Made any travel mistakes lately?

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kookaburra75 said:
Not wanting to strain my brain too much at this time of the day, I asked Co-Pilot what this could be.
When Co-pilot asked, "would you like me to also give you a list of similar tongue‑in‑cheek acronyms that aviation enthusiasts often invent in forums?", I just couldn't resist.
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I am sure many in our pilot community would use this form of "PAX"
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Typical AI rubbish. Just waffle without finding the one true answer.
 
Looking for an open supermarket to buy dinner supplies on a Sunday afternoon in Germany, daughter used google maps to direct us to somewhere that looked open. Making the final turn, we were met by a barrier and heavily armed guards blocking access the supermarket. All the family now know the US definition of commissary. Restaurant for dinner was the alternative.
 
last minute packing saw me leave my hairbrush and belt at home. Quite a task only having a comb to tame my wild hair, and annoying to be constantly pulling jeans up as im in between sizes right now.
 
Travelling between SAI and KTI via plane.

Umpteen times more expensive than a bus, and that's just the airfare itself, without adding in transfers to and from the respective airports, then factor in all the time. There are no lounges and you get shunted into the butt end of both airports (since Cambodia doesn't have much to go on in terms of domestic operations, naturally they don't need many check-in desks, security checkpoints or gates, hence no lounges and few concessions). Onboard got a bottle of water and a biscuit (similar to a shortbread).

While I have no direct experience, if I had done a bit of research apparently there are buses between both cities that have aircon, wifi and even snacks included.
 
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Sporky said:
Standing up to corruption in a major West African airport and being threatened offboarding for making a fuss about it.
Apparently my mistake was not paying "lunch money" like everyone else.
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It can be a lot cheaper to just pay up. When we arrived in Nairobi the first time social media was full of reports of the variability of cost of visa on arrival between $US50 to $US100. Pay the hundred and you were charged $50,decline and yours cost $100. Somehow a us 4100 bill got stuck in my passport.
Now the agent we got was a member of a somewhat notorious Evangelical church so I said it was very popular in Australia and becuse of my little whit line our visas cost $0. Well worth it.
 
anat0l said:
Travelling between SAI and KTI via plane.

Umpteen times more expensive than a bus, and that's just the airfare itself, without adding in transfers to and from the respective airports, then factor in all the time. There are no lounges and you get shunted into the butt end of both airports (since Cambodia doesn't have much to go on in terms of domestic operations, naturally they don't need many check-in desks, security checkpoints or gates, hence no lounges and few concessions). Onboard got a bottle of water and a biscuit (similar to a shortbread).

While I have no direct experience, if I had done a bit of research apparently there are buses between both cities that have aircon, wifi and even snacks included.
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Oh, we just did that trip by private transfer. One of those ubiquitous Lexus SUVs. Door to door from Downtown Siem Reap Hotel to Phnom Penh hotel for A$179 total! ~5hrs with usually two comfort stops along the way (including the “ancient” bridge).

Yes, I’d worked out the trauma of schlepping back to SAI and then in from KTI (it was originally going to be PNH) and the time/cost equation was a no brainer.
 
anat0l said:
Travelling between SAI and KTI via plane.

Umpteen times more expensive than a bus, and that's just the airfare itself, without adding in transfers to and from the respective airports, then factor in all the time. There are no lounges and you get shunted into the butt end of both airports (since Cambodia doesn't have much to go on in terms of domestic operations, naturally they don't need many check-in desks, security checkpoints or gates, hence no lounges and few concessions). Onboard got a bottle of water and a biscuit (similar to a shortbread).

While I have no direct experience, if I had done a bit of research apparently there are buses between both cities that have aircon, wifi and even snacks included.
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You may have already seen it but anyway here is a short video about travel on a Luxury Cambodia Bus. It actually seems very comfortable.

 

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