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With the difficulties at Sydney last night, my DJ flights MEL-SYD-OOL, got translated to MEL-BNE-OOL, with the last leg being by bus, but I still got a boarding pass for it. I've never had a BP for something like that before, so a little novelty. Turns out the bus ride was actually great...

A comment in the Building a Stronger Qantas thread reminded me that I've got a $200 voucher in my drawer that Qantas sent me when I complained about my defective J seat (the IFE didn't work on the way back either, so perhaps he's talking about me). As Qantas don't operate from the Gold...

A title that grabbed my attention on Seven at 7:30pm tonight. World's Most Extreme Airports Clashes with my daughters 'The Block', the MrsM's 'Masterchef', but a great lead-in to Amazing Race!

Just a heads-up to check your bill if you're with 3 (or ever were). I used to be, ended with them back in September 2010. However, I got a bill for 75 cents from them today for 3 x SMS messages. Apparently some third party has billed 3 for services not rendered and 3 have just passed on the...

This thread has some great shots of 'bizarre' airports. Insolit Airports around the World - SkyscraperCity According to Google, insolit is Romanian for bizarre. I've got Gibraltar, Lukla, Floro, St Maarten and now St Barthelemy on my to-do list.

Just got this from US Airways: I wondered how they could justify giving 1000 miles to potentially millions of members. Given that I have just 384 miles earned ever with them, I'd assumed that if I'd got them, everyone had.

My usual hop over to NZ (Gold Coast to Auckland) wouldn't normally generate much interest for me, but my trip last week had a few more highlights than usual. JQ's timing works out well for me, so I travelled over on JQ239 leaving at 09:15. I booked a seat on the port side for the flight over so...

Hoping there's a helicopter expert here who might be able to help. While driving down the M1 from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, MrsM spotted an odd helicopter following the road, also going south. By the time she pointed it out to me, it was quite a way off, but the two odd things were that it...

Qantas 747-400 Engine Failure - Returns to SIN ABC reporting Another Qantas flight grounded after engine failure - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A couple of years ago I was given a copy of Aviopolis - A Book About Airports as a gift. Now having a bit of a clean out, I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone would like it before it goes out. Gold Coasters can pick it up, others might PayPal me the postage. PM me if you're interested. - Simon

Can anyone tell me if the seat below is normal for a Qantas 747 J seat? My thoughts were that 15-20mm of light foam over a steel bar isn't perfect for comfort over a 9 hour flight.

Today's the start of my RTW trip. I'm keen to cross some items off my bucket list, but feeling a little anxious about leaving the family at home. Items to be crossed off are: Maglev Train in Shanghai Northern Lights in Tromso Intrepid Museum, White Castle Burgers in New York Kennedy Space...

I'm due to start my RTW next Monday and I'm curious to know when the seat numbers will be allocated or shown on the booking page (which I check daily. Sad.) I did have a previous booking for March, but had to cancel quite a long time before and yet I'm sure some of the seat numbers were already...

Reading about Tiger charging for check-in got me thinking about this again. I don't fly a lot domestically, so perhaps things are different, but I thought check-in was the physical act of turning up at the airport and being checked-in as having arrived and so assigned a seat. If you OLCI a...

I'm planning a car rental for a couple of days in Florida. As a random, the quoted cost on screen was USD$151.30, so I logged in with my #1 Club membership and Qantas FF number to find that the 'discounted' price is USD$183.37. I checked and I'm certain the dates and locations are identical...

Does your current passport remain valid after applying for a new one? I have a passport renewal interview tomorrow (18th) and a trip on the 30th. My passport doesn't actually expire until October, but I'm applying now so that I will have a new one for my RTW in September and plenty of time to...

Nothing's cheap at an airport, but I thought I'd put a plug in for Kiwi Discovery at AKL Int. They have the Whittaker's chocolate range at $6.80 per 250g block as opposed to Whitcoulls' $9.90 and another store's $8.80. If you have the craving, they'll even give you six for the price of five! I...

Airlines always make a big deal of selecting passengers capable of operating the exits to be seated in exit rows. I'm early 50's, unfit but lean-ish with no disabilities and wonder if I might be rejected some times. However, in 3 of the 4 flights I took this week, folks with perhaps less than...

When Mrs Roopaw headed off to Auckland on Thursday, the very pleasant JQ check-in person asked if she had any liquids or gels. She did and as she was flying carry-on only, they had to be below the 100ml limit. And that's the thing. The JQer insisted the limit was 99ml and that 100ml and over...

Just got an email in from Amex: Might be able to use those points after all.