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  1. Mattg

    Lounge and Swim Package at PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport

    I finally got around to trying this out on the weekend! It was exactly as advertised and IMHO a very good deal. Here's my review: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/melbourne-airport-swim-gym-package/
  2. Mattg

    Link Airways flight can’t get through weather, turns around and returns to Tamworth

    Absolutely. Safety first!
  3. Mattg

    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    The Asian-style noodle salad (not shown in the photo) was with rice noodles.
  4. Mattg

    Casual MEL Christmas Dinner December 13 2025

    Sorry for the late notice, but count me in :)
  5. Mattg

    Buying Qantas top-up points with a bonus: Worth it?

    Velocity has regular bonus point offers as well. The last one was in October so they're almost due for another one! https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/buy-velocity-points/
  6. Mattg

    Qantas adds OOL-AKL and SYD-AKL-APW

    That was my first thought, LOL. I wonder if AKL-APW will open up some new opportunities for rewarding wandering.
  7. Mattg

    United to Fly to Adelaide

    The first ADL-SFO will be this week. And it looks like United has already started selling seats for next summer. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/251206-uanw26adl
  8. Mattg

    Link Airways flight can’t get through weather, turns around and returns to Tamworth

    I don't envy the passengers on board!
  9. Mattg

    Link Airways flight can’t get through weather, turns around and returns to Tamworth

    Looks like quite a few flights affected this evening. This was the route used by QF1276 from Melbourne to Brisbane:
  10. Mattg

    Link Airways flight can’t get through weather, turns around and returns to Tamworth

    There’s a bit of nasty weather this evening south of Brisbane. A Link Airways Saab 340 was en-route this evening from Tamworth to Brisbane when it encountered weather ahead of it that was so bad that it turned around and diverted back to its origin. As you can see from the map, there wasn’t...
  11. Mattg

    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    VA281 MEL-CBR, 17:05 departure Two cold choices were a noodle salad with optional chicken, or this pasta salad with ham:
  12. Mattg

    Amex point conversions

    TG isn’t a bad option if you specifically want to fly Thai Airways (and in the next few years). It’s also the last chance to transfer Amex points to Thai as this option gets removed in the devaluation. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/thai-royal-orchid-plus-improvements/
  13. Mattg

    "Coffee tax" creeping into IHG hotels

    A pet peeve at many Hilton hotels in Australia & New Zealand is the extra charge for barista coffee when having breakfast. You can get filter/machine coffee for free but get slugged $5 for a barista-made flat white, latte or cappuccino. I mostly stay with IHG, Accor and Radisson hotels and...
  14. Mattg

    Amex point conversions

    Qatar Airways/British Airways (for Avios) or Cathay would be my top choices. Virgin Atlantic could be worth considering as well if you want to fly to Vietnam or Indonesia (for the great availability and reasonable business reward pricing on SkyTeam partners Vietnam Airlines and Garuda).
  15. Mattg

    Ask The Pilot

    @AviatorInsight mentioned to me recently that you feel the effects of turbulence more strongly when sitting at the back of the plane. And also that the ride is smoother on a 737-8 MAX compared to a 737-800. I was wondering if you could expand a bit more on why this is the case?
  16. Mattg

    QF105 MEL HNL March 2026 cancelled

    I believe SYD-HNL will drop back to 6x weekly from May 2026. The daily service is temporary.
  17. Mattg

    South African Airways to return to PER

    It’s based on the total distance of all flown segments.
  18. Mattg

    $100 off return flights to NT

    Book by 9 December using promo code NT100. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/promotions/flights/take-off.html
  19. Mattg

    Have you flown to every destination in an airline's route network?

    I can imagine that if Qantas offered 500,000 points for flying to everywhere on their network, a whole lot of AFFers would suddenly start appearing in Paraburdoo, Weipa and Moranbah 😂
  20. Mattg

    Have you flown to every destination in an airline's route network?

    Haha - well that is more achievable, I guess! I don't think I have though - am yet to fly BNE-WLG or BNE-CHC.
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