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Sorry yes it’s the Kyobashi one, as of course there are plenty in the Mitsui Garden chain.

Thanks. The restaurant does look lovely but a quick look at menus does not give me faith that ShelleyB-son will find much to his taste.

We're now about T-12 days away from our next trip, and I thought I'd try another Trip Report, as I quite enjoyed doing the last one. Late last year we had some points to spare, and having enjoyed our first trip to Japan in 2023 so immensely, were hoping to go again this year. As ShelleyB-son is...

That's fantastic. Saves needing to argue with (likely) multiple agents about adding your new sector, and of course saves any risk of losing seats from delayed re-ticketing. Looks like a great trip.

I am not sure I have any 'wisdom' here, but I think that (c) is likely to apply. I think your stopover is GDN and HEL won't count at all. Here is the definition of stopover in the classic award rules: Stopover' in relation to: (a) an Australian domestic Itinerary, means a break of journey at...

On QF483 SYD-MEL. Boarded by one set of cabin crew but they were not the cabin crew coming to MEL. Captain indicated we were waiting for a very delayed crew from Adelaide (3 hours) who had just landed. Will add the Captain was amusing and it was very well judged to stand up front and give direct...

You are very welcome. Thanks for following along on the journey.

But a great trip awaits! I hope you'll do a trip report.

Thanks! Still working through them all for a photobook. So many photos...

Just to add my two cents. I think you will find more than 2 challenging, but it may be possible. In the last 12 months I have booked (for a family of 3) JAL/Malaysia (MEL-NRT-DPS), Emirates J (MEL-DXB), BA J (DXB-ARN) and and upcoming CI (MEL-TPE-KIX) and a separate CI (NRT-TPE-BNE). However...

Thanks. The zebra foal wanted to get back to mum but really didn’t want to get its hooves wet.

Thanks. We had such a great trip with brilliant memories for us all.

And so that was that. 6 amazing weeks that mostly went as planned. Not once did we have to run for a flight, although we did have to run for the ferry in Zanzibar. Of the long haul J class flights we had, I would Qatar's Q-suites slightly ahead of Emirates, even though Emirates has the Skybar...

Our flight from JNB to DOH was not Q-suites but still the more than acceptable herringbone style. ShelleyB-son took the window seat and enjoyed his solo-time. Food was excellent as was the service. Our flight times did not allow a stop in the lounge in DOH, but to be honest we were not really...

Our flight to JNB was with Airlink, an airline based in South Africa. We'd only booked in Y and it was very no frills indeed. I don't recall getting any food. It was only short haul but still, a little something would not have gone astray. We landed early in the morning and I had arranged an...

Flighted landed on time in DAR where we transferred to the International terminal for our flight to JNB. Checkin opened on time although there was some confusion regarding our bags. Despite being very much underweight (the heaviest was 15kg), the check in staff would not accept them on the belt...

And so we come to the long journey home. Our original plan was to fly home from Dar es Salaam using points with Emirates. We had J class seats booked from Dar to Singapore 10 months in advance but as the departure date approached no points seats (not even one!) became available. We were...

The next day was, sadly, our final day in Tanzania. Our flight was scheduled to depart Kilimanjaro Airport at 2130 so we were able to get in almost a full day in Lake Manyara before we needed to head back to the airport. We had arranged to have a guided walking safari, which was enjoyable if...

After a long delay due to that darn work thing, have some time to finally finish this TR. So after out final day in Ndutu, we had an early start to the day to make it to Ngorongoro crater. As mentioned upthread when we passed through on the way to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro is a massive...

Yes indeed, and seems odd that Telstra would offer better prices to pre-paid customers. But in looking at the plans seems one solution would be to migrate the post-paid Telstra number to an eSim (assuming you have not already) and have a "casual" pre-paid Sim ($35 for 6 months) in order to take...