chooms
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Had to go to Perth for work. Damn, that's 9 hours up in the air I'll never get back. Oh well, better make the most of it.
Luck be have it, I was due to be in Melbourne the day before I had to be over there... maybe I could jag the domestic leg of QF9 across. The temptation of a couple of hours in the MEL Flounge and dodging a B737 from BNE actually means I was a little excited about this trip.
Booking this trip wasn't all smooth sailing... as I was going for work, our travel people said it couldn't be done. Wasn't able to book QF9 - I'd have to go on a QF flight either side which were both B737s. Screw that.
[SIDE RANT: Bring back the A330's for transcon! Stuff the PER-SIN-PER or trans-tasman 3 hour jobs!]
Ok, what are my other options. Would the client book and pay for the flights? I was due to travel with them, so I could see if they would do it directly. Yep, they would... but I would have to travel with them in VA J. Well, as a QF WP, travelling with VA is quite unacceptable... but I'd suffer through VA's transcon J if I must.
I would be flying back solo PER-BNE direct, so I was free to choose whatever flight I wanted.
Done. Booked.
A couple of days out from travel, the client had to pull out, but I was told to still go. Fine, I thought. Could I change to QF9? Why not... just get over there to the wild west so they wouldn't have to go.
A couple of hours later, new ticket issued and I started thinking of how much salt and pepper squid I could eat...
Luck be have it, I was due to be in Melbourne the day before I had to be over there... maybe I could jag the domestic leg of QF9 across. The temptation of a couple of hours in the MEL Flounge and dodging a B737 from BNE actually means I was a little excited about this trip.
Booking this trip wasn't all smooth sailing... as I was going for work, our travel people said it couldn't be done. Wasn't able to book QF9 - I'd have to go on a QF flight either side which were both B737s. Screw that.
[SIDE RANT: Bring back the A330's for transcon! Stuff the PER-SIN-PER or trans-tasman 3 hour jobs!]
Ok, what are my other options. Would the client book and pay for the flights? I was due to travel with them, so I could see if they would do it directly. Yep, they would... but I would have to travel with them in VA J. Well, as a QF WP, travelling with VA is quite unacceptable... but I'd suffer through VA's transcon J if I must.
I would be flying back solo PER-BNE direct, so I was free to choose whatever flight I wanted.
Done. Booked.
A couple of days out from travel, the client had to pull out, but I was told to still go. Fine, I thought. Could I change to QF9? Why not... just get over there to the wild west so they wouldn't have to go.
A couple of hours later, new ticket issued and I started thinking of how much salt and pepper squid I could eat...