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  1. bPeteb

    Taken I x QF general lounge pass expiring April 1 2024

    I hadn't even noticed that I still had it.
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    Seoul/South Korea for Christmas New Year

    Somewhere we've often thought of travelling to but now possibly thinking of going for nine or 10 days over this Christmas and new year. Thoughts?
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    Kakadon't. A wet weekend in the top end.

    We try to fill long weekends with short trips away. Might extend them a day where possible but this one was just two nights, flying up to Darwin on Jan 26, Friday, and home Sunday night. The original plan was just two nights in Darwin. That morphed into one at Jabiru at the Mercure Crocodile...
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    Resilient is my middle name - Christmas with Virgin Voyages

    We've not ever been Christmas people. A fractured family saw us deciding to give it a miss last year. We had mum up the week before for lunch. Dementia meant it was forgotten soon after. There just seemed no real point in 'celebrating' so we decided we'd go away this past Christmas. We'd read...
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    Wandjina dreaming - Kimberley trails

    Once upon a time, in a world that hadn't heard of COVID, an AFF member and his partner, with his sister and a friend, booked a trip to southern Africa so that they could go and see some wild animals. They booked a rewards business seat for the partner (when that was an easy thing), a train ride...
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    Qantaslink A320 goes tech after arrival in BME from PER. Flight was a turnaround to PER. Qantas' response to the situation.

    We were supposed to be returning to Perth from Broome last Wednesday afternoon at 2pm. The A320 arrived on time and we were called to board. We stood, and stood a bit longer. We were then told dep would be delayed so we went back and sat in the cafe area. Delay kept pushing out and it was clear...
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    Qantas Club expiry

    Should actually be working but it's late on Friday, I've lost interest, and I'm browsing my QF account. At the very end of the My account page is a window as per image. I paid for a two year QC membership many years ago but hit gold half way through the first year then eventually WP. Does anyone...
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    Is 59A really bad on a 787-9?

    Looking to book my flight to JNB and I can select 59A and B for me and bAlt. Seat Guru marks the seat as red. Limited recline and proximity to loos. I like the idea of a two and row 59 is our only option. We used to pick these twos once upon a time on 747s and loved them. Does anyone have any...
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    Bali, hi again

    We're off to Bali. bAlt and my second visit, although our first was not with each other. For bAlt it was 30+ years ago, for me just over eight. We're travelling with who I went with in 2015 and her sister. Jetstar Y. Nine nights split between Ubud (three) and Nusa Dua (six). In Ubud we are...
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    Colin ventures out into the world and visits Magnetic Island

    Colin? Who's Colin? What's happened to balt? When we returned from our recent cruise on Quantum of the Seas to 'celebrate' my 60th, I wasn't in a great way. My May 9 surgery was at least one month too far away so I got on the phone to see how soon I could get the (ch)op. I would have been fine...
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    bpeteb's sexagesimus birthday cruise to nowhere, then somewhere

    Another long preamble before I get into the actual trip... 60. It’s just a number they say, but for me last year when I was thinking about it, it was a number I wasn’t looking forward to becoming. I’d decided on a cruise to ‘celebrate’ my 50th. Initially I’d thought about booking a large villa...
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    Rewards assistance fee for WP reward seat release?

    Just noticed I have been charged a 4500 fee for getting a rewards seat released. Surely that's not correct?
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    Classic reward seat release for partner of WP if WP is travelling on separate booking

    I've had a quick search but can't find an answer. I just booked return Y flights to MEL using my AMEX travel voucher. Went in to book my partner classic reward seats and only J available (that he doesn't want, yeh, I know). I called QFF to ask if Y seats could be released for him but was told...
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    Virgin Voyages coming to Oz

    Hurtigruten is still a possibility for next year but in case we don't get another cruise in we've booked Resilient Lady out of Melbourne for six days over Christmas. Booked a limited view sea terrace waaaaaaay forward. I love modern design but these ships are ghastly looking. Ended up booking...
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    Viking or Hurtigruten?

    Tossing up between an 'all inclusive' (airfares to and from BA from Brisbane) Hurtigruten Antarctic cruise and a Viking Norwegian fjords. Lowest cabin cat for both. For anyone who has been on both/either, looking for recommendations.
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    The last supper? New years in Cairns and Palm Cove (again)

    We've been to FNQ for new years for three years in a row now - Port Douglas, Port Douglas and Palm Cove and this year Cairns and Palm Cove. This year, not that I am the slightest bit religious, but we looked at this as the last supper due to my uc refusing to go away no matter what drugs have...
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    Red Hot the red Tesla takes us to the Mornington Peninsula

    A quick two nighter to the Mornington Peninsula where neither of us had ever been before. For our mode of transport I wanted to go electric. I've always wanted to hire a Tesla and decided on booking through evee www.evee.com.au. Just after we booked Sixt advertised the addition of Model 3s to...
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    Hilarious number of bid now emails

    We're just deleting them but bAl and I have been bombarded with bid now emails for our flights to and from MEL this weekend. bAl's an award flight, mine revenue red e. At least six each, maybe more, over the last week. Anyone else experiencing QF's desire to get more dollars and points out of them?
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    Bevan the Big Kit Camper goes for a tootle around NZ's south island

    Off we go to NZ. This was supposed to be a lovely warm free camping campervan trip in late summer but due to covid became a bloody freezing powered site campervan trip in early spring aka late winter! DSC J flights for me that I’ll most likely have to follow-up the DSCs, award flights for bAl...
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    Where's the loo? A quick first trip to WA

    I’m going to start this with an apology to @JohnM. I had fully intended to arrange a meal/wine with John in Perth but at the time of our recent visit I wasn’t much up for meeting with anyone. I suppose in reality we were lucky we even got away. This trip to WA was our third attempt since COVID...
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