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This is a belated TR for a quick trip to the UK exactly one year ago today.
In early 2019 I decided to sell my house and was getting everything prepared. I had already organised to rent from some friends so there was no pressure to do anything. In late March I heard that a close friend in England had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and probably had until Christmas so I said I would get the house sorted and then come over and spend a some time with her. The house went on the market and we’d organised the first open inspection when I got the news at the end of April that she had died. I got a good offer on the house in the first week so made the decision to try and get to the UK for the funeral. Luckily, the English tend to take their time over there before they bury someone. In the meantime, I had a family wedding to attend before I went and wanted to be back for another family 0 birthday to celebrate.
I spent hours looking at frequent flyer flights and quickly found a Qatar flight from LGW to DOH then ADL. Getting over was a lot harder and I had almost convinced myself that I may have to slum it in Y but finally found a ADL BNE SIN DBX BHX all in J so although it was horrendous connections I bit the bullet and booked it.
I kept looking to see if there was anything else and one day, I clicked on a flight that said it was Y but nothing in J. When I clicked on it the flight from ADL to PER was in Y but the PER DBX BHX were all in J which meant that I had one less stop and much better times. I rang Qantas and they were great about changing the flights and didn’t charge me any points when I told them why.
I got to ADL airport and asked if there were any J seats on the PER flight and there was so a very unhelpful lady gave me the upgrade for 26,000 points. At this stage I wasn’t feeling great so didn’t argue (when I got home I contacted Qantas and after a bit of toing and froing they refunded my points because I’d already used paid the points for J all the way.
Anyway - this is all just background to how quickly you can get yourself organised if you must. Even though it was a sad reason to go I am so glad I made it. She had no immediate family but with a couple of other close friend I was able to help organise the service and participate. I also got the opportunity to visit some sights and see a few friends.
Hauling out of Adelaide
In early 2019 I decided to sell my house and was getting everything prepared. I had already organised to rent from some friends so there was no pressure to do anything. In late March I heard that a close friend in England had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and probably had until Christmas so I said I would get the house sorted and then come over and spend a some time with her. The house went on the market and we’d organised the first open inspection when I got the news at the end of April that she had died. I got a good offer on the house in the first week so made the decision to try and get to the UK for the funeral. Luckily, the English tend to take their time over there before they bury someone. In the meantime, I had a family wedding to attend before I went and wanted to be back for another family 0 birthday to celebrate.
I spent hours looking at frequent flyer flights and quickly found a Qatar flight from LGW to DOH then ADL. Getting over was a lot harder and I had almost convinced myself that I may have to slum it in Y but finally found a ADL BNE SIN DBX BHX all in J so although it was horrendous connections I bit the bullet and booked it.
I kept looking to see if there was anything else and one day, I clicked on a flight that said it was Y but nothing in J. When I clicked on it the flight from ADL to PER was in Y but the PER DBX BHX were all in J which meant that I had one less stop and much better times. I rang Qantas and they were great about changing the flights and didn’t charge me any points when I told them why.
I got to ADL airport and asked if there were any J seats on the PER flight and there was so a very unhelpful lady gave me the upgrade for 26,000 points. At this stage I wasn’t feeling great so didn’t argue (when I got home I contacted Qantas and after a bit of toing and froing they refunded my points because I’d already used paid the points for J all the way.
Anyway - this is all just background to how quickly you can get yourself organised if you must. Even though it was a sad reason to go I am so glad I made it. She had no immediate family but with a couple of other close friend I was able to help organise the service and participate. I also got the opportunity to visit some sights and see a few friends.
Hauling out of Adelaide
