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John Kerry on his private jet travel: "it's the only choice for somebody like me."

As noted earlier, it's not about the environment. Nuclear solves the environmental problem (if it exists) therefore nuclear is not attractive to activists.

A bit like Bernard and Manny then.

I'm pretty sure that my attitude (and your's also) one way or the other will not matter one jot to China, which continues to build massive coal-fired power stations. More than one being commissioned every single week and more than 300 in the pipeline. They are taking the West for mugs.

Well, to be fair, the "climate change" cult has never been about the environment , so Qantas and the IATA are as entitled as anyone to do their virtue signalling.

Yes, to be fair, the "climate change" cult has never been about the environment but about power/control, so carbon passports are definitely on the cards.

All four meals are Y standard on SQ or QR. Sad. And that SYDint J lounge, execrable.

No. (To be precise, yeah, you'll probably get a legit visa, but it is effectively an agent who will charge you multiples of the official price, when you can just as easily apply direct via the official govt website and pay the official fee only.) https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/trang-chu-ttdt

Start with a very large pile of someone else's money.

Seems like pretty decent service recovery to me. Can't complain about a complimentary bottle of wine. Of course, one can always visit the lounge on arrival for a top-up if one has status.

My ATM withdrawals in July 2023 were fee-free at the ATMs outside UOB's Interchange 21 branch (conveniently, Soi Cowboy is around the corner), but this was probably because that was a legacy Citi branch (still had some Citi signage). Presumably any old non-legacy-Citi UOB ATM would charge the...

Correction. It was not Goldten, it was Bloomforex, but I see that the shop in Sussex St is now closed, having walked past yesterday.

Surely by then Boeing will have developed an all-new narrowbody?

Yeah, but an F lounge gets one in a very positive frame of mind for the flight ahead.

Lightyears ahead of QF. And the SIN Krisflyer Gold lounge, which suffers in comparison with the excellent Silverkris lounges, is lightyears ahead of the dismal QF SYDint J lounge.

It's not poor planning per se, it's just contempt for their customers.

Sounds like the only positive thing about the whole flight was the comfortable 2-4-2 on the A330, which is standard for all full-service carriers (I really like this aircraft for this reason). So anything Qantas-specific was poor and clearly not 3.5 stars.

In the past, I have used Goldten in Sussex St, Chinatown, consistently offered the best rate at the time. Best bet is to get quotes from one or two others in the area (eg World Square George/Goulburn corner), then see how you go at Goldten. No harm in getting quotes, and they are very close to...

Had the TGCC last Sat on SYD-HBA, was really nice. Return HBA-SYD yesterday 15 Nov had a new one, lamb rissole, which was not very nice, not much flavour and over-minced so there was no texture (like a frankfurt). Good service though.