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Dear Fellow Flyers As some of you would be aware, 2 years ago I flew for 9 days straight on Qantas flights to raise 130k for the Childrens Hospital at Westmead Cystic Fibrosis Clinic. I have decided to give it another crack. Only this time we are making it even more challenging. I will fly...

Almost direct. You have your own private gate boarding card reader and then you catch a lift down to the aero bridge. The lift is the only interruption to a journey straight from the lounge to the aero bridge .

Gents, great to hear you got this opportunity. I also was lucky enough to get on board . My first Officer mate told me he was chosen for the launch and so I had to be on it. The only problem was that he was on the QF 9 launch which actually landed in DXB 55 mins before QF 1. Unfortunately I...

Unfortunately not. As sponsored flights they didn't qualify.

Yes, I just managed to get on the BNE- CNS flight given the late arrival of the flight from Mel. That was a close shave and would have jeopardised my ability to get upto CNS to catch the 717 to Darwin via Gove. I was also originally booked on the QF 29 from MEL to LHR , but becuase of the late...

Apologies for the incorrect airport code. Port Macquarie is not normally on my list of destinations, so I took a stab at that one ! It was a required destination to tick the dash 8 off the list, given that the challenge required all general type of QF equipment. You can add a few thousand miles...

I haven't done this before, but have tried to post it as an attachment. Hopefully it works. If not, in summary: SYD-LAX LAX-MEL MEL-BNE BNE-CNS CNS-GOV GOV-DRW DRW-SYD SYD-EZE EZE-SYD SYD-HKG HKG-LHR LHR-BKK BKK-SYD SYD-JNB JNB-SYD SYD-PER PER-SYD SYD-PMQ PMQ-SYD Fastest time you can do this...

Good question. The deal was that all flights were confirmed in economy but were upgradeable behind paying passengers, upgrades using points and staff travel. Once all those were exhausted I got an upgrade. I was quite lucky and got an upgrade on a couple of the long haul legs where the cabin was...

That guy is me and I have just returned from the nine days of life in planes and airports. Thanks for the kind words. It has raised 132k which is just terrific. I absolutely love being on planes and I love airports and so the fundraising challenge was the big one and not the flying. As a QF...

I am off to Buenos Aires late Sept. Are there any tips on nice restaurants? Thanks Matthias

Row 17 is pretty good. Upstairs is particularly good if you don't have a lot or large carry on. This is becuase the overhead locker is not very deep and you can use the wonderful cabinet on the window for smaller bags. This makes life very convenient when you quickly need to grab a pen , book...

Thanks for reminding me. As someone who loves flying, the thing I absolutely hate most and should be an unspoken rule and that is that if it is day time outside, then whether others are sleeping or not, I should be allowed to open my window. On some of the London to Singapore /Bangkok flights...

1. Do not allow your children to run unaccompanied down the aisle while the parents watch their movie. 2.In economy, share the arm rest. 3.No conversation when the other person has the head set on and watching TV. 4.Clean up in the bathroom. The amount of swines astonishes me.

There is nothing worse than passengers with bad breath, particularly if they are good sleepers and very quickly you have some one next to you, asleep, with mouth wide open and a shocking odour emanating every time they breath. At that point, all enjoyment is lost, whether it be your meal or your...

Interesting results in the recent Choice magazine around domestic airlines CHOICE - Airline satisfaction surveys "Virgin Blue (VB) is nominated best airline overall for economy class, rating significantly above average on most counts, including value for money, seat comfort and booking...

Rest assured that a policy of compulsory use of one airline pays off big time. The cost of food reimbursement is nothing compared to employees loss of productivity when stuffing around choosing flights. Processing costs are negligible becuase it is all paid by company travel cards and so...

Lowest fare of the day or lowest logical fare as it was used to be called in our company is a waste of time and will not yield savings to the organisation. It is a cop out straegy that makes procurement feel like it is enforcing saving approach, but it doesn't and adds cost by the workforce...

Looks like another plus for Virgin Blue who allow their passengers to pee in the toliet of their choice at lower cost and better on time performance.( even after taking into account the free coffee and morning paper on Qantas). Clearly there isn't much joy in the free coffee and paper if they...

I find that the best value use of points in terms of points/$ ratio is to upgrade from Business to First. I recently did that Syd-LHR on the A380 and that is the best use of points imaginable. Another good use is Syd to Lord Howe Island which I have booked for the summer at 16,000 points a...

Generally if you are in business there isn't any practical need to get on early as the overhead locker space will be plentiful and there will still be plenty of time for the orange juice or champagne, so if I miss the early boarding call, I stand back and wait . The other thing is that even...