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So tomorrow we are off on our next adventure. Well it has been 7 weeks at home. We start with a first for us. Our first VA international flight even if it is just a 737 to Bali and not even a lounge for us J pax. We are in Row 2 of J and have that little feeling my choice of meal will be...

Thinking I will probably take advantage of this one as a slightly better rate to get KF points. 300000 MR points gives you 100000 in KF but 150000 in Velocity. With 10% extra = 165000 velocity points. 155000 Velocity points + 100000 in KF. So 10000 Velocity points extra when transferring to VA...

A former flight attendant is to become President of JAL. They continue the progression on workers becoming President. Two of her predecessors as President have been from engineering and maintenance and a pilot. Certainly unlike Japan...

Having just finished a very long Trip Report what was I going to do. Why, start a new one of course. In 3 days time on Monday we leave home en route to Tokyo. We are taking our family with the 3 grandkids to Japan for Christmas. Every 2 years we take them somewhere different which has included...

Tomorrow we fly out but in typical fashion it will be 2 weeks before we board the Muse. Spending 6 nights in Bangkok,3 nights in Tokyo and 3 nights in Yokohama before we board on October 9th. We are using a new limo service but reports from others are that they are good. Also on Sunday a QF J...

I decided rather than posting the walks I have done in the view from my office thread I should put them into a Sunshine Coast walks thread. Thought it about time I acted as an honorary tourist ambassador for my home region. So first a repeat of my first 2 walks on the Coastal Trail. Walked the...

I have a very good friend who has been a great traveller but times have changed and the travel less frenetic. He does document his trips and I have enjoyed reading many of his reports. Like my trip reports they are an aid to memory. His most recent trip was back to his birth place in Woomera...

So IHG is introducing a new brand Garner to fit below HI and HIE in price. It is going to be from conversion of existing hotels so not cookie cutter properties...

Time to start 2024 travel plans. In the last couple of weeks I have fleshed out most of our travel for 2024. We spend the first 3 weeks of the year in Bangkok. Will be trying out 3 hotels to see if any will be a replacement for the SGS which disappointed us on the last visit after nearly 90...

Starting to spread out with one in botswana and one in Zanzibar...

Marriott is developing a new Budget Extended stay brand in late 24/ early 25. Details here...

54 Days on the Moon to mark 60 years since the film 55 Days in Peking was released. I enjoyed it then and even more so now having met someone who was there for the Boxer Rebellion. We had a good time in Portugal although with a few hiccups. Great treatment by the 5 hotels we stayed in. A...

The other threads I found were closed for further comment. But I wanted to advise people on what not to do when visiting Sintra. Do not think you can drive your rental car to the attractions you want to see You are unlikely to be able to park. The traffic today was horrendous even though it is...

In 3 days time we will be off on our next adventure. All up away for 10 weeks. Mainly because we will be doing our longest cruise at 54 days around the Mediterranean. However I have decided that will have a TR of it's own. As it is so long not as much before and after the cruise as we would...

An email tonight from JMB. New JMB status program to launch from January 2024 Thank you for your membership in the JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) program. This is to inform you that we will be launching a new status program for JMB members from January 2024, based on the concept of making everyday...

And how can that simplify travel for Australians as it says in the link. now go to the e gates and put passport in, the gate opens, photo taken and off you go. Plus it says you will need a CC to register on line. so really it is just to raise revenue.

Hilton has announced a hotel conversion program to enter the premium economy segment. in other words cheap...

Nothing really from SYD but I looked at prices in September when we are off to Japan. If booking QF in J to SIN it is~ 4.3K. BA in J 3.8K but BA in F ~ 4.6K. All in $A. Not good for QFF earnings but other OW programs would be good with F.

The time has come to saddle up again. hopefully we are starting to get a little more match fit than the previous trips this year but I doubt it. At the beginning of this year I decided to use up my KF points as I had amassed quite a few with the status with points transfer late last year. awards...

Several Asia trips coming up in the next few years. Pre Covid BA had an excellent fare basically SYD-BKK return with side trips allowed. Two of those easily got me BA gold. So does anyone have any info. I really would like to do it again.