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  1. markis10

    Christmas in nth Queensland

    Cairns is off peak in December for a reason, dead during the day as everyone is hiding inside in the aircon, swimming pools become hot water spas, and at night they come out to go troppo at Gilligans. At least at Palm Cove you should miss the last part.
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    Accor Fast Track to Silver/Gold/Platinum

    It depends on the status level of the member gifting the status: With the Club, a subscriber in Gold status and Platinum status is entitled to gift one Silver status; a subscriber in Diamond status is entitled to gift one Gold status. The benefit can only be used while the subscription is...
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    How does Accor treat you as an Elite guest?

    A lot of hotels don’t offer free breakfast because they don’t have a hotel run restaurant, Mantra/Breakfree and Peppers properties are prime examples for many locales, easily checked Here
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    Coles gift card offers

    Stores can fix this up or a call to flybuys, no biggie.
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    Ask The Pilot

    In the old days the inbound holding points used to be Cullarin near Lake George and Bindook (west of Picton) mostly, and Macqoid in the Hunter Valley to the North for Sydney. That’s not to say holding didn’t take place elsewhere, one particularly stormy night I had stacks at Bindook, Cullarin...
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    Accor Plus / Platinum, seeking advice

    Cheapest way would be to purchase the All Plus Ibis product for 99 euro
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    I take it you have more than one email address?
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    Coles gift card offers

    Often the gift cards are stocked and restocked by merchandisers who visit the store, if you look closely there are often boxes stored in the area immediately behind where they are on display in a kind of secret cupboard ;)
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    Ask The Pilot

    Probably one for the “ask the airport engineer” thread :) What you are describing is known as Engineered Material Arrestor System or EMAS. They are use in over 100 locales in the LOTFAP, and our nearest one AFAIK is at the threshold of Rwy 35L at HND. ZQN is currently getting one installed at...
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    Bali Flights Cancelled due to Lewotobi Volcano Nov. 2024

    FFS . https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/flights-to-bali-grounded-after-volcanic-eruption-covers-sky-in-ash/news-story/3fb58aff02a641ce3ef03b5ea93d1c7d I have a feeling Alexandra Feiam doesn’t get out much
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    Bali Flights Cancelled due to Lewotobi Volcano Nov. 2024

    QF had one scheduled this morning and cancelled, JQ have one for this evening
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    Bali Flights Cancelled due to Lewotobi Volcano Nov. 2024

    That’s Citilink, not Garuda
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    Bali Flights Cancelled due to Lewotobi Volcano Nov. 2024

    Batik and Garuda have moved their flights to late afternoon at this stage.
  14. markis10

    Accor elite availabity guarantee

    LOL - and yes I am on the Ibis bonus bandwagon: Helps a lot when you’re spending $50 at the Ibis Budget. 5th and final boost will be this weekend.
  15. markis10

    Jetstar nonstop services between Australia and the Cook Islands

    Flights at weird times is often indicative of leisure travel markets and airlines realising planes don’t make money on the ground.
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    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    Not too dissimilar to the Covid 19 funding they received
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    Annoying online hotel booking site inconsistency

    Have you been looking at backpacker hostels by chance, where you might get loo paper but definitely not Nespresso machines ;)
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    10000 bonus rewards points with IHG Business Edge for three nights

    Earn an Additional 10K Points with IHG Business Edge!   In honor of small business Saturday, all IHG Business Edge members who register and stay three nights on their IHG Business Edge Rate between November 11, 2024 and December 13, 2024, will receive 10,000 IHG One Rewards points.*...
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    Revolut v Wise

    https://my.afca.org.au/ AFCA
  20. markis10

    Last QantasLink 717 service

    Apparently John Farnham (QYW) will be retiring to the BNE aviation college once the last tour is concluded
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