And on that trip I did in 2022, there were some items that I bought where the server just picked up a packet from a shelf just behind her, and the same options were presented on the card machine...
That’s the same as Sydney domestic - if you want to be picked up by a relative, the area is almost a km away, and your relatives have to pay a fee to get into the area where all the suckers are waiting…. Piss poor….
In the same way that I have a number of items in my car for 'just in case' stuff. So far, have had no need to use them, and I'm not intending to take them out.
I don’t like being pedantic, but there is no such word as ‘upguage’. Try upgrade perhaps? It’s similar to when I read somewhere that an aircraft that had been grounded for technical reasons, was ‘ungrounded’??
In January we were flying SYD-PER on a cash ticket with a points upgrade to J approved. The weather was dodgy and QF were flying forward as many flights as they could, and we flew out two flights earlier, and luckily enough, still had J seats. Hope the same applies to you...
That said, I would suggest get on a bike. I did much the same as you, and now have 2 x TKR since 2009. I have to admit being fit though, at 40 I was the same weight as the day I joined the Navy as a 15 year old, a measly 10 stone 3 pounds....