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  1. markis10

    What cheeses me off

    I had lunch with Bill in Melbourne a few weeks ago, (not on the same table), while he has no executive appointments at MS, he is still a technology advisor to Satya and other C level staff and has a few shares.
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    Platinum benefits pulled back at BNE Pullman airport

    The Sofitel for like it better or worse is the best Accor have to offer in BNE. The club has moved from a small space on the second top floor to adjacent the bar then to the top floor over the last twenty years. It’s now back downstairs but is still the best on offer in town. With no Hilton...
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    AirAsia X Launches Kuala Lumpur-Bahrain-London (Gatwick)

    Indeed, and let’s not forget the Chinese airlines must now be close to having the most international flight out of Australia which makes them hard to ignore.
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    Platinum benefits pulled back at BNE Pullman airport

    What’s wrong with the air train, the Sofitel is a long walk from the station…..?
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    Qantas' New A321XLR

    That’s a fat A321 photo for flight radar ;) maybe they need to update the photo for n319cm
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    AFF Member Stock Discussion

    They didn’t when Curtis Island came online, 2022 things changed but budget estimates have been way above reality . The companies in 2022 had 22.15 billion revenue under the new royalty laws yet paid 1.1 billion royalties, previous year 300m. I am sure we would all like a 5% tax rate...
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
  14. 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
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    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
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    Domestic Luggage Shipping from BNE

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