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  1. trooper

    Emotional Support animal on Flights

    The problem is not Emotional Support Animals. The problem is the abuse of the ESA system to fly what are just pets, without paying the pet fee. Were there to be ACTUAL medical certification requirements for the passenger and training requirements for the ESA then most objections would...
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    2021 Travel Plans

    Have registered for 2 major competitions - in New Mexico and then British Columbia late August/early Sept 21. (Simply because registration opened this month, and if you wait even a month you are likely to miss out - they sell out, and quickly) These are both refundable or transferable...
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    Future Flight Credits

    Had a booking for 3, CBR-TSV for June this year..which ended up as a conditional credit. As soon as they opened up bookings for those credits online I had a look at replicating the trip for similar dates next year. I found that ALL the fares that were available for cash were also available...
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    Your favourite photos taken of/from a plane?

    A different angle....Sorry.......lol (There was an IMAX camera in the other aircraft...)
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    Have you had to change/cancel travel due to COVID-19 (involuntarily or voluntarily)?

    Was lucky and only had a domestic trip booked...for 3 of us CBR-TSV in June. Had booked with VA, so was only offered the travel credit. Was extremely pessimistic/cynical about that, but after those funds became accessible online I rebooked the trip for new dates next year. Pleasantly...
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    Where are ex-QF staff working now?

    Navy too. A friend who was a QF FO was very pleased to get some "Full Time service". I think he sees his airline career as over though.
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    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    The Durango to Silverton is excellent (Ive done it twice) but there is a lesser known (well..it was to ME! lol) ) one in New Mexico that is very very good too. The "coughbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad" between Chama and Antonita.
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Weird isn't it? Its not actually part of the ACT... but ACT laws do apply there. (Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915....lol) I spent 2 years at the Naval College at HMAS CRESWELL down there...and we were all fascinated to meet the local cop...who of course was an ACT policeman. (Whatever they...
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    'Remote work isn't so good' air travel implications

    I don't see the connection between the downsides mentioned in that extract...and the resumption of business travel... I am certain the extract you posted is right about the need for human contact for certain purposes within organisations, locally ...but whether a similar need for such contact...
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    QLD border declaration

    Flying NTL-BNE next thursday... glad I saw this thread...I didn't know Declarations were still required after the 10th...bad assumption on my part!
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    What's your favourite 747 memory?

    Not QF... Was travelling on the (now) hugely missed MNL-YVR Biz fare (AUD$1320) of fond memory with a leg to HKG on CX... I had selected a nice Upper Deck seat and was looking forward to it. As I went to board the gate agent looked at my BP... and asked "Are you travelling alone, Sir?" I...
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    Driving to Sydney Airport

    The car park at Kingston station is completely open and unsecured. I wouldn't leave even my OLD car there overnight let alone for a week. (Not even sure long stay parking is allowed anyway) As to Canberra residents "not knowing" about the train? The train takes 4 hours...to Central. And...
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    VA no longer issuing credits to travelbank (or anywhere else)

    Applied for the travel credit the day before the Voluntary administration was announced... have NOT received an email. We will see. Travel credits may of course end up being worthless. Like prf31 I am resigned to having lost the money..... any change to that I will consider a bonus...
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    The horizon was probably about 10-11 kilometres given where you were.... so the range they were firing at was probably a bit less? That is well within the range of the RN's 4.5" Mk 8 gun (which equips most (all?) of the frigates and destroyers) especially given a stationary target. Maximum...
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    No credit for business class flight on South African Airways

    You will likely find that P class doesn't credit on a number of *A airlines.... I recall this being raised a number of times here...
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    Jetstar stranding passengers with misinformation

    Sounds great...but how is a call centre meant to DO this? Age may appear to be relatively easy, but what do you suggest is the cut off? And what of groups of mixed age..do they ALL get priority because of one person over the magic age line? Prioritisation by medical condition however...
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    Cancelling [VA fare rules & COVID-19 uncertainty]

    How do major schedule changes affect the ability to get a refund rather than a credit? I can find nothing on the VA website. (Hard enough to find anything there I reckon) Have a booking CBR-BNE-TSV vv for early june… A very confusing set of flights in MMB seem to indicate we are now...
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    Platinum sitting in economy - Do the airlines pay extra attention to us?

    A different airline... Back in my NZ Elite days I was always given Business class headset/Express Pass and asked what "else" I would like when in Y. Those were good days ..lol Finest example was on an absolutely chockers flight LAX-AKL which (news to me) coincided with the end of the NZ...
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    What to do with cheap wine?

    Im not a wine drinker (allergic to something in it, not that we can pin down what!) ...but Im curious.... it seems that "cheap" is being used here as a synonym for "lousy".... I thought that was not necessarily the case?
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    Why do baggage handlers throw baggage?

    Why do they throw them? They have many bags to move and limited time to do it. Throwing each bag a few metres saves a few steps there, and a few steps back EVERY time. I bet that adds up rapidly! We all want to be able to check in right up to the cutoff at times ..and I suspect most would...
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