AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 AFF annual gathering will be held in Brisbane, the sunny capital of Queensland!

The weekend of Friday 18 - Sunday 20 October 2024 has been chosen for the event. As per past years, there will be a welcome dinner on the Friday evening, optional activities on Saturday and a main dinner on Saturday evening. There may also be an optional activity on Sunday in the late morning.

All AFF members (and +1's, etc.) are welcome to attend. Most people usually fly in on Friday afternoon and leave on the Sunday afternoon/evening.

Your lead organisers for this year's event are @NM and @QF WP. Other Brisbane-based members are also welcome to volunteer to assist.

We'll update this thread over the coming months with more information about the planned activities, dinner venues and costs, which we expect to be similar to past gatherings. There will be a $5 registration fee per participant, plus the cost of any activities and/or meals that you choose to join.

For now, please feel free to let us know in this thread if you think you'll be able to make it! For those unfamiliar with the AFF terminology:

• "Platinum" means you're planning to attend and have booked flights/accommodation
• "Gold" means you're likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
• "Silver" means you're unlikely to attend at this stage.
• "Bronze" means you're unable to attend.

The AFF Leadership Team can provide support in terms of money collection and distribution, and editing this thread as needed. If something needs to be updated, please simply report the post with the update so anyone on the team can action it (starting a conversation only alerts one person).

We're looking forward to seeing you all in Brissie!

 

[RooFlyer]

Considering the numbers we're getting here, I wonder how decent a discount we could get if we looked at group bookings for future AFF gatherings.

We looked at that briefly for Launceston (we had 36 attendees in the end) but its a fair bit more work for the organisers and you can't tell where people will actually want to stay (loyalty memberships etc) so can't promise the numbers to the hotels.

 

[jumpjam]

I am now platinum.
To Brisbane VA1213 on Thurs 17
To Canberra VA 1224 Sun 20 Oct
Hotel Indigo

 

[dsdavidc]

This post is reserved for the attendees list.

Attendees

#	Username	Arrival date/time	Flight #	Accommodation	Activity #1	Activity #2	Departure date/time	Flight #
1	NM +1	18/10, 5pm	NM Bus	Four Points by Sheraton			20/10, 3pm	NM Bus
2	QF WP +1
3	craven morehead			The Sebel Brisbane
4	RooFlyer	18/10, 12.15pm	VA1393	The Sebel Brisbane			21/10, 1.05pm	VA950
5	I love to travel
6	serfty			Ibis Styles
7	boxo	17/10, 10.40pm	FJ923	Adina on George			23/10
8	Bindibuys	18/10, 11.10am	QF1964	Four Points by Sheraton			20/10, 6.50pm	QF1967
9	drron		By car	Westin
10	mrs.drron			Westin
11	sprucegoose	18/10, 10.45am	QF1254	The Sebel Brisbane			23/10, 5.10pm	QF1261
12	straitman	18/10, 5.25pm	QF126	The Sebel Brisbane			21/10, 10.55am	VA324
13	Sue Oz	18/10, 5.25pm	QF126	The Sebel Brisbane			21/10, 10.55am	VA324
14	Matt_01			The Sebel Brisbane
15	Dantas	18/10, 5.50pm	QF626				20/10, 7.15am	QF611
16	jxv +1	17/10, 1.30pm	QF616				22/10, 2.15pm	QF629
17	patrickw (+1/2?)	18/10, 6.35am	QF500
18	Scenicbumblebee			Brisbane local
19	Hvr	18/10, 1.20pm	QF616	Holiday Inn Express			20/10, 4.15pm	QF633
20	Ade	18/10, 10.30am	QF1252				20/10, 5.15pm	QF545
21	Mattg			The Sebel Brisbane
22	DejaBrew	18/10, 10.35am	QF512	The Sebel Brisbane			20/10, 5.15pm	QF545
23	goldcoasteagle			Brisbane local
24	FishFood			Ibis Styles
25	1Fs
26	Deno +1			Brisbane local
27	PrezRegan	18/10, 5.55pm	QF1875	The Sebel Brisbane			20/10, 9.05am	QF1874
28	bPeteb			Brisbane local
29	Doug_Westacott	18/10, 1.20pm	QF616				21/10, 12.40pm	QF1267
30	Mr_Orange			Brisbane local
31	Bjet	18/10					20/10, 5pm	VA
32	dsdavidc	18/10/24		Brisbane local	Yes	Yes

 

[dsdavidc]

PLATIUM - Yes I'll attend as a Brisbane Local for the 3 day Event (Fri 18/10 - Sun 20/10/24) at the 2 dinners (Friday; Saturday) plus the Optional activities (Saturday; Sunday).

 

[RooFlyer]

Welcome to AFF @dsdavidc . That's getting straight into it!

 

[Major]

PLATIUM - Yes I'll attend as a Brisbane Local for the 3 day Event (Fri 18/10 - Sun 20/10/24) at the 2 dinners (Friday; Saturday) plus the Optional activities (Saturday; Sunday).

I like your style

 

[CaptJCool]

GOLD-ish for me

I tentatively booked airfares (being QF J, I don't need to actually pay for them until a day or two out) ages ago before the European Vacation came into play

so I may show up in Brissy - and if so, I'm expecting to arrive as a newly minted LTG!

 

[AIRwin]

QLD rolling out the welcome mat:

Miles plan to bust congestion: Public transport (almost) free

 

[RooFlyer]

QLD rolling out the welcome mat:
Miles plan to bust congestion: Public transport (almost) free

Could there be an election coming?

 

[CaptJCool]

QLD rolling out the welcome mat:

Miles plan to bust congestion: Public transport (almost) free

Thanks

Yeah I saw that
Didn’t realise by flying into OOL that I’ll be able to hoof Upto Brissy for 50cents!
But I do now

 

[I love to travel]

Could there be an election coming?

You cynic

 

[Sprucegoose]

QLD rolling out the welcome mat:

Miles plan to bust congestion: Public transport (almost) free

Is there a bus from Virgin to the Sebel?

 

[AIRwin]

Is there a bus from Virgin to the Sebel?

Yes but it involves changing from the Skygate shuttle to the bus then the train:

Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

Interested by a recent post in the SkyBus discussion, I've just spent too long looking at transport to/from airports. Arguably Adelaide has the easiest/cheapest service at $3.70 and a direct bus to the CBD. Brisbane also takes the cake for cheapest parking with Sydney parking being more than...

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