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Was on QF24 ex BKK 2 weeks ago and when booking in was directed to the Emirates Lounge.

I was using the early am QantasLink flight for nearly 3 years and only had one delay with a missed connection and one cancellation with Qantas rebooking me on Jetstar. Previous to this year I had booked on Jetstar 3 times with only one successful result, one occasion I was rebooked on an earlier...

Since the beginning of the new year I have been forced to travel by Jetstar between Newcastle and Brisbane with Qantas Link withdrawing their early am departure from Newcastle. However it has now gotten worse with cutting back to only two flights a day (from the original four)between Newcastle...

Tried two different browsers also two different Qantas Apps still no success. It seems to be only on 737 flights as I could get the seat map up on a future A330 flight. Sorry if I'm a bit thick but what is IE or is there another App to try.

Tried at T80 to get row 4 for a flight to Perth and no seat plan available only a choice of window or isle. Checked a few flights in the future and no seat plan available for any 737 flights.

Last day in Churchill. Bags outside your door then off to see bears again in -15c wind. (The next time we would see our bags was in the Four Points Hotel at Winnipeg Airport. After another successful day on the tundra where we 23 bears our polar bear experience was drawing to a close. On return...

After our first night in The Tundra Inn, where we also had buffet breakfast we on a bus out to the Tundra Buggy Launch site. The site was protected by a friendly guard with shotgun on the look out for bears. Once we were all on board the Tundra Buggy we were given a safety briefing,-Don't feed...

With arrival in Churchill we gathered our things and boarded our bus for a tour that started at the Polar Bear Jail where bears that come too close to town end up for 30 days receiving no food just water before being sedated and flown by helicopter back to the wildlife area. There Polar Bear...

Travelling onwards from Winnipeg was an organised tour by Frontiers North. The trip we booked on was The Churchill, Polar Bears and VIA Rail Adventurer Tour. Frontiers North run a very varied group of tours for those who want to see Polar Bears, from 1 day to extended stays, some stay on the...

The train stopped at Hornepayne ONT for 40 minutes for a crew change and this gave us time to stretch our legs and have a walk around although there isn't much in Hornepayne. First sittin for diner came quickly after departure from Horneplayne and there was a choice of Roast Sirloin, Roast...

With our time in Toronto in the evening with a 2200 departure on the Canadian we took a cab to Toronto Union Station and put our bags into storage at VIA at no cost as we were travelling in sleeper plus that night. After spending the rest of the day with our son we returned to Union Station...

After our stay in Montreal used VIA Rail Business Class to get to Toronto. We again had a LRC coach with fixed 2 & 1 seating this time we were seated in the right direction. Once again the service was fantastic and our train ran on time with business class nearly full till just out of Toronto...

After our time finished in Quebec City we caught VIA Rail to Montreal Quebec City Rail Stn Grand Hall The Business Class car was a LRC coach with fixed directional 1 and 2 seating Initially we had seats facing backwards but after the first stop (about 20 minutes after leaving QC) we were...

More photos of Old Quebec, The Fairmont and Halloween

After our time in New York we used New Jersey Transit to get to Newark International Airport very convenient and a quite a reasonable price. From Newark we were flying United Airlines Flight 4233 operated by Express Jet Airlines Embraer 175. Check in and immigration were painless. We boarded...

Stayed at Leo House for 5 nights and enjoyed our stay in NYC despite the problems at Leo House. Found the best way to Get around NYC was using a MTA Metro Card starting cost was $10.00 and this card allowed both of us to use the one card. And each ride cost us only $2.75 each verses $3.00 for a...

Forgot to add Leo House was being used for a movie shoot this week. Don't know the name but it's a Woody Allen movie starring Justin Timberlake and Kate Winslet. Also saw some filming at Coney Island when we there.

We got what we paid for, very disappointed about no proper blind or curtains on the window and disgusted by the removal of the air conditioner with no note left for reason and the fact that the window was left wide open. Understand it's a charity organisation and was prepared to go easy on the...

After collecting our luggage we walked along 8th till 23rd St where we found our accommodation, Leo House. We didn't have high expectations. we found the hotel dated but clean and most of the employees very friendly. The breakfast was and reasonable but that's about it. The air conditioner was...

With our Disney World Adventures over it was time to leave Orlando but not before we had Brunch at the Gaylord Palms Resort. Interesting place ( I presume very expensive too). The centre of the complex was an Atrium, very spectacular and in the middle was a rainforest garden including a pool...