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    What I ate today - the food thread

    JA52 to HND Wednesday Steak was actually medium rare, sauce very average, much prefer Bernaise, and yes I smashed the bread….. Drinks were SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE followed by Haut Médoc - Cru Bourgeois Château Liversan 2016
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    Annual NZ Dinner: WLG 7 March 2026

    They were discontinued last year Stuff
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    Luggage from Sydney to Canberra

    Flixbus takes three hours and is $35 or so, pickup is at the airport
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    New Hilton Garden Inn for Ipswich (Brisbane)

    Mattress run to Ipswich, times are tough!
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    Shanghai Layover 4.5 Hours

    Which Shanghai airport, I assume PVG otherwise you will need to bus to the other one?
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    Booking backup flights to Europe

    Wait for a while, there may well be a waiver issued that does away with fees, as it stands you have nothing to lose not cancelling at present.
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    Hilton Palm Cove

    Still coming soon….meanwhile in BNE we have no Hilton presence while Cairns has three…..jealous, not….
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    Qantas Business Class meals & menus

    It looked worse than it tasted, but maybe the sparkling wine ahem water helped with that
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    ALL Accor+ Explorer Membership Discussion

    There have been cases of plats denied breakie on stay plus nights
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    AccorPlus China

    Accor has had various loopholes, fast tracks and status matches since 2007, so status is easy to get for a long time. Wasn’t long ago $60 bought you gold with the paid cards. We have been told any program will limit to a max 30 night credit and by all reports China has not got that block (it’s...
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    2026 F1 Thread

    747 charter inbound Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
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    Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

    Looks like a heap of EK crew are dead heading back to DXB today, they are all in casual gear with a look of relief on their faces in my hotel lobby
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    Qantas Business Class meals & menus

    QF1591 MCY-SYD this morning at OMG Oclock
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    AccorPlus China

    30 nights max regardless is the limit regardless of which program in theory………
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    CZ bargains towards year end.

    Beat that flight have advised CZ have some bargains: China Southern has released excellent fares to Beijing and Shanghai from multiple Australian cities for travel between October and December 2026. Sydney offers the best value with Beijing from $416 return and Shanghai from $455 return. Route...
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    ALL Accor+ Explorer Membership Discussion

    Some hotels do not honor the breakfast on the second night aka free night as it’s room only in their view, terms and conditions are not clear.
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    Accor status when booked through corporate travel?

    FCM Travel=Flight Centre, should be ok
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    Hilton to take over former Versace site on the gold coast

    No prize for second since its been operating as an independent hotel for a few years
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    Hilton to take over former Versace site on the gold coast

    Hilton’s LXR Hotels and Resorts will make its Australian debut in 2027 following a new signing of the hotel previously known as Palazzo Versace and currently operating as The Imperial Hotel. The signing with hotel owner Islander Hotel Trading Pty Ltd will introduce LXR as a 200-key hotel in...
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    Qantas swaps Upcoming Flight A330 for A321XLR

    I would agree and so would many, some of the A321 deployments with multiple cabins are struggling to find viable routes/attract pointy end customers, eg AC and EY
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