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    Air New Zealand's 777-200 new layout PE??

    Wondering what people's thoughts are of the new PE seating on the ANZ newly refurbished 777-200 are like. Booked in about a week to fly AKL to Vancouver, original the aircraft was one that had Space-seats and about 4 weeks ago got notified of the a schedule change of 5 minutes but the plane and...
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    Do Air NZ ever improve the discounted specials?

    Kicking myself missed a cracking deal on ADL>AUK>SFO for late July. Emailed our friends in SFO to check if dates worked for them and got answer back overnight. Went to book and Pssstttt they had gone. Should have realised sent email on the 28th Feb and went to book 1st of March....end of the...
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    Booking through a travel agent or booking direct?

    I have in all my years of travel booked my flights directly. Whilst depending on where we are going it can be very timing consuming doing the research, checking rates etc I general feel I am in control of the booking. I never have checked with a travel agent wether they could have offered a...
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    Carry on bag suggestions?

    Well my trusty QANTAS carry on bag finally coughped itself and I am looking for a replacement. I looked at the current QANTAS offering an appear to be way of the mark price wise as wells as not my preferred setup. the current one I have is a two wheeler with extending handle and a could of...
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    OneUp question

    Travelling to SFO a week or so from ADL. Currently booked PE on the AUK to SFO and SFO to AUK. The AUK to SFO business class is fully booked so no hope of buying a OneUp upgrade but I have a chance with the return flight. When I log on and look at the OneUp upgrade both flights appears and it...
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    TravelSIM any comments?

    Heading to the USA in a weeks time and after a horrific experience with data charges using Optus I thought I would be smart to use a prepaid SIM card to eliminate data billing shock. To be fair to Optus it wasn't their fault and they looked after me when I explained what had happened.....3rd...
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    ADL to SFO return PE class

    Just missed a special deal on an Air New Zealand ADL to SFO Premium Economy looked Friday it was there went to book Saturday and had gone. Up nearly $1000. Travel dated ex ADL around 30th March return 21st April but flexible with dates +\- 3 days or so. Just wondering if this close from the...
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    Lounge access

    Am a Velocity Silver member not joined the club lounge. I am holding a business class MLB > ADL ticket which I got by redeeming reward points.......does this business class ticket get me access to the Virgin lounge at Melbourne airport? cheers, fleetz
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    Premium Economy Cairn to San Francisco

    Looking at heading to SFO early April from CNS to SFO. Ideally PE class wondering if there is a smart way of doing the route as CNS is a pain even though it is international AP it does really seem to cater for the USA. Everything is via SYd, BNS etc and most seem to want to route you through LAX...
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    Bangkok to Adelaide best option?

    Need to get back from Bangkok to Adelaide in July and was wondering what is the best option? I can not seem to find an airline that does a direct service BKK > ADL so I will need to do a one stop along the way. Any suggestions as to the best route? Would it be better to do two bookings...
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    AA Economy Super Saveror online Web Savers any gotcha's?

    Looking at internal USA flights at the moment and keep seeing "web only" or Economy Super Savers on AA and Southwest and the difference in the fair from these to economy is 200-300 USD apart from teh fare difference which I can see online (boarding priority, non refundable etc etc) difference is...
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    Finding best internal USA flight schedules?

    Travelling to the US in April and looking to find a SFO Oaklands airport to Nashville BNA direct flight. Is there a must have website that will independently show all airlines flight options? I can not find a direct flight but there maybe as I don't believe I have seen all the airlines hence...
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    Be notified of Premium Economy specials?

    Is there a good airline sale website or two where Premium Economy specials are posted? I am looking at some Brisbane or Sydney to San Francisco flights early next year and want to be able to be notified when specials are available. Is there a good flight sales company that notifies you of...
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    What is the Qantas arrivals lounge like in HK

    What is the Qantas arrivals lounge like in Hong Kong? Have a 16 hour stop over there and just wondering if it is comfortable enough for that period? Appeciate any comments, Regards, Fleetz
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    In London and trying to second guess what qantas might do

    Actually we are not stuck yet as we are not due to fly out for 12 days however I am trying to second guess the situation here. The volcano ash seems to continuue to spew out with no end in sight. That said the backlog here is huge. We hold PE seats on Qantas to travel in 12 days time however...
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    What to do with bags for 15hrs in Hong Kong

    We are arriving into Hong Kong around 7:30am from London and are due to fly out 23:40 that night to Cairns. So we have approx 17 hours to kill in Hong Kong before our flight. Wondering what option might exist for stowing bags or even better have them checked in. I suspect the later is not...
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    Is there a reference website that tells you which int'l airlines fly in/out of Cairns

    I know Cairns International airport is a small one but is there a reference website that show which airlines fly in and out of cairns and what desitinations they fly to? Regards, Fleetz
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    CX Cairns to Hong Kong

    Who is likely to offer the best fares CNS to HKG return april out and may back? I noticed Cathay have just dropped their full economy rates in teh last day or so from full economy to a discounted fare. Like it went from $6,600 to around $1,500 AUD. I am a member of the Marco Polo Club (the...
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    CX Business Class Fares whois the cheapest

    Looking to travel from Cairns to Hong Kong and then onto London return next year sometime. Wondering who offers the best CX business class fares online? We will be flexible when we travel pretty much. Given we are getting on in age the flight times worry us we don't travel well. Looked at the...
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