TonyHancock
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I've been a negative sort of chap of late, particularly with QF and Europcar, so taking a leaf out of the Danny Baker book of fighting fate I feel it is time to say those immortal words "Nothing can go wrong now."
By my standards i have had an extraordinary 24 hours of travel. It all started with my stay at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne airport where I was upgraded to a King Room on the top floor and given a 500 point priority club rewards voucher.
This morning I was able to cross the road from the HI to the short term car park without breaking stride, waltz through the QF priority security lane, and march unhindered into the QP and then the J lounge. I was first in line at the barista for a skinny cappuccino too, just after the lovely lady on the service desk checked me in to my bulkhead seat.
Priority boarding worked. Yes let me just say that again, priority boarding worked. We left on time and arrived in Sydney on schedule. :shock:
I had booked an A4 for the day with Europcar and expected to get a Skoda.......but no! :shock: A shiny brand new E250 awaited me.
My business meeting ended early and after a pleasant drive back to SYD, although I couldn't get the bluetooth thing working with my phone, I once again sailed through security to the J lounge.
I and my two colleagues (A PS and an SG) were all on Red-e-Deals and all on different PNR's with one heading to a completely different destination. The nice chap at the service desk got us all onto earlier flights (catering not assured though)....what's more my platinum shadow accompanied me.
Priority boarding worked again......just in case you are incredulous, priority boarding worked again!
Catering, a cookie and a bottle of water, was fortunately assured, but half way through the flight the CSM, thoroughly delightful lady, stopped by to make sure I'd been fed, acknowledged I flew quite a lot with QF and asked if there was anything she should get me. All done without having to hold the manifest and read it. It came across as very genuine, and whilst I didn't take the offer up of anything else it did make me feel valued. (MrsH says I am special, but I'm not sure she means that in a complimentary way...but that is a whole other story!)
The flight landed on time and I found myself on Melbourne's relatively empty freeways and tollways. Yes relatively empty. I raced through the Burnley Tunnel, left Chadstone behind me and reached home before 5:00 PM.
So fate, I stare you in the face and challenge you. I have beaten you. Nothing can go wrong now! In fact I am returning to Sydney later in the week, so I challenge you to do your worst......and I will beat you again!
johnk, I say to you especially, stand up to that cruel mistress fate and challenge her.
By my standards i have had an extraordinary 24 hours of travel. It all started with my stay at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne airport where I was upgraded to a King Room on the top floor and given a 500 point priority club rewards voucher.
This morning I was able to cross the road from the HI to the short term car park without breaking stride, waltz through the QF priority security lane, and march unhindered into the QP and then the J lounge. I was first in line at the barista for a skinny cappuccino too, just after the lovely lady on the service desk checked me in to my bulkhead seat.
Priority boarding worked. Yes let me just say that again, priority boarding worked. We left on time and arrived in Sydney on schedule. :shock:
I had booked an A4 for the day with Europcar and expected to get a Skoda.......but no! :shock: A shiny brand new E250 awaited me.
My business meeting ended early and after a pleasant drive back to SYD, although I couldn't get the bluetooth thing working with my phone, I once again sailed through security to the J lounge.
I and my two colleagues (A PS and an SG) were all on Red-e-Deals and all on different PNR's with one heading to a completely different destination. The nice chap at the service desk got us all onto earlier flights (catering not assured though)....what's more my platinum shadow accompanied me.
Priority boarding worked again......just in case you are incredulous, priority boarding worked again!
Catering, a cookie and a bottle of water, was fortunately assured, but half way through the flight the CSM, thoroughly delightful lady, stopped by to make sure I'd been fed, acknowledged I flew quite a lot with QF and asked if there was anything she should get me. All done without having to hold the manifest and read it. It came across as very genuine, and whilst I didn't take the offer up of anything else it did make me feel valued. (MrsH says I am special, but I'm not sure she means that in a complimentary way...but that is a whole other story!)
The flight landed on time and I found myself on Melbourne's relatively empty freeways and tollways. Yes relatively empty. I raced through the Burnley Tunnel, left Chadstone behind me and reached home before 5:00 PM.
So fate, I stare you in the face and challenge you. I have beaten you. Nothing can go wrong now! In fact I am returning to Sydney later in the week, so I challenge you to do your worst......and I will beat you again!
johnk, I say to you especially, stand up to that cruel mistress fate and challenge her.
