.com/au-en/freight-services/unaccompanied-baggage-freight.html
  15. markis10

    Accor Hotels in Bangkok

    Banyan Tree has been a favourite of mine for a long time, the rooftop bar is spectacular.
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    Guaranteed Booking as Accor Platinum - Told by Hotel they Cannot Honour

    Don’t suppose you are an Accor Plus/Explorer member, local team is good at pulling into line errant hotels
  17. markis10

    MU lounge access at SYD

    What time did your flight leave Sydney out of curiosity, MU seem to almost have hourly departures these days?
  18. markis10

    Ask The Pilot

    Think I will leave it to the first officer to do the walk around……
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    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    Russian marathon runner Sergey Zyryanov mistakenly ate a bar of soap after completing a 10-kilometre race in Thailand on 15 February. The two-time Buriram Marathon champion mistook the orange packaging and contents for a free confectionery or jelly snack provided in his souvenir recovery bag...
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    Qantas PayID - Help!

    I have used PayID before, it’s not instant as some banks have a 24 hour hold (such as commbank) for new payees and the qantas process needs to allow for it, and I have had etickets not done for weeks. The auto time out is for amounts not paid, not those in the queue for ticketing.
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