Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

My +1 asked for an autograph despite my best efforts to stop her:o
 

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kpc said:
Julia Gillard seated just across the aisle from me on Qf 7 today in J :)....boarded with a lot of fuss from the FAs :) edit she must be CL and wonder why she's not upgraded to F!
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She seems to get around...

penegal said:
QF 9 landing into DXB about an hour ago, ground staff were holding a sign for a Ms Julia Gillard, whoever she is.

I don't think she was in F, as I would have seen here, so perhaps she was in J?
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I pity both of you running into (and sitting next to) Sophie Monk. I had the pleasure of bumping into her on 6 August 2000 aboard an AKL/SYD sector (QF44), the Bardot girls had sung at the Bledisloe Cup in WLG the previous day and were in Y (but at the front). They wanted to use the J toilets so the FA came to ask me if it was okay (I was the only one in J/F on the LHS of the cabin). Katie Underwood was the nicest, we actually had a good chat walking to Customs. Sophie I see has maintained her common appeal. God help the poor guys on the next Batchelorette.

The best part of that flight was being offered a seat in the coughpit for landing into SYD. An experience I'll never forget.
 
Richard Wilkins on QF11 to LA yesterday in J (last minute equipment change to a 747 from an A380). The crew were very obviously used to having him aboard.
 
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A few years back i had just boarded my flight from Sydney to LA in first class and sat down in my seat when one of the girls from my office called me. While on the phone this familiar faced actor walked past and I mentioned it to my caller and because I didn't know the dudes name she asked me to snap a pic and send it to her. Turns out it was Robert Pattinson. Anyway I grab my phone and click and next thing I know this big mouth yank is in my face gibbering about privacy and other rubbish, turned out it was his bodyguard. Well being no shrinking violet I promptly stood up and told him to go coughk himself which caused a bit of a stir with the staff and saw this jerk disappear to his own seat. Funniest thing of all was in LA airport where I was waiting on the APEC queue and was going through immigration rather quickly when this clowns entourage turned up and tried to walk to the front of the line and get priority, only to be told as a group by a none to happy immigration lady to get lost and join the rest of the people at the end of the main immigration line. Made my day.
 
wozza62 said:
A few years back i had just boarded my flight from Sydney to LA in first class and sat down in my seat when one of the girls from my office called me. While on the phone this familiar faced actor walked past and I mentioned it to my caller and because I didn't know the dudes name she asked me to snap a pic and send it to her. Turns out it was Robert Pattinson. Anyway I grab my phone and click and next thing I know this big mouth yank is in my face gibbering about privacy and other rubbish, turned out it was his bodyguard. Well being no shrinking violet I promptly stood up and told him to go coughk himself which caused a bit of a stir with the staff and saw this jerk disappear to his own seat. Funniest thing of all was in LA airport where I was waiting on the APEC queue and was going through immigration rather quickly when this clowns entourage turned up and tried to walk to the front of the line and get priority, only to be told as a group by a none to happy immigration lady to get lost and join the rest of the people at the end of the main immigration line. Made my day.
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Can't believe Cedric ends up with a bodyguard :)
 
Seal in the Qantas FLounge at LAX tonight. Seating was tight, amd he moved from a cough ear the main walkway to sit across from me at a two-seater between the walkway inside the lounge and the comfy chairs overlooking at atrium. He was off to the UK based on what he said on the phone.
I disappeared whenI got the text that my shower was ready & didn't see him again afterwards.

Kinda funny as about 3-4 yrs ago, I saw Heidi Klum in the T4 Flagship lounge.
 
Katie said:
Seal in the Qantas FLounge at LAX tonight. Seating was tight, amd he moved from a cough ear the main walkway to sit across from me at a two-seater between the walkway inside the lounge and the comfy chairs overlooking at atrium. He was off to the UK based on what he said on the phone.
I disappeared whenI got the text that my shower was ready & didn't see him again afterwards.

Kinda funny as about 3-4 yrs ago, I saw Heidi Klum in the T4 Flagship lounge.
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Hope you didn't mention the war! :p
 
Last week I saw someone familiar in J SYD-LAX, and then today read a news article showing Saroo Brierley on who's life the movie 'Lion' was based.
 
Significantly larger security presence than usual this morning at breakfast in SYD.

No idea who was there, but several guys in suits at every entry / exit point with earwigs. And some other guys roaming in plain clothes.

No issue for my ingress or egress though. They just seemed to be standing there checking everyone out as the passed by.
 
penegal said:
Significantly larger security presence than usual this morning at breakfast in SYD.

No idea who was there, but several guys in suits at every entry / exit point with earwigs. And some other guys roaming in plain clothes.

No issue for my ingress or egress though. They just seemed to be standing there checking everyone out as the passed by.
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Probably Liverpool FC.
 

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