Ansett Frequent Flyer

[Reggie]

Trouble is without the A it's not an AC

To true ROTFLMAO

 

[pgriffin7]

As Bob Dyer used to say on Pick-a-box - "Fly TAA the friendly way, don't chance it with Ansett".

I only lost ~21K points.

I had some points gained on Ansett for things like Currency Exchange at Travelex and Chauffeur Drive plus a Trip to New Zealand and the USA with Air New Zealand and Ansett then cashed some in to some Planting Tree Foundation so had about 21K at the time of Collapse some eight years ago.

Now have to start from Scratch All Over Again with Thai Royal Orchid Plus but at least Their Bare Minimum for redeeming items starts at five thousand points for a Years worth of Sawasdee Magazines.

 

[azza_1992]

Trouble is without the A it's not an AC

Thank you very much. I will be sure to use that with any troublesome kiwis I come across.

 

[clifford]

Unfortunately Air NZ raped and pillaged them even worse than some of the earlier owners.

Oh yes, just ask Sir Selwyn Cushing. He singlehandedly f...ed AN.

People such as him deserve no mercy (and he's still alive!).

And I won't say anything else about NZ'ers.

 

[sampson]

I thought Diners and Korda Mentha were suing each other of frequent flyer money. I'd like my points back as Diner points please

 

[drron]

Well had the perfect putdown in BKK yesterday-Youre too nice surely you are from NZ not Australia :shock::shock::shock:

 

[yo yo ma]

... apart from products from Marlborough

Yes, Oyster Bay isn't a bad drop!

 

[munitalP]

Well had the perfect putdown in BKK yesterday-Youre too nice surely you are from NZ not Australia :shock::shock::shock:

Lol! Is you rurly frim new zulland?

 

[pgriffin7]

Lol! Is you rurly frim new zulland?

I think they used the wrong song for those Ansett Commercials in the months before they collapsed.

A far more appropriate song given the troubles they were going through thanks to Air New Zealand would have been Britney Spears Oops I did It Again.

 

[coco50]

Oh yes, just ask Sir Selwyn Cushing. He singlehandedly f...ed AN.

People such as him deserve no mercy (and he's still alive!).

And I won't say anything else about NZ'ers.

I feel sorry for Lady Cushing

 

[ksthommo]

Air Australia (ABC doco from around 2006) detailing Australia's Aviation History is replaying on History Channel. Fair amount of airtime detailing the Ansett demise in Episode 3 - War In Suits.

 

[thewinchester]

Air Australia (ABC doco from around 2006) detailing Australia's Aviation History is replaying on History Channel. Fair amount of airtime detailing the Ansett demise in Episode 3 - War In Suits.

Speaking of Ansett - I'd highly recommend The Ansett Story (43min DVD, 2006, Chevron Publishing Group). Narrated by Jeff Watson, it gives a really good history of the man and his empire, including the days where Sir Peter Ables tried to buy up the business into his TNT empire and touches on the AirNZ 'coughisation'.

Sorry, but I will never forgive the Kiwis for what they did to Ansett. They're no better than those private equity firms like TPG, who similarly have tried to screw over hard working Australians with their sale and float of Myer.

 

[Mal]

They're no better than those private equity firms like TPG, who similarly have tried to screw over hard working Australians with their sale and float of Myer.

Imagine what would have happened to Qantas if the private equity strippers got their hands on it ! I do suspect that the consequences would have been horrific - and perhaps even Ansett like.

 

[thewinchester]

Imagine what would have happened to Qantas if the private equity strippers got their hands on it ! I do suspect that the consequences would have been horrific - and perhaps even Ansett like.

Please Mal, don't even joke about that. My heart skips a beat imagining who we'd all be flying in Aus if that deal a few years back did go through. Its interesting to note that TPG was apart of the consortium which sought to buy QF in 'that' deal.

Somehow, I can see a Greyhound bus getting more and more of my travel dollars (shudders).

 

[oz_mark]

Please Mal, don't even joke about that. My heart skips a beat imagining who we'd all be flying in Aus if that deal a few years back did go through. Its interesting to note that TPG was apart of the consortium which sought to buy QF in 'that' deal.

Somehow, I can see a Greyhound bus getting more and more of my travel dollars (shudders).

There'd still be Tiger

 

[thewinchester]

There'd still be Tiger

You'd never get me on another TT flight, even if you had the PRC's Army forcing me aboard. I'd rather die than fly aboard one of their flying, screw me in the cough cesspools again.

Sorry, that's a bit harsh but you get the point.