Stupid

[Claire Lee]

Hi

My name is Claire Lee, my friends call me "Stupid!"

I travel for work every week between Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide (parents live there) occasionally Perth and London.

I am lucky to have a pretty good travel policy, all flights if possible are in Business (best fare/airline of the day though) and a few times a year I end end up in one of the corporate planes (my least favorite way of travelling)

I found this site through the frequent flyer facebook group (frequent flyers australia) - what a great bunch of people they are and realised quickly that they were all on here as well.

Thanks

Stupid

 

[VRC]

Welcome Claire to AFF

 

[Simo]

Welcome to the Forum,

Keep an eye out for some of the socials as you move between cities,

Will make a trip away a bit more bearable

 

[boomy]

Welcome to the forum.

Are you flying J DOM more with VA or QF?
Which one you think delivers a better product?

 

[Hvr]

Welcome aboard Claire Lee, you certainly fit the profile of a frequent flyer.

 

[marki]

Welcome aboard Claire Lee, you certainly fit the profile of a frequent flyer.

Welcome aboard plus one as above and welcome in particular to/from another Stupid

 

[Paddy55]

Welcome, Claire.

Sounds like you travel quite a few miles each year!

 

[Revolio]

Hello Claire Lee. I feel pretty stupid myself right now as my maiden post will highlight.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Welcome Claire
You'll find me on the Facebook group as well (although I'm not a princess on there )

 

[Claire Lee]

Hi - thank you for the warm welcomes. I travel both Qantas and Virgin domestic although international has a scattering of airlines being Qantas, British Airways and Singapore Airlines. As for service, a good question. I have found business class on the small planes far better on Qantas in domestic insomuch as I have recently started to refuse to fly any Virgin flights on small aircraft types, but occasionally across to Perth I fly on the larger Virgin Airbus and I have found the service to be on par or better than Qantas*. When Qantas were flying the 747 to Perth, I would always connect to Sydney (even from Melbourne) for this flight due to the business class product.

For international, I generally try if possible to ensure my travel requests are entered to suit a Qantas timetable but in many cases this does not matter too much as the cost of the air ticket varies usually within out tolerance level. I particularly like the Sydney lounge and frequently I receive upgrades with Qantas to First Class which is bliss.

I have never been upgraded on Singapore airlines and have been downgraded on British airlines between London and Singapore a few years back - our corporate travel manager got on the phone rather promptly on my return which resulted in a travel voucher being issued to be for quite a sizable amount, alas company policy stipulates this was returned to my employer.



*Depending on the time of the day

 

[JohnK]

Welcome to AFF Claire Lee!

 

[PLC]

My name is Claire Lee, my friends call me "Stupid!"

Do your friends really call you Stupid? That's harsh.

 

[Claire Lee]

Do your friends really call you Stupid? That's harsh.

LOL yes - since Uni - Clearly Stupid (Claire Lee Stupid)

It is only my friends though that don't get slapped!