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Forget all this talk about airlines, let’s all grab our bags, jump on the next flight to Venice and go stay at Renato’s place. Such a wonderful city.

I search using Momondo. They are not always the cheapest fare but sometimes the connections are better.

There isn't a lot of choice in South America but if I had the opportunity I'd choose Avianca over LATAM anyday, and give Aerolineas Argentinas a wide berth. And Qantas does some good combination fares with AV to Bogota, which is where I find myself mostly travelling these days. The points...

Look what I found when going through some boxes in my parents garage ... Free to good home ... it is in pretty good condition.

I have very fond memories of the many, many bookings made through Thomas Cook and the Thomas Cook package holidays I enjoyed in the early nineties. I thought I would share details of my first international trip in 1989. See attached. It was a lot of money for a university student at the time...

I don’t need to have the blind open at all times but I occasionally like to look out, especially on approach to a new city. I recently took a LATAM flight SCL to MEL (LA805?) on 787 and the blinds/shade seemed to be under the control of the crew. Certainly, I couldn’t do much with them - so...

I used to get them regularly but the last one was about 10 years ago on a very cheap ticket to LAX via MEL. I had chosen my seats for the flight very carefully and when I got to MEL I was told that they had to change my seat allocation. As I started to whine (as is my usual way) I was assured...

Try Airhelp. They have an app, but also an office in Australia.

Unfortunately, children will be children and we cannot always make them do as we wish (especially in the case of babies). I don’t have any kids and always get a little nervous when a young kid or baby is seated near me. That said, in most cases, my experiences in J and F have been very...

In my experience, perhaps not as extensive as other writers, QF is consistently good. I have sometimes found the CSM in F to be overly chatty, but never impolite. Luck of the draw perhaps.

I find headphones at first opportunity downright rude. Does anyone really need to be that isolated from the World. It's as bad as those people who insist on texting wildly until the plane starts rolling down the tarmac. Ignoring everyone around them. Really? Are you that important? My two...

That is my understanding ... award tickets and discounted J tickets are not entitled to free stopover nights ... or free chauffeur in AUH. But for stopover you can usually get 2 for 1 nights and for transfer EY offers a paid transfer service that is reasonably cheap. Just completing a stay in...

I want to travel to Europe in June 2019 but aren't ready (don't have the cash to book right now) and would like to take advantage of this but: Method 1: Book a domestic flight and change it later Looks like that wont work ... "If you change or cancel your initial qualifying booking ... this...

Just read this article. I am pleased to say that I am not a plane nerd because I am unconvinced that I could land the plane in an emergency (otherwise I score 100% nerd). Do you look forward to flying? The 14 signs that you're a plane nerd Thanks Ben Groundwater for the article. Takes one to...

Grrr ... "Sorry, your ticket is not eligible for this offer at this time." Although it says at this time, from experience it means not ever. Oh well, she will just have to survive in J. :) Thanks for the tip. Appreciated.

I tried to book Rosewood and they said it was unavailable and put me in Jumeirah. Yet to stay. Will vote after stay.

Partner and I are booked in First on A380 LHR-AUH in September and eventually on to SYD three days later. Mother-in-law booked in Business. I'd like to try to upgrade her to First (if a seat is available) but I know from experience that Etihad don't offer upgrades for certain fare classes. I...

Clarification ... in Business on A380.

You can use them provided you have the two prong adapter.

@theblank Thanks :). I am grateful for the advice and I will spend some time reading the terms and conditions. Hopefully, it will get me somewhere. ANZ offered to waive the annual fee for one additional year as compensation for the mix-up. They told me that under the Breakfree package the...