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Oh, that is no good for me. I have a serious phobia - I am afraid of escalators. But its ok .... I am taking steps to avoid them.

I'll nominate for Gold right now, but likely to upgrade to Plat. Mrs NM returns from her gallivanting the following day, so I am otherwise "Home alone" so should be able to make the journey into Brisbane CBD (a whole 50c each way) to attend.

Does your email address somewhat match your name? Could it be that someone in Japan actually has the same (or similar) name and just entered the slightly wrong email address into the FF account booking? I have had a gmail email address since they first started them, and it is a simple and...

+1s are very welcome ;)

Platinum.

Hotel: InterContinental Brisbane When: Dec 20-23 Status: Platinum Ambassador Rate: Dec 20-22 Ambassador Free Weekend night - $484 Rate: Dec 22-23 - $339.30 Booked: King High Floor Club Lounge Access (both reservations) Received: King High Floor Club Lounge Access Amenity Offered: Welcome Drinks...

or more machines* ;) * naturally I am referring to barista-operated proper espresso machines

My response to those calls normally goes something like this: "Thank you so much for contacting me. I asked for that service to be disconnected months ago, so please just go ahead and disconnect it immediately. Thank you so much for helping get this sorted."

I believe bookings made prior to end of 2025 will be honoured. New bookings after that will need to be using the new IHG OnePass program, which is apparently similar in discounted rates, but limited to maximum of 30 nights per hear for the employee and any family and friends using their IHG...

The main difference I have experienced since moving from 100/40Mbps to 500/50Mbps is improved responsiveness when using on-line cloud storage such as OneDrive and Sharepoint when opening and downloading cloud-hosted files. Of course not much change for uploading going form 40->50Mbps upload...

For this reason I keep an IPSec VPN server running on my home NBN router so I can VPN into my home router and then bounce out appearing as the same AU IP address as my regular home network appears. The benefits of running a "real" router for my NBN connection rather than a "toy" packet...

Did you try the free machine coffee? I was pleasantly surprised by it. It was probably the best automatic machine coffee I have found, and went back for a second on both days of my stay. I normally greatly dislike automatic machine coffee, but they seemed to get it right. I did only try the...

It is the only way I can reconcile the current situation. There are also common sayings about conspiracy vs incompetence which would appear to the two viable options.

That is because (in my opinion) it has nothing to do with security or safety. It is about protecting the business opportunity of the Australian airport arrivals duty-free shops. The boarding liquids checks were put in place under the guise of security, but were really there to stop people buying...

Now I do wonder if the same bottle would have been located and required to be surrendered if it was in your pocket at the time ??? What is in your pocket is unlikely to be located during a carry-on bag search. Obviously a bottle of water on your person (in your pocket) is not a security risk...

In my opinion, the secondary screening for liquids for flights departing towards Australia has NOTHING to do with security. I believe it is totally about protecting the business opportunity of the Australian international airport owners/operators so they can continue to justify the high...

And those who attended the 17th Annual Gathering in Brisbane last year, at the Saturday dinner we had some trivia questions, one of which was a DYKWIA (the AFF version of Who am I?).

That's great I didn't expect it had flown to another destination just yet :)

Yes, indeed. the BOAC Vickers VC10 was my first international travel chariot. We traveled Brisbane, Darwin, Djakata (as it was known by its Dutch spelling at back then), Singapore, Calcutta (as it was known last century), Dubai, Kuwait, London. I was invited to the flight deck on the Singapore...

Yes, indeed, they did an amazing job. Thanks. They knew the event was held in Melbourne .... enough said 🌦️☔