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I take my thongs in a plastic bag in my hand luggage -- though mostly for using in the lounge showers along the way. When I get up to use the toilet during a flight, I just slide my shoes back on if I've taken them off.

I guess so. Loyalty damage control.

Just received this:

I have a flight this afternoon and received a text from Qantas just after midnight: I clicked the link out of curiosity (and in case it got me a seat on a less crowded flight at a convenient time), but the page said that the issue had been resolved and the option was no longer available. Anyone...

As a short person, yes, nets or foot rests can make a huge difference to comfort on long-haul flights. I've recently learned to wear extra-chunky shoes on long flights (Hoka Bondis) and that provides just enough extra length to make me comfortable without a net. Before my chunky shoes...

I had another hack attempt on my my.gov account last night. They failed to guess my password, but I wonder if they were trying to use the Qantas leaked data as a starting point. Anyway, I have switched off password access and enabled a passkey for my.gov.au

A rule I follow: if I really want to get to a meeting from Canberra in winter, take the first flight of the day. If I don’t care and just want to show willing, take a later flight.

I've never reached Platinum (I don't travel business class unless I get a points upgrade and I only occasionally travel overseas), but I aimed for LTG and I'm glad I've finally reached it. I expect that I will not be travelling enough to maintain Gold year-to-year after the next few years, but...

I'm going to take an unpopular position and disagree with the rules on travelling light. Yes, if you are a young backpacker who will need to walk long distances and navigate crowded subways with your luggage, or if you need to fit your luggage in a locker at a backpacker lodge or in a cramped...

Without taking a flight, not as far as I know -- however on past experience, it is very likely that Qantas will "comp" you another year of Gold in this situation, as long as the same thing didn't happen last year.

I’m reviving this thread to mention a good experience with my credit card travel insurance (Allianz through Westpac Altitude Black) today. On a recent trip to South America, I came down with a nasty bout of gastro. I had to see a doctor, take some medications and miss out on a few days of my...

I’m not sure what a Travel Card is. My agency just uses corporate credit cards (Visa). It’s been so for the 7 years that I have been with my current agency and was the same for the 15 years that I was with my previous agency. Both non APS public service agencies, but both still falling under...

Is that true? In both the public service agencies that I have worked for and the entirely unrelated department that my husband works for, we have been given corporate credit cards and required to substantiate every expense with a tax invoice or statutory declaration. No travel allowance, but we...

Public servants don't earn frequent flyer points for business travel, and haven't done in over a decade. Many of them do at least get TOIL or a travel allowance, unlike most public servants. But it doesn't matter: regardless of whether or not things are different in the private sector, frequent...

I saw the article in the Canberra Times and it included a graph showing the 20% spike. It also showed spikes of about the same magnitude during weeks without the double status credit offer, so it didn't really support the argument. Some other things to bear in mind: - Most public servants fly...

The altitude did get to me in Cusco, but mostly because it made another illness hit harder. I came down with a GI bug and was very ill. On my last day in Cusco, I was starting to feel better — back to about 50% — but as soon as I arrived at sea level in Lima that afternoon, I was feeling back to...

I’m just back from a trip to Ecuador. We booked the LATAM-operated flights through Qantas (Qantas codeshare on the longest legs). We were scheduled to leave Guayaquil for Santiago, Chile at 1445 on Wednesday afternoon, but at 0930 I received an alert from TripIt that our flight had been...

This might explain unexpected surge pricing on Uber at Townsville airport last time I flew up there on a Sunday afternoon. I looked up the Uber price, shook my head, and went to the taxi rank (where there was no queue and for which I paid a price significantly lower than the Uber estimate).

That's true only if you have a very mild case and respond well to aspirin. Altitude sickness can vary from non-existent to requiring urgent medical evacuation. Hotels in Cusco have oxygen available for a reason (aspirin would be much cheaper, if that were all that were required!), and the tour...

Thanks. My GP is at a clinic that is an accredited yellow fever vaccination centre, which makes it even more odd that he didn’t suggest it.