AFF Trip Report of the Month

Wow! Thank you everyone! It was a pleasure to write and share with everyone.

@Flyfrequently Mum was definitely chuffed too - she's only just finished reading the report as well and mentioned again how glad she was to do things that she'd otherwise have never done had I not been there
 
Congratulations to our new winner for this month, @somebol for this iconic trip report:

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Thread 'Gone in 5 days: My Award Travel Heist'

It’s been a while. A lifetime ago, really—back when no one called me “Dad,”. Those were the glory days of award travel, when points were plentiful, awards were cheap, and the biggest dilemma in life was “LX First or SQ Suites?”

These days, I’m the guy booking family trips 12 months out, desperately trying to find four award seats like I’m playing elite-level Sudoku with frequent flyer charts. I read other people’s trip reports the way some people read romance novels—wistfully, a little jealously, and with a glass of wine in hand. Those old travel instincts are still there… they just take...
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A huge congratulations to @bPeteb, our August 'Trip Report of the Month' winner for this epic TR:

bPeteb

Thread 'We bless the rains down in Africa, gunna take some time...'

You know that song. If you don't, look up the YouTube of Kristin Bell and her husband playing up to it.

I thought I'd get this started a bit early and with an intention of keeping this going real time, or as close as I can. I suppose that will depend on the internet out on those plains of Africa.

Anyways, in a week's time we'll be on our way to BNE for the first of three flights to get us to Nairobi, via SYD and JNB.

bAlt has decided to write the preface/preamble, and maybe some of the ongoing uupdates, so over to bAlt for the intro (with some input from me) -

Just a recap and...
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A huge congratulations to @bPeteb, our August 'Trip Report of the Month' winner for this epic TR:

bPeteb

Thread 'We bless the rains down in Africa, gunna take some time...'

You know that song. If you don't, look up the YouTube of Kristin Bell and her husband playing up to it.

I thought I'd get this started a bit early and with an intention of keeping this going real time, or as close as I can. I suppose that will depend on the internet out on those plains of Africa.

Anyways, in a week's time we'll be on our way to BNE for the first of three flights to get us to Nairobi, via SYD and JNB.

bAlt has decided to write the preface/preamble, and maybe some of the ongoing uupdates, so over to bAlt for the intro (with some input from me) -

Just a recap and...
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Wow!! Thank you so much :)
 
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