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    Not so Expert?

    Got this email at 7am - Due to issues in obtaining award and upgrade data for the below airlines, we have removed them from our list of supported airlines in the Award & Upgrade search for the time being. This also means that any active Flight Alerts for those airlines are not currently working...
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    The Trip Report for the Trip That Never Was - USA Work & Play April 2020

    When it became apparent that I would not be making my trip to the USA in April 2020 I kind of resigned myself to the fact that it wouldn't happen, worked on cancelling bookings and getting refunds where possible and knuckled down to work, dealing with all the Covid-19 processes and being here...
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    What?! A post about Virgin doing something good?

    Good Virgin Part 1 I had business in Canberra last Thursday so I decided that rather than getting up at sparrows fart to drive to OOL then connect via SYD I would take advantage of the direct OOL-CBR flight at 21:05, stay Wednesday night and be refreshed and ready to go in the morning. I...
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    SYD East-West runway landing

    Just flew in on VA 1535 from HBA and we landed from the west on the East-West runway - sorry don't know the correct runway number. I am struggling to remember the last time this happened on a flight I was on but it was many many years ago. Would be interested to hear how often this happens and...
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    Interesting VA experience SYD-ABX

    Took the 08:05 SYD-ABX ATR flight this morning and all went so well at the start. Brekky in the lounge then stroll to the gate to find no line. It's a pleasure boarding via the tarmac on a beautiful Sydney morning as you get to look around at all action of a busy airport as you wait by the back...
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    BNE to LAX on VA then all around the USA on VX and DL

    The Preparation - The planning for this trip started in Dec 2012 when it seemed plausible to visit 3 of my US suppliers and then tack on a ski trip to Vail CO and catch up again with Josh, my old room mate from 30 yrs ago.Everything started well with my reading of the fine print on theVelocity...
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