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    Ever delayed a flight?

    lol :mrgreen: now there's an idea...at least it'll relieve some stress for the remaining passengers in a humourous way...i just hope i never get put in a position where i'm the one responsible for the hold up...
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    Qantas Food

    I personally find the hot food is usually good but small servings :( , and the salad quite OK. But the two choices offered are usually very similar and themed depending on destination if travelling overseas (i think). First couple of times the magnums were a novelty :p now i'm over them as...
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    SmartGate...a faster way to clear Customs (on trial)

    APEC Business Travellers Card This site might interest you if you want to get through quicker: http://www.immi.gov.au/business/apec.htm Available to business travellers (obviously as they travel all the time) who: hold a valid passport of a participating economy; travel frequently to...
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    SmartGate...a faster way to clear Customs (on trial)

    Unfortunately I think it might because the camera is calibrated for a certain height range, not 0.5m lower. Facial recognition systems are dependent on angles so a picture of a person from high up (like a wheelchair) will create a perspective distorted image and lose some data, but a future...
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    Free Upgrades - An Update

    OK so i have a question - how exactly are upgrades offeredand what's the process of getting your new seat allocation? Does the computer just randomly pick someone? Or does the nice person at the gate do the picking and how do they know that there are seats available because I already have my...
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    Travelling in Shanghai

    Some tips Hi! Happy New Year! I visited Shanghai a few months ago but stayed in the factory areas. Went Sydney-HK-Shanghai-Sydney which would be my suggestion to you, hey it's a good excuse to visit Sydney again :). HK is a fantastic place, especially for shopping and eating, even at 2am...
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    Article: OzJet cuts flights, old planes playing up

    need more aircraft? Wouldn't that suggest they need more aircraft then, two concurrent planes at least on weekends? But I don't think the 20:30 Syd-Mlb and 9am Mlb-Syd is the same plane as 11am Syd-Mlb because they need time to refuel, safety checks (i hope at least they do that), and time...
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    What's the Most KickBacks You've Gotten For Being Bumped

    Bumped a few hours off Qantas Australia - New Zealand flight I got bumped off a Qantas flight Sydney-Auckland, i think it was a 2 or 3 hour delay to the next flight. They told me it was unusual for NZ flights to be full, apparently everyone turned up and I had to wait for the next flight...
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    Delayed Baggage

    Baggage missed domestic Qantas flight I travelled Qantas from Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney and they some how forgot my baggage in Adelaide and it was scheduled to be put on the next flight to Melbourne. I wasn't happy waiting 30-40 minutes at the baggage collection area wandering where my bags...
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