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    Solo to Mauritius ( if you don’t count the 25 colleagues and their partners)

    My employer runs an annual incentive trip for sales people and managers who exceed their targets and last financial year I made the cut. The reward - a week in Mauritius. Unfortunately my wife couldn’t join me (no carer for our son), so I’m flying solo. It’s taken a lot of the gloss off the...
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    Vietnam - first visit and first TR

    Having read so many amusing and inspiring TRs over the years I thought it was time I had a crack. Never been to Vietnam before. So many friends have returned wowed by it that I thought we should give it a go. Itin as follows: HBA-MEL overnight airport Parkroyal MEL-SGN 3 nights Majestic...
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    QF FLounge - guest assist - 25th Nov for QF29 ex-MEL (around 3.30 pm-ish)

    Hi. I'm travelling to LHR with wife, son and mother-in-law (on her first ever overseas trip). Thursday 25th Nov on QF29 dept 17:05 and sadly in Y. I was hoping that some kind AFF-er might be in the MEL FLounge at around that time and would be prepared to guest one adult in for me to allow us...
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    To Bali, or not to Bali

    Hi The wife, 4yr old and I have a 10 night Bali trip booked, departing 18Nov. 2 nts InterCon, 4 nts in a villa in Ubud and then 5 nts in a villa in north Kuta. What with the potential for nastiness relating to any justice handed down to the bombers I was wondering what people on this forum...
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    My One World ratings

    I just completed a 19-sector, 45k mile DONE5 over the last fortnight during which I sampled 6 different one world carriers, of which all but AA included long-haul. Some of my experiences surprised me and notwithstanding the fact that a single flight isn't always a true indicator of a carrier's...
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    Travelling with an expired QF Plat card

    I leave on a big DONE5 tomorrow and have just noticed my platinum card has expired and I haven't received my replacement. The best QF will give me is a cardboard temp QFClub card. Has anyone ever had any problems with an expired card in gaining access to F lounges or has the FF number and...
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    QF partner gold

    Just cleared the 2100 SCs required for 'partner gold'. It wasn't my idea to do a Circle Pacific to the USA but there you go...they are fabulous for points and credits (and the CX op-up to F was a nice bonus!). Can anyone tell me what happens next? QF don't know my wife's name/details etc (as...
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    Pre-Easter chaos at Singapore airport

    Any else through SIN today (Thursday 13th). The pre-Easter rush is on and it's impacting everything. The priority check-in involved a massive queue (something I've never seen before) and the Lounges are...well the only quiet spot I could find was the Gents. Anyone else experience some...
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    AA fuel surcharge on RTW & Circle Pacific

    Not sure if this has already hit the forum. If not, and knowing how popular AA is for avoiding fuel surcharge, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news....AA will introduce a fuel surcharge, to be collected on the ticket as a Q surcharge, on RTW and circle pacific fares issued on AA paper (001)...
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