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Switzerland has a lot of Eastern European refugees many of whom are also drug users as Switzerland has a fairly open policy to drug use. but even if these people get some funding it is only marginally possible to live there with that especially if you are a drug user. so there are lots of scams...

Worst was a meal on QF Melbourne -Auckland, for some reason i got a roll which had not been defrosted, when i bit into it i broke a tooth of. best was on Air Nuigini, had a friend who was the chef for ANG. when he heard i was traveling [economy] he said give me your seat number for something...

If I get good service I tip the driver personally not through an app. I can see Uber holding back part of the tip, if not now but in the future, for admin costs, and or, also dropping the wages in the future. Tipping in America is only because they pay very low wages and if you don't tip, you...

Be sure that if downgraded you get the counter staff to sign a docket at the time of downgrading. i was downgraded from a fully paid Business class trip [no points only cash] and was downgraded to economy as a plane breakdown meant the plane was overbooked. when i tried to get a refund even...

re Qantas all very well to say business class is to board first, however often they are not ready immediately, are you going to make other passengers wait for them? the priority lane does help, further the business class is at the front so all other passengers have to pass them to board, not...

Hi, Have used the Tasmanian ferries numerous times first in the 50's. the current ferry's were bought to give a high speed transit and replaced the old much bigger and more comfortable ferry, not a very practical move as its only 2 hours faster than the old one and uses hugely more fuel for less...

Was traveling in Switzerland where I felt safe pushing a trolley with bags and skis at the railway station. My briefcase was on top. nobody around and then suddenly a spray of coins fell in front of me. when I bent to pick these up a guy behind me grabbed my briefcase and ran. However a porter...

Got held up at BNE airport as my passport had less than 6 months left on it until I pointed out I was going home to PNG. then they let me board. so the mistake is not always the traveller.

Similar to this above, late last year flying to Hobart on a 8pm flight from Melbourne the flight was cancelled and passengers were put on a flight to Launceston which arrived late. there a bus picked up the Hobart passengers for the 200KM + trip to Hobart, it arrived at the Hobart airport via...

There are several advantages to train travel, center of city to center is one, less overall time another, we also found if you are a tourist and not a business traveller the scenery from trains is far superior than from a plane. The price difference between second and first class is very little...

Assume now you might mean "'terms and conditions'' instead of a Qantas code, yes have a copy and they were that 25% was offered for points transfer of 350,000 points or above, 30% for 1 million or more. Due date was between 1st to 31st of March and more than 350,000 points were transferred...

What do you mean by T&C?, this was about 5-6 weeks ago and my main worry is that Qantas is not answering my emails or questions even though the points show up for

have copy of their offer, they accepted the points [without bonus] but have been unable to get any answer or reply from them since.

Hi Qantas offered 25% extra points for transferring points across to it from your credit card. did this before the due date, Qantas accepted these but did not give any extra points. they are not answering querries or emails. was this a scam on their part?

Who cares about Feb in UK when you are skiing on the continent via the excellent, fast and cheap railway system.

we booked about 6 months ahead, just checked again, expedia currently has business return on Air France for $3935 presumably US$ from Sydney-London - Sydney in February Why would you book PE?

Through Expedia USA on the internet.yes all luggage was transferred and we flew through Helsinki both ways instead of Dubai.Out was via Singapore,return via HongKong with no enroute stopovers.Qantas sectors were Sydney-singapore and HK-Sydney.

With a little bit of work you can find business class seats for the same price, flew business Sydney to London return for $4890.00 on Finnair which consisted of part qantas, part Finnair, part BA but all on one ticket.

as a frequent flyer with 60 years experience all i can say is mostly business class passengers are polite, you get the occasional rude person but it seems more due to either tiredness or alcohol than anything else. You also get plenty of people in economy who are rude, i can remember a B/A Hong...

re Amex Platinum, You realise that if you have a debit of $1 and do not pay this you will be charged 2000% per month. I find the 21 days allowed from date on statement very onerous, especially as Amex is always late sending statement [I live overseas] and often it arrives after the due date...