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    Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

    Well, ain't a wine snob, but best value is actually the De Bortoli Sacred Hill range, under $5 a bottle for prize winning quaffing wines and a glass of red a day cured my gout.
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    Article: Single-Aisle Planes Are the Future of Qantas' Fleet

    Well, won't it be fun to file down the aisle like cattle. be a bug er to miss your seat and try to get back. I assume there will still be front and back doors so you can meet in the middle!
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    Not Happy P&O [Pre Paid Drinks]

    whoops, would if I could figure out how to edit it
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    Not Happy P&O [Pre Paid Drinks]

    Not Happy with P&O. Booked for voyage V307 on Pacific Adventure (xx_xx_). As seasoned travellers we like to pay in advance for drinks, etc. Sadly P&O have changed the rules and now expect us to pay in advance for EVERY day of the voyage. They also force each of us to pay the same, regardless...
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    Virgin does it again - will no longer fly with them

    And the saga continues, I also booked return flights to Sydney in February which they tried to change, luckily we came to an acceptable arrangement I reckon that, based on our experience for the three trips I booked back in July at the then cheaper costs, Virgin simply kick you off your cheap...
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    Virgin does it again - will no longer fly with them

    And now, we just received an email offering to "upgrade" the flights we are no longer booked on. REALLY Dick?
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    Virgin does it again - will no longer fly with them

    So booked a holiday in Pt Douglas. First offer was fly Brisbane to Cairns except that involved a cross border drive from Tweed Heads to Brisbane, no thanks. Checked and found Virgin had flights from OOL to CNS so switched flights to VA1059 confirmed, Yea!! Virgin then decided no more flights...
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    Article: Canberra Airport’s Facebook Page is Refreshingly Sassy

    M a a t e You just gota remember Canberra airport services the diplomatic community, of course it is going to look good. As for processing, well, just get yourself a diplomatic or foreign staff passport and I'd be pretty confident queues would no longer be a problem.
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Given the life of a passport, don't see the point in NOT renewing. We did ours back in June and even then things were going slower than normal. Given the much longer times between application and receiving the new one, I would be interested in whether the desk jockeys took on board my...
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    Apple Airtags

    Similar question, We use Android for phones but I have/travel with an Apple Mac notebook. Question, obviously, will the Apple device show up on the Mac, especially in the airport on arrival? and is there an android version as we are travelling again so it would be worthwhile to consider...
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Emailed this to them a few days ago, no reply, probably too busy Suggested passport procedural change My wife and I recently applied to renew our passports. Even though we submitted our documents to the local Post Office together, I have received mine, she is still stressing waiting As the old...
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    Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

    No, just make them pay the cleanup bill even if it takes the rest of their lives -- a permanent reminder! and if they are on Govt benefits, they should still be paying part of their i ncome.
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    Velocity points value

    Unlike some, we don't fly much so only have 50,000 points - what to do with them? My travel agent suggested check out the petrol option (REDEEM VELOCITY POINTS For flights and upgrades, fuel, hotel stays or products and gift vouchers. and scroll down) . My very rough calculations suggest...
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    Singapore (SIN) Stopover Tips

    Re Singapore stopovers, We always look for the Changi dollars and in the past have applied them to a short break in the airport hotels, making a sleep and a shower even cheaper. I think the last time, we had about 7 hours to kill between flights and got the transit room for $80 of which $40 was...
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