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Close enough ;) Thanks again!

I flew SYD-LAX last week and was chatting at the bar to a bloke who said he was a reporter (for Sky, IIRC). He was flying PE out and J back, and would be filing a report on both cabins, so keep an eye out for that........ Before anyone points it out, I think the staff had been told that he...

Thank you - I wasn't expecting it to be open quite so early; allows for quite a lot of FLounge time ahead of the 22:35 departure :) Joking aside, I'm essentially going to be killing time on the day I head back to SYD, so although 3pm check-in would be a tad too early for me, it's good to know...

Yep, sadly it is! Will have to enjoy the FCL to the max in August on my way home.... anyone know how early it's possible to check in?

I'm off to the Napa / Sonoma Valleys in a week or so, for a day and a half. I'll be driving up from San Francisco in the morning, via Muir Woods, then through Sonoma and on to the Napa Valley. The 2nd day will be a Napa Valley wine tour with Platypus Wines (had to pick that one when I saw it on...

Not strictly a VA Lounge, but prior to catching VA1 to LAX on Thursday 14th July, I will be in the Air NZ Lounge (Sydney, International Terminal) for a couple of hours

I'll keep schtum, then!

I agree that it's definitely NOT 2300 SC's. In my case, I needed the 1300 SC's that Newmarket mentions for a pre-existing Platinum member who's in the process of renewing, but the ability to gift Gold (to my wife) was based on my rolling one-year SC-count rather than the SC's earned within my...

Agreed - I'd definitely choose Santa Monica over an LAX airport hotel if I was going to be in the Los Angeles area for a couple of days. If you're really worried about getting to LAX in time in the evening, take a day-room at one of the LAX airport hotels, travel there outside of rush hour and...

No need to apologise - the best wine in the world is the one you enjoy drinking :)

It's drinking really well at the moment - not much primary fruit character left but very smooth. Í can't comment on how long the 2004 has got left, but I will probably aim to drink the remainder of the '06 in the next few months........

Rockford 2006 Basket Press Shiraz. Rummaged in the cellar and decided to push the boat out for something to go with the spaghetti bolognese this evening :)

Re: UK - in or out of the EU? Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex, apparently..... I bet his lectures are just one massive barrel of laughs.......

Re: UK - in or out of the EU? Interesting proposal in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper today - Brexit frees the UK to join NAFTA, which is a genuine free-trade area rather than a wannabe super-state. The article also points out that NAFTA's combined GDP is $3 trillion MORE than the EU. I...

Re: UK - in or out of the EU? Shouldn't happen, but if it did, it would be true to EU form - similar to the Irish when they voted against one of the treaties (Treaty of Nice, from memory)...... and were made to vote again!

Re: UK - in or out of the EU? Yep - this spoof petition sums it up nicely - Euro Millions is a multi-country lottery, in case some folks aren't aware.

Fair enough - at the end of the day, it's got to be whatever works for each individual, within the constraints of whatever flights are available. Do you use melatonin and / or sleeping tablets, or does the schedule alone do the trick? When we first travelled ADL-SIN-LHR, Emirates weren't an...

Seconded - melatonin (to help re-set the body-clock) + mild (non-prescription) sleeping tablet + careful scheduling of the sleep works wonders for me, with very little jetlag even when flying ADL-SIN-LHR and back. As always, YMMV, but this is my trick: Flying east-to-west, stay awake until...

Re: HHonors Promotions Did my two stays in early June and I can confirm that the offer works as the confirmation of my upgrade to HH Gold came through within a couple of days (valid to end-March 2018!) EDIT: for clarity, this was the Visa Infinite offer - 2 stays or 4 nights and fast-track to...

Best guess would be 20 people or thereabouts in a PB queue I'm not sure how the number of people in the PB queue makes any difference - a clear announcement that the PB queue will be handled first + a statement on who is entitled to use the PB lane + clear policing by sending non-entitled...