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I spent the first twenty years of my working life doing heavy and often dangerous manual work, the kind of work where you are physically tired and aching at the end of every day, if not before - and before that grew up on a farm. My opinion is somewhat the opposite of some here. White collar...

Mine only have the ID page digitised signatures and none of the approx 50 flights a year I take from EU airports, many with BA, has ever asked for anything more. But hey, if they ask, I promise not to hold up the queue more than 10 seconds while I sign it. Always ready, that's me. Just to...

Me too. Really though, I'm just glad of somewhere comfy to sit and plug in. Showers, food, drink - all bonuses. Call me Mr Easily Pleased.

I like the idea of those pampering places but I get bored out of my skull after two, max three, days.

I get loads of those unsolicited verification SMS from Qantas. I just ignore them. I never thought of Award Wallet but that could explain it.

Strange. I just checked all four of my current passports (oldest issued 2013) , 2 x Aus and 2xUK, and the signature is digitised from my application.

Sectors: ~50 New airports: WLG, LST, HBA, AVV New airlines: Wizzair (BUD-FRA) Shortest flight: tossup between WLG-NPL, NPL-AKL, SVG-BGO, SXB-AMS Longest flight: LHR-KUL rtn. J flights: LGW-TFS, LHR-KUL. everything else Y. Most expensive beer: Lervig Liquid Sex Robot, $18

Just remember, as Italians say: In Milan, a traffic light is an Instruction. Rome - it's a Suggestion. In Naples, it's a Christmas decoration!

Touring Tassie for a few days next month. Launceston, East coast, Hobart. What wineries en route worth visiting? Chromy?

I just looked up what we paid National express in April: £87.60 prepaid return LHR- LGW for 2 adults with baggage. That's not a huge saving on what OP paid one way for a dedicated limo/taxi, and although fairly punctual involved a fair bit of hanging around waiting. I think in future I'd book...

Ravenna is probably the city I know best in Italy, visiting at least once a year on business and couple of times with my wife for tourism. I'm very fond of it but usually try to avoid driving. I also have techs working in Italy a lot and all have got some obscure fine at some point. Often months...

Having had to get from Seoul to MEL/SYD or PER a few times, I've used Air Asia arriving at KLIA2 late at night, stayed in Sama-Sama (the airside one) then got a daytime flight onward having slept well. You've already booked but worth considering if you have to do it again. They scuppered that...

And "Highlands and Islands" which basically means north and west of Inverness - Hebrides, Shetland, Wick etc. Rates here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-allowances-for-air-passenger-duty#rates-for-flights-starting-in-the-uk The Scottish Assembly had promised to halve APD and then...

Yeah, no point paying for Biz on Euro shorthaul and will at least avoid biz-class level UK departure taxes, among the highest in the world. Had you looked at flights direct from Asia/ME to CPH? Even if going to Jutland , (i.e Billund, Esbjerg, Aarhus etc) you can get train from CPH (or...

Last time I did KLIA1 to KLIA2 LCC there was no AC on the train platforms so I arrived in pools of sweat with a short blast of AC freeze-drying while on the train in between sweatstops. Still, big improvement on the time when they were on opposite sides of KUL and a sweaty road vehicle was the...

Seems good enough. The bus is much cheaper but £55 isn't too bad. As you've established, BA doesn't pay for this. We went to Tenerife (TFS) from LGW in Feb 2019 on a BA 2for1 companion voucher business award and it involved National express buses both ways from/to LHR which is OK . They promise...

As a serial traveller, into my 40th year of Europe-Australia (at least once a year in the last 20 years) with occasional USA-Australia, almost always in economy, I don't find jetlag any easier but I've learnt to work with the rhythms. If your approach works for you, then great, but a weekend...

I've done it LHR-PER-LHR twice in economy and would do it again. The disadvantages are noted, such as narrower seats, but it does the job for me. I always choose aisle anyway, and got up to exercise every hour except a couple of times I was sleeping (undrugged). I felt far better on arrival...

UK airports all have Boots chemist chain airside which has excellent deals on 100ml travel size toiletries. Dixons airside is also very competitive on electronics. I need a barber when travelling since I forget to get a haircut until I see myself in the mirror on the way to a meeting. I saw one...

A couple of tall gents ushered past me at BNE security back in 2007 turned out to be Glenn McGrath and Michael Clarke on their way to the CWC. All suited up. I had turned at the sound of "You want one of these, Pidge?" as Clarke handed McGrath a tray. At the other end of the height scale, I...