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We love to fly - do you? A critical eye on travel and leisure, points and promotions.
Australia - or in the air
Joined August 2011
As regular readers might know, I was due to travel to North America for two weeks in October 2024. Five days before I was due to leave, I had a COVID diagnosis. My first time. Initial reaction Ever the optimist, I hoped for a quick recovery. https://t.co/bjZF0XU8EK
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The Ex-Executive Chair, having stepped down, now wants to eject the entire board. Singapore-based Lim Kim Hai stood down as chairman of REX (Regional Express) last month (June 2024) days after the ASX queried related party transactions. https://t.co/IszD3dN8bd
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Virgin Australia have responded to my enquiry about the SMH Letter writer who was offloaded from a flight to Bali. You can read the full story here: https://t.co/b4TjwZJ4Yf
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Qantas Safety video’s are back on screens on 737-800s or at least they were on my two flights between SYD-BNE this weekend.
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No safety video was played on two Qantas flights in the last week. A recorded voice announcement of the safety instructions was delivered over the public addres
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I've just booked a trip with Thai Airways/Oman Air and Malaysian Airlines that will take me from Sydney to Europe via Bangkok and then back to Australia from Zurich via Muscat and Kuala Lumpur. We have some obligations in Thailand and friends to visit https://t.co/Vy5AYUFnGb
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TRIP REPORT: I just booked a 7+ hour trip in Business in a Boeing 787 MAX on Oman Air. Am I mad? https://t.co/kRiItMFqy8
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Whatever you are doing, catching a flight, or celebrating with family or friends, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas in the company of loving and caring individuals. Christmas can be the best and the worst of times. https://t.co/6OBfQjVfAT
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Today is your last chance to status match with Velocity Gold for three months and possibly extend that to a full year. All you need to do is fly an eligible sector and earn 80 Status Credits in that three-month period, and Virgin will extend the match https://t.co/6h6bPuyrWs
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It's been known for some time that Akbar Al Bakar at Qatar Airways, and former CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce, don't see eye-to-eye. At times, that has been on public display. But what we didn't know is that it could descend into tit-for-tat retribution for https://t.co/ucKNv6cVd9
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Just an update to the previous story about the Australian Federal Police and the Malaysian Airlines MH122 flight. It turned back to Sydney and hour and a half into the flight. A passenger had become unruly, and the crew tried de-escalating the situation. https://t.co/3IZ0ArbOxF
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Just an update to the previous story about the Australian Federal Police and the Malaysian Airlines MH122 flight. It turned back to Sydney and hour and a half into the flight. A passenger had become unruly, and the crew tried de-escalating the situation. https://t.co/3IZ0ArbOxF
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This ex-theatre and pub site now returns the Marriot hotels group Le M��ridien brand to Melbourne with a well thought out 235 room hotel over 14 stories. https://t.co/HijmrPMgQk
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Qantas has confirmed that it will support the Yes Campaign in the upcoming referendum for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. To that end, it will paint three Qantas group aircraft in a special Yes campaign livery. https://t.co/hvdPUJ6yZa
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Qantas has offered various forms of Status support since the pandemic started which reduced their loyal flyers ability to take to the air. The previous support announcement extended many members with status anniversary dates up to 30 June, 2023 for https://t.co/aRwZsSfikn
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Qantas has offered various forms of Status support since the pandemic started which reduced their loyal flyers ability to take to the air. The previous support announcement extended many members with status anniversary dates up to 30 June, 2023 for https://t.co/aRwZsSfikn
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Sydney Airport has had its challenges over the last few days. I keep reading reports of bad weather and high winds causing the airport to operate with only one runway on Friday. That then led to over 100 flight delays and cancellations. https://t.co/QUDpiQzORW
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Virgin Australia received its brand spanking new Boeing 737-8 MAX from Seatle (via Hawai and in Brisbane) on 30 June. It's the first of an ordered 8 to arrive over the next few years. Virgin Australia has been using Australian bodies of water as the https://t.co/fTtiKQkswV
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Australia's largest airline has now worked out how to get you to pay for a seat you don't sit in. Their Neighbour Free Seating allows you to pay for a spare seat to be next to you, so that no one else can sit in it. https://t.co/CVbi2ZII3Q
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The Cook Islands are a Pacific Paradise, according to some friends who have been there. The issue has always been that it has taken way too long to get there via New Zealand, involving at least one long layover. https://t.co/gCzIXlcnkV
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The Cook Islands are a Pacific Paradise, according to some friends who have been there. The issue has always been that it has taken way too long to get there via New Zealand, involving at least one long layover. https://t.co/gCzIXlcnkV
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