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Silver for the time being. Would need to know exact dates to arrange leave with work.

Gold for this ATM. I love Northern Europe at that time of year, while Melbourne is always so bleak.

I thought MattG is there. Matt_01 came from Mongolia earlier. Anyway, back to the topic, my parents cancelled their airfare, with cancellation fees of $300 each off a total fare of $29750. They didn't have the balance on their credit card so I lent them the amount of the new fare of only $6998...

How is Mongolia?

But what is the time taken to get a cash refund with Qantas less cancellation fees? When they booked a J fare with Qatar airlines just before the pandemic, it took them 18 months (and about five written letters) to get their refund.

Dear friends, My parents (who are physically very well and in their mid-70s) just booked two J return tickets on Qantas/LAN (I don't know exact details) from SYD-SCL for their once-in-a-lifetime Antarctica cruise this Xmas (travelling mid-December to mid-January). They booked on the Qantas...

Nope. There were no warm options in the "all day" menu section at all, except for tomato soup.

Hong Kong weather in early June is typically atrocious. Rain rain rain and maximum mugginess. I am wondering whether it might be viable to alternate annual Lounge Crawls a bit, perhaps with NRT and ICN.

NRT has nice lounges. With sushi! Never been disappointed with a lounge there. It has the best of all worlds.

Finally, home. MEL immigration is a zoo if and only if your passport can't be read at the Smart Gates. Double the usual Uber fare home but still better than taking a taxi in Melbourne. Now for some hard grind until my next trip.

Well the NZ lounge in AKL had a disappointing array of refreshments options until 5pm when they finally brought in some proper dinner entree options including pork belly and sauteed mushrooms. The highlight was the mini crayfish plate, but the line resembled one from China. Anyway on my last...

AKL immigration is amongst the best I have experienced in the Western World. So little hassle, so short lines. And re-check-in at the Premium counter was a breeze. I got an express security pass just for having *A Gold even though my Air New Zealand flight back to MEL is in economy. Back to the...

Being from where I am from, "shaving" for me constitutes three plucks of the tweezers. 😂🤣

Had a lovely flight from HKG to SIN, now nearly time to board my next flight to AKL. SQ J lounge is as good as it ever was. Had a nice 3.5 hour ride where I finally finished a very long book. Service lovely as always as was the food, BTC chicken and abalone rice after a relatively healthy...

Cathay Pacific aside, why is HKG so good for OW and so lousy for *A lounges? **shares a bitter lemon mocktail and a canape of sour grape**

I just tried to do my own *A lounge crawl. The SQ lounge was the only one open and it was distinctly disappointing. (The Marhaba Lounge at MEL had better food!!!) The TG and UA lounges remain temporarily closed, 4 and a half years into the pandemic. It was nice to see you all though.

Lovely to see you all. Happy travels

Just touched down in HKG after quite a pleasant Y flight and surprisingly nice afternoon tea en route. Still have plenty of room for a dinner entree. So I will check in and make my way to the Sheraton Grill. Hope to see you there soon but do start without me.

Wondering what the plan for Saturday night is. I don't get into HKG until 7pm but could meet up at the Novotel for a late dinner/supper/drinks. Currently in Xi'an, went to Mt Huashan today, weather co-operated (has been lovely all trip, not too hot), but way too many tourists and way too long...

I will be arriving at 7pm on Saturday from Xi'an, flying on Cathay. Will be staying at Novotel so would be up for an evening drink/food.