Tempting fate

Status
Not open for further replies.

RooFlyer

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2012
Posts
25,516
Qantas
Platinum
Virgin
Platinum
Star Alliance
Silver
Yes, tempting fate to show this intended ininerary:

1636577876927.png

... and what happened to 'why fly direct when you connect'? :( If all this comes off, I'll buy a lottery ticket.

On a small bird today to Adelaide to catch up with friends and a lunch. Given snow is forecast on Mt Wellington over the weekend, it seems a good choice!
 
Last edited:
Yes, tempting fate to show this intended ininerary:

View attachment 264580

... and what happened to 'why fly direct when you connect'? :( If all this comes off, I'll buy a lottery ticket.

On a small bird today to Adelaide to catch up with a number of good AFF friends and a Rockford lunch. Given snow is forecast on Mt Wellington over the weekend, it seems a good choice!
Ooops. Awful winds in Adelaide today and heavy rain up north. Kind of where Rockfords is. 🤭
 
  • Agree
Reactions: ALH
Ooops. Awful winds in Adelaide today and heavy rain up north. Kind of where Rockfords is. 🤭
I'm traveling ... I'll take it! 😊 I'm sure the lunch is indoors.

Meanwhile, arriving at one of Australia's worst airports, HBA, I find that the Management have been using the past 18 months to progress the terminal carpark works with the same aclarity as before:
A4E88172-3182-4F63-A69B-7BEF0AF95D83.jpeg

Walking from the car park, I was surprised that no one was wearing a mask. Good grief - had common sense actually prevailed? Only in part. No masks outside, but still required inside.

Still self service at the QP (in spite of some claims re self service elsewhere 😊). Mask off.

E9108955-E3DF-4E72-8F88-0313A613234F.jpeg

And the view hasn't changed

841C0E65-1523-4CD0-8844-4AA24D305F46.jpeg

Another surprise. The ride, in Alliance livery.


781AAEE7-3C82-48B7-A951-51B3621A895D.jpeg

Note the 'sophisticated' boarding ramp

BD8ADE5C-8D57-45BC-81EB-0C5CFA33B217.jpeg
 
The Frequent Flyer Concierge team takes the hard work out of finding reward seat availability. Using their expert knowledge and specialised tools, they'll help you book a great trip that maximises the value for your points.

AFF Supporters can remove this and all advertisements

HBA seems to be a bit of a VA wasteland ( even a SQ flight there!)

7E08EC21-2B7F-4516-9F54-EF8C46843D33.jpeg

76F6170C-7B27-4884-A547-A349ECAB6486.jpeg

Board on time - Embraer 190 in J - seat and adjacent ones

4FE052A0-DEB9-4383-905C-24FDDAADEF55.jpeg
DF5115B4-6576-435E-856A-2775648ABF40.jpeg

Only 2 of us in J and rest lightly loaded. Lunch with a SA Pinot noir

C43E9FAA-7050-45A1-99CB-F5A033B41521.jpeg

Landfall near Warrnambool

824F2FB1-83CD-4C3F-BF04-5EC0E6DB1A4F.jpeg

Some rough weather on approach and this on the tarmac. RAAF but the markings are 'greyed out'. Anyone know why?

2C4B8498-C9F2-40CB-AAB3-7E50F81F52FA.jpeg
 
As usual, an excellent lunch at Rockford and I think a record 9 AFFers, from 4 states there: Buzzard, Matt_01, VPS, GPH, ALH, Boomy, Steady, myself and Daver6. We repaired to the Stonewaller Room where any unusued Basket Press allocations were quickly and skillfully extracted for the benefit of the non-Stonewallers.

Back on the bus and into town; a 'quiet' dinner and now in the mostly empty QP this morning for the flight back to Hobart. To Perth tomorrow and more AFF meet-ups.

After being asked for umbrellas at the security check-point, I rummaged around in my carry-on, but not finding one, concluded that I hadn't brought it after all. Got through, only to discover said umbrella, undetected, in the carryon. Go figure.
 
Last edited:
As usual, an excellent lunch at Rockford and I think a record 9 AFFers, from 4 states there: Buzzard, Matt_01, VPS, GPH, ALH, Boomy, Steady, myself and Daver6. We repaired to the Stonewaller Room where any unusued Basket Press allocations were quickly and skillfully extracted for the benefit of the non-Stonewallers.

Back on the bus and into town; a 'quiet' dinner and now in the mostly empty QP this morning for the flight back to Hobart. To Perth tomorrow and more AFF meet-ups.

After being asked for umbrellas at the security check-point, I rummaged around in y carry-on, but not finding one, concluded that I hadn't brought it after all. Got through, only to discover said umbrella, undetected, in the carryon. Go figure.
Even in Covid times the obsession in SA security with umbrellas beggars belief.

Wow, what a gathering. Nice stuff.
 
As usual, an excellent lunch at Rockford and I think a record 9 AFFers, from 4 states there: Buzzard, Matt_01, VPS, GPH, ALH, Boomy, Steady, myself and Daver6. We repaired to the Stonewaller Room where any unusued Basket Press allocations were quickly and skillfully extracted for the benefit of the non-Stonewallers.

Back on the bus and into town; a 'quiet' dinner and now in the mostly empty QP this morning for the flight back to Hobart. To Perth tomorrow and more AFF meet-ups.

After being asked for umbrellas at the security check-point, I rummaged around in y carry-on, but not finding one, concluded that I hadn't brought it after all. Got through, only to discover said umbrella, undetected, in the carryon. Go figure.
Three states and a republic thank you 🤣
 
Same plane and seat on the way home. Nice brekkie - 2 hot choices: this was the snags, relish and frittata. Greek yoghurt and a small muffin.

9E8414D2-3869-40FA-AE57-714A4E122B5C.jpeg

Same excrable arrival formalities at HBA. Through the cattle gates to a long queue on the tarmac apron. Welcome to Hobart :rolleyes:

46B392A5-92C9-412E-9539-ED72C32302CC.jpeg

At least now under basic cover. Except they had the gates wrong so we were directed back onto the open apron. Found our way back to join the back of the queue from the plane that arrived before us

2B658763-56FA-45EE-BA90-267518EDF111.jpeg

Not the front of the queue, but just where you enter the terminal proper. Then it's temp check and screening by biosecurity people. About 15 mins extra all up for me, at the front of our planeload.

BBCBED13-E9A3-4FCC-B5FA-2B934208009D.jpeg
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.

Enhance your AFF viewing experience!!

From just $6 we'll remove all advertisements so that you can enjoy a cleaner and uninterupted viewing experience.

And you'll be supporting us so that we can continue to provide this valuable resource :)


Sample AFF with no advertisements? More..

Recent Posts

Back
Top