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    RTW Trip - Sep/Oct '18 - Advise on Accommodation - SGN, FCO, BUD, CDG, JFK, IAD, RDU, LAX

    Hi All, The whole family is going on a RTW trip in Sep/Oct 2018. The flights are mostly booked through OneWorld Classic Award and I'm now starting to look at accommodation options. With two adults and two kids (7 & 10), I have about 10,000 Accor Leclub points which equates to 200 Euro...
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    One World Award in Sep/Oct 2018 in Business (4 pax)

    Hi, I would like some help in finding a feasible itinerary for a One World Award in Business. The dates of travel are between 15 September 2018 and 14 October 2018. The travel is for 2 adults and 2 children (10 & 7). The places we must have in the itinerary are Rome and Paris. Places we...
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    Delta now lets you track your luggage in real-time

    Delta now lets you track your baggage in real-time Qantas could do this really easily if they wanted to (atleast for those passengers who already use the QF tags). The only changes they would need to make are expose the data to the QF app. This assumes that QF already capture the luggage...
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    Suggestions on Corporate Credit Card for a New Business

    Hi, I'm looking for a corporate credit card that I can give to my employees so that they put all their work expenses on that card. Being a new business (less than 3 months old), I am finding it difficult to find a card that will sign me up. I do all my banking with BankWest and even though...
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    Airbus gets largest ever order for planes

    IndiGo places largest-ever single order for planes, to buy 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft - The Times of India This is in addition to another previous order of 280 A320s. This surpasses the order from Lion Air for 230 B737s and 234 A320s. Out of the 280, they have already received 100 and 16 of...
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    Going Contracting - Payroll Management Companies

    Hi, I am thinking about going contracting after 14 years as a permie employee of various companies. I've got an offer from a company and they've told me that I need to either get my own ABN or engage a payroll provider company. At this stage, I don't want to set up my own company, so think it...
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    Interline: UL with LO and LH with IB

    Hi, I'm trying to find out if interline agreements exist between the airlines in the subject. Sri Lankan Airlines with LOT Polish Airlines... need to transfer in FRA and wondering if luggage will be tagged through on separate tickets. Same question with Lufthansa and Iberia with the transfer...
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    Man builds 737 simulator at home

    Wonder how accurate it really is and whether he will now start charging people for a Flight Experience. :) Frenchman Laurent Aigon builds fully-functional Boeing 737 flight simulator in son's bedroom | Metro News
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    Flight change - DXB - MEL

    Hi, My mother and son (2 years old) are currently booked on a BAH-DXB-MEL ticket with QF on 18th August. Due to some medical issues (not life threatening) with my sister, my mom wants to come back earlier. I've rung up Qantas and they have been good, but we don't have a solution yet. It...
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    Flying with a Cam Walker

    Hi, I recently broke my ankle just before Christmas and was put into a Cam Walker for a few weeks for the bone to heal. The bone is now healed and I am going through physio to regain my muscle mass and full flexibility. i am going to be flying to Singapore next week for a week. I've...
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    US Status Run - 1 September

    Hi, A colleague of mine is going to a conference to the US in September and asked me to help him with a status run (sort of - lots of constraints). He is arriving at LAX on 1st September at 6:35 AM. He wants to take the 10:40 AM flight from MIA to SJO on 2nd September. On 4th September he is...
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    Recommendations and advice on Jakarta

    Hi, It looks like I will be adding to my countries visited list in a week's time when I go to Jakarta for business purposes. I've been reading up on Jakarta on wikitravel and am struggling a little bit with finding suitable accomadation. My work location is at Jakarta, Jakarta Capital Region...
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    ZK-ZQD - airbags in seatbelt

    Hi All, Managed to get 4B in the lounge after the check-in person told me Row 4 was full and 6F is the best I will get on the SYD-WLG flight yesterday and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to the brand new "Sir Edmund Hillary". This is just my second time on the new 737-800 planes at...
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    Minibus hire in Melbourne

    Hi, I need to hire a 12 seater minibus from tomorrow onwards. I've tried looking for availability through the big 4-5 companies and can not find any available 12 seaters. Does anyone have any other recommendations for companies in Melbourne that I can try? Cheers, Mr Hyde
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    Aircraft Registrations for old flights

    Hi, I've just got interested in seeing how many flights and when I took them. So far, I've compiled by list for 2010, which numbers around 50 flights so far. My numbers for 2009 and 2008 would easily be in the 100s range. One of the things I would like to do is attach Aircraft Registration...
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    MEL - SYD - AUH - BAH Trip Report

    I had an interesting flight yesterday, so thought I'll write up a trip report on it. On Thursday, 25th March, I was informed by work that I needed to be in Bahrain by Sunday, 28th March and couldn't leave till EOB, Friday. Looking online, I managed to find a flight on Etihad via Sydney and...
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    Status run - 205 pts by 28 Feb

    Hi all, I'm nearing my anniversary date and as expected, I am not going to make it 1200 required to retain Platinum. I am currently 265 points adrift, but have the following work trips that will get me the 60 points. That still leaves 205 points. 22/01: AKL - MEL 20 pts 25/01: MEL - WLG...
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    Helping you to keep your Platinum privileges

    Just got the following from Qantas. I will be taking advantage of it, but even then, I will be over 350 points from retaining Platinum. :( We appreciate your ongoing support of Qantas and would like to give you some extra help towards re-qualifying for Platinum...
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    Mara Sarova Tent Camp

    We stayed here for two nights during our Masai Mara safari. The camp is located within the Masai Mara Game Reserve and is very close to the entrance that we used to enter the reserve. The rooms/tents have a ensuite toilet and shower facilities, which are permanent structures. The rooms are...
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    Ibis Hotel - London Heathrow

    We stayed at the IBIS hotel for one night on a stopover on the way to Nairobi. The booking was made online on the Ibis website and we got a very good price for a double room. It came out to A$88. A taxi from the airport (T5) cost 13 pounds. The Hoppa bus would have been cheaper at 8 pounds...
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