Search results

Yes, the business and economy seats were shared. I will share details of how it worked out in my trip report but I was overjoyed at the outcome!

I have answers to both questions. All will be revealed but long story short, yes to both.

The view from my AirBnB last night. There's been a bit more snow since - and is still lightly falling - making my parkrun here in Tampere an interesting experience in an hour's time.

My Qantas flight is a Finnair "wet lease", meaning it's Finnair equipment and crew but Qantas supplies including food, drink, amenity kits etc. The most talked-about feature of Finnair's product is the "no-recline" business seat. Sounds odd but I think it works quite well. The seat itself is...

Not too long ago, five hours in a lounge would have been an excuse for non-stop grazing from the range of food and drink available. Post-parkrun, not so much. It’s nice to have a light breakfast - I indulge in a hash brown as well as some sausages, bacon, and a delicious bowl of fruit - but...

The day was restless. I had a long list of things to do and check and pack. Not to mention tidying my office, as my wretch of a wife has long promised that if I didn't keep it neat and tidy and clean, she'd do it for me while I was away on the other side of the world somewhere. By the end of...

I poached a seat once. Coming back from Hawai'i on a QF 744 in J, I asked at the desk if I could get a window seat. She said, "you've got a window seat", so when I boarded, I went to row 4 or whatever and plonked myself in the window seat 4K or L or whatever it was. A guy came along and sat in...

Thanks, Qantas! I'm getting close now. My email inbox is full of alerts from various travel services reminding me I'm travelling in a day or two. Here's one from Qantas. Even though I'm leaving at one in the morning - earlier than that, of course, as I need to whistle up an Uber to get me to...

OMG! What a day in Canberra. We needed Moses at parkrun to part the Red Mud Sea! Here's my blog report: Saturday Morning parkrain. And here's what is waiting for me in Tampere:

Good to see the return of the Grannies in Ghostbasket today.

Yummmmm! Probably a good thing that it's a rare occurrence; the cabin crew would become increasingly spherical if everyone did it.

I think the differences have already been noted in other threads, notably that Qantas supplies the bedding for the seats from their own supplies, and that doesn't quite work with the Finnair seat. I do wonder if there will be PJs, though! As for charm, I think that belongs entirely with my...

I had two flights - BKK-HEL-BKK - last year and enjoyed the seat immensely. I'm flying back to Finland in a few days and will have three sectors (one the QF wet-lease) in this seat. Heaps of room, except in the footwell. I very much prefer the restful decor and textured surfaces, as opposed to...

There was a fair bit about Finnair and Helsinki in my "Flying Barges" report. It was only a - ahem - flying visit but I enjoyed it immensely and am coming back for more. I like the Scandinavian way of doing things and was tremendously impressed with Helsinki airport as a clean, efficient...

Oooh, don't say that! I want this trip to go off like clockwork and be totally boring. Fat chance, I guess, with my track record. Anyway there will be lots of photos. I'm counting down the days now.

Time for an update. This is getting close. AirBnB The organising committee took their sweet time coming up with a venue. They said it would be in the centre of town near the train station. A description that covers a lot of ground. I looked at a few hotels on Booking.com - don't worry, I get an...

Double-choc? Coles are selling triple-choc at the moment. On special. Not to mention bulk packs of Ferrero Rocher for half price (well, two for one, same thing, yeah?)

Oh yes! I've been taking Tim Tams overseas for nearly twenty years now. When they are on special, I stock up. Everybody loves Tim Tams!

That "smiling on the inside" is important, and to my mind well worth the few dollars it costs to buy a few chocolates. Not that it's even an internal transaction. Even in economy, I'm sitting down watching TV the whole trip while these people are on their feet doing stuff. They are not just...

Well, an upgrade would be nice but upgrades are in the lap of the gods. Like the weather; it happens or not and there's not much control over the situation. Even when submitting upgrade requests it's a bit of a gamble. I've swapped my J seat with a Y passenger a couple of times in the past...