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Sure, but I still feel safe in Bali. Safer than a lot of places in Australia….

We’re off to Bali in August, with a number of kids all coming under their own steam. It’s one daughter’s 40th, but leaving Melbourne n winter? We don’t need much of an excuse. the last two times we stayed at Nusa Dua, and nothing wrong with that. However we do enjoy the shambles and vibrancy of...

True enough. Canny punters always bet against Collingwood because their fan base distort the market. Same with the English team.

It’s the only reason I’ve kept my Optus broadband plan.

Yes, England very ordinary against 27th in the world Serbia. Yes, Serbia probably parked the bus, but good teams would have put more than 2 past them.

Oh, I’m not at all worried about my kids. Four of them are on long haul over the next 12 months. All are fit, lean and not overly tall.

Now underway. And I can’t be the only one interested. Seriously, though, how can England be favourites? It doesn’t matter how good the team they put on the pitch is, it’s the baggage they all carry. Collingwood was the richest (before salary caps) club with the best players. Between 1958 and...

I have four flights before the end of the year. All are VA J, on my own dollar. The longest is MEL-DPS-MEL. i would be happy enough on Economy X, but I’m trying to get to Platinum, which thanks to triple status credit I will. The problem now is that, of course, I’m not getting younger. To hell...

Unless you have no claim at all or there are many thousands of dollars at stake, all big companies settle. It’s cheaper and there is no reputational damage.

Priority boarding is valuable, but on some VA flights, like MEL-SYD, the priority queue can be almost as long as the general boarding queue.

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While I understand the yuk factor regarding urine on toilet floors, I have never noticed it as a major issue with J travel. Maybe I’ve been lucky. But more importantly, compared to other ways of transmitting diseases, transmission from urine is right down the bottom of the list. it’s certainly...

A few people have mentioned retirement. I will be WP for the next two years, and expect, with family pooling and status promos, that I will keep Gold while my wife and I are still up for travel, so maybe 10-15 more years. As I said earlier, flying in the back of the bus with status isn’t too...

Taking one for the team…..

I’m now retired. With most of my flights over the past 30 years paid for by my employers, economy was all I expected. Of course economy with status and lounge access was a decent experience and I didn’t feel at all deprived. Since retirement nearly all travel has been J. I am flying to Bali...

Recently? Because if so I’ve been doing something very wrong.

I don’t know what I’ve done wrong, but I reckon I’ve been on 500+ VA flights and have never been bumped due to over booking.

The only pattern I’ve noticed is that they are inevitably announces just after I’ve booked……

When I found we were getting PJs in J on our Etihad flight next year (we didn’t last time) I was elated. My wife, in a rare grumpy mood declared “I won’t be putting PJs on”. Fair enough I suppose. Our flight leaves at 9.50pm. After the introductory champers, I’ll be putting mine on before dinner.

I’ve seen many YouTube videos advocating this, but I’m not that keen on putting my faith in a connection from Bangkok or wherever.