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    Midair collision between Helicopter and CRJ (AA5342) at Washington (DCA)

    Agree re viz separation at night, depth perception is not the greatest.
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    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    Lunch today ex McY on the 1035 to MEL
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    Air India B787 crash Ahmedabad

    Working fuel switches mustn’t feature on the MEL for Air India!
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    Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

    Every time I have travelled with Pauline she has been in Y
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    AFL Contract 2026-2031

    Western Bulldogs are flying on VA today
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    A week in China - Where/What?

    You don’t need to be a local to load a balance on AliPay from you Chinese bank account, just before COVID Alipay introduced Tourpass (see step 5 on the trip.com guide) to use it as a wallet with the caveats that it’s time limited and unused funds are not refunded, so not of much use anyway...
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    A week in China - Where/What?

    You don’t need to have a balance in Alipay, just a card the Alipay can charge realtime when you use a QR code to make a payment or use Alipay to buy a metro ticket etc...
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    A week in China - Where/What?

    Foreign cards are not accepted at many places in China, you need to setup Alipay/WeChat pay and then use the wise card as the source.
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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    Qantas website says no access https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/network-and-partner-airlines/china-airlines.html. The plaza lounge was closed for a while when it moved to gate 77 which is a lot closer to gate 74/75 where CI departs
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    Flight CGK -> AUH swapped for Wamos Air

    They are not alone in this regard, with AirNz using Wamos for a long period and Springbok and Brunei also using HiFly and let’s not forget Qantas using Finnair! Fact is the aviation market has issues with new aircraft supply and parts supply not to mention space to get servicing done, which is...
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    Check Accor Plus free night availability

    As a general rule yes, although some are playing hardball with minimum night requirements and blackout dates. For instance the Sofitel Melbourne, a dated but still very nice property has become wide open on availability resulting in savings of 650-700 in room rates which is a high return on your...
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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    You need to go to the check in desk.
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    Brisbane Weather Discussion

    Early days yet but a low near Vanuatu could develop into a Cat 4 cyclone that will affect SEQ next Tuesday. Brisbane Weather
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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    Plaza Premium near gate 77, you will need an invite
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    2026 F1 Thread

    We will see next Monday
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    Who Pays when you use After Pay, Zip, PayPalx4 etc.

    Afterpay have not been able to do that in Australia and NZ for a number of years following RBA intervention, still is the case in USA via Clearpay
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    Qantas’s next regional aircraft?

    Looks like it will be Ospreys LOL.
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    Special meal quality for QF First

    There is usually a vegetarian option on the menu that might do the job eg https://delivery-p146463-e1510352.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:234f5408-c4f3-4fc9-af82-d01a9e44f17c/original/as/First-dining-menu_AUS-USA.pdf
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    Who Pays when you use After Pay, Zip, PayPalx4 etc.

    Afterpay is not unregulated credit and has been that way for a while with the national credit code amended in dec 2024 to cover BNPL Afterpay has 200000 merchants in Australia, many of them square clients
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