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Maybe it just proves that I have a cast iron stomach, but I quite like those biscuits. I like savory food in general. Each time I have had them I think how easy they would be to bake at home, but never get around to devising a recipe.

Hi guy's I did web check in for a flight tomorrow using Chrome and got all the way through the process, but the PDF would not download at the end. Tried another time for the same result. Switched to Firefox and the PDF dowloaded fine. It would seem there may be a compatability issue with the...

11 on 737's, 9 on 190's. Well that's what I've seen today anyway. Was previously able to select from row 7 on 190's with the old system.

What about the situation where the mechanism has broken and your seat won't stay upright when you wan't it to. Every time the flight attendant came past while preparing for take off I got told to put it upright. It went full recline upon rotation. All I was doing was sitting. Same again when...

I flew Tiger Syd-Mel in about August 2011 (it was the week they resumed flights, cheap day trip to Sydney), the flight as you would expect was very empty. Aside from myself in row 8 there were no more than about 30 others spread throughout the cabin. In row 1 I noticed a gentleman who looked...

I'm silver from BIS flying this year (status match silver last year), got a bonus of 35 SC's. Not sure how or why.

Similar to others my experience is that it is at the discretion of the person you speak with, or at least unofficial policy to offer something if available. Back in November 2010, on missing a connection in CBR (two separate tickets, sale fares, no status, OLCI, long story) I was offered another...

I make most of my bookings on Qantas using BPay. On a few occasions I've done a late night booking, but then waited until the next day to go into my internet banking to make the payment. So far I've had no problems, but as they say in the classics YMMV. On the occasion I have changed my mind...

I've been saving these up for a while, bit it's time to divulge... How could I forget Don Burke nodding off in the departure lounge at gate 13/14 at Canberra in February last year. He was later seen wide awake on board the Dash 8 to SYD. Also CBR-SYD, this time travelling in row 3 J on a 734...

As an add on to this. On the silver benefits page on the Velocity website it specifically mentions personalised luggage tags so you can flaunt your lofty silver status around. All I recieved upon becoming silver was a card in an envelope. This was through the status match offer last year though...

I flew it when I was in Japan in November from Haneda to Hiroshima and back. Only booked it when I realised that my trip to Japan coincided with its entry into service (also coincided with the Great Qantas Grounding of 2011, but that's another story!). Can't say it was really that special other...

RE: Cheap parking at MEL for cheap day trips. I sometimes park at one of the fast food restaurants in Mickleham Road (usually the Mc Donald's near the Tullamarine Freeway) and get the 901 bus from there to the airport. Of course this is not good if you don't have the time to muck around, but...

Yes my Velocity number is on the new booking. I called up this afternoon and the person I spoke to assigned a seat for me manually, and re sent the itinerary reflecting the change. (I also got a nice congratulations over the phone for reaching the heady heights of silver. Only 3.5 months late...

Thanks John, that's a good thought. I tried it, but the manage booking page doesn't seem to offer that option. I'll call Virgin at lunch time today and see what happens...

Hey guys, I'm also having no joy with seat selection on a flight, although for different reasons to the OP. The booking for my flight (also on the 13th of January as with the OP, so well within the 14 day window) was made using a flight credit from a booking cancelled mid last year, before I...

I have had a green laser pointed into my car while driving on the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, while it didn't go directly in to my eyes, it certainly was a major distraction. It happened between the Western Ring Road and Mickleham Road, where there are not any overpasses over the freeway...

Re: Strange moments at Airport Security I recently got pulled up in Sydney T3 for my flash drive with a retractable USB connector. I guess this is similar to the OP's key in that the same mechanism could be used to conceal a blade. In the past it's been a spiral bound notebook that I carry that...

Re: Booking ANA domestic flights - seat reservations Hi VHOEJ, I still don't have enough posts to reply to your PM so I'll just do it here. If you bring up your booking there is a row of four icons towards the bottom of the page. The seat reservations is the first one of these. From memory you...

Ben Sandilands in his Plane Talking blog at Crikey has written a four part series that details some of the back room dealings that were going on at the time of the Ansett collapse. Some enlightening reading to say the least. My post count isn't high enough to post a link, but go to blogs dot...

I just did this a few weeks ago. I just happen to be going to japan in the first week of 787 domestic flights so had to indulge. I managed to get a return flight from Haneda to Hiroshima on the plastic parrot :lol: As StevePER said, just go to the Japan English language site. The process in...