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cough beer selection in most lounges. No I don't want to choose from 5 mega swill lagers or the awful 150 lashes with its weird quasi ale chemical vibes. Give me some decent craft options please.

Haha yep did this with some VA flights last year. Booked in Feb for March and because the days of the week are the same for both those months (unless a leap year) I didn't realise I was accidentally booking February. A day after booking got the check-in SMS; luckily they were nice to me when I...

Just flew NH 890/ 889 SYD-HND-SYD and a couple of internal NH flights and pleased to report that all status and points posted to Velocity within 2-3 days.

Yep had to do this for flights ex-ZQN last year

QF pub in SYD tonight fairly busy. Slight delays across the board due to an hour or so of single runway ops but back to normal parallel ops now. Also quite impressed with the kids corner as have toddler in tow.

Haha don't think Dash 8s have reclining seats? Although some have window shades and some don't..

Yep I think we gave him some pesos, which were actually worth something in those days!

Mrs Punter just reminded me we also lost our passports on the way to EZE in 2009 so I've updated my vote to twice. I left a small backpack in the taxi, realised at check in (direct QF to SYD in those days) that it was gone. I remember trying to call the taxi company from a pay phone and failing...

Had backpack with passport in it stolen from a sketchy pub in Oxford in 2006 while working in the UK. Called consulate in London about replacing it and they advised to wait a few days to see if it turned up before cancelling it. Guy also said the rules were that I was supposed to cancel...

Looking ex-TSV there seems to be few VA 737s at the moment, mostly Alliance F100s and the odd Air North E190. Even some small F70s doing the BNE run. So not great for J upgrades :( I also checked early December for a trip I need to book and it is a bit better 737 wise but noticed a few are the...

I wouldn't worry about defaults; over $825 lent (33 loans) I have lost $14.50 to defaults or about 2%. Lost another $5 or so to currency conversion). Definitely recommend giving it a go.

We did a Namibia and Botswana self-drive in June 2019 and had no problems whatsoever. Those countries are really sparsely populated and we never felt unsafe, although we did taxi home at night in Windhoek rather than walk after advice from the hotel clerk. But other than Windhoek and Swakopmund...

Looks great! Seems odd that the box says Airbus, I guess they own the Concorde trademark?

Sorry my flights are in early November. Hopefully they sort it out before then!

I like to grow out my beard when travelling, but if it gets too bushy I seem to have issues with the smart gate. I also can't see jack when I take my glasses off o_O

Here's a couple of recent data points on processing times. I submitted mine, a basic renewal, on Friday the 21st July, received email to say it was on its way on the Thursday the 27th July. Received in the post early the following week. My partner's was submitted at the same time but was not a...

I just successfully added my VFF number to an upcoming NH flight. I used the mobile version of the website clicked through via the link from the reservation email. Dunno if that matters but it didn't work a week ago on the desktop website.

Haha when I read the post title the ALA lounge was the exact lounge that came to mind. Visited it in 2018 flying on Asiana - there was a sign at the buffet saying we weren't allowed access but nobody was policing it. I think we smuggled in booze from outside. Terrible lounge.

and no lounges since Covid or was that since CX left?? Departing CNS internationally is sad these days, I don't want to ride an SQ 737-8 for 6+ hours to SIN or JQ to NRT/KIX. Although the inner AVGeek in me might consider a PX F70 to POM then a 767 to HKG :p Edit - forgot the terrible VA HND...

I am curious how/why you were denied a ride on the T-bus? Seems wrong to me, we've always just hopped on with no questions asked.