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After about two decades, give or take one, I am re-reading a sci-fi novel I loved. "The Mote in Gods eye", by Niven and Pournelle. It is not about aboriginal things. so perhaps I am not in allignment with this thread?

Hey there Beano, I really get your angle. For the vast majority of travellers, Y is the only sane option. The cost difference is outrageous, where for a short family holiday the cost of upgrading to business is perhaps worth the entire hotel booking at your destination. But I think that...

You must have flown with greater load factors - response time for me in EK first was maybe three seconds :)

I love these attempted blackmails. Have received them for over a decade on an email that i used for many things. They are very clever, in three ways. First is that they usually appear as an email that was sent from your own email account, That bluffs recipients into believing that their actual...

I suspect this is a thing that is entirely driven by the actual airline involved. I know from experience that hitting the call button in Qantas, flying J, is essentially unanswered. You hit the call button on an airline form Japan, etc, and there is someone there within seconds. As per above, I...

hey there JB747, I dabbled in early flight sims, many years ago. But my son-in-law has just started a CPL in helicopters. That is enough in itself of a "study load", but are there sims you consider could be helpful?

I enjoyed the perspective given by MattG Many of us enjoyed some golden years where we could manage J class travel. And many have now had to re-visit the horrors of Y. But I really think that a dose of "perspective" could make all these experiences better. When I started long-haul travel...

Hey there Rich, I get your philosophy, and respect you for it. I get your angle that walking up to them is perhaps pushy. But I also feel that the act of hitting a button for service is in some way dehumanizing? Like they are slaves. Sort of an electronic version of snapping ones fingers. But...

Yes! Keeping your head down and being polite. I completely agree with this. On a long haul flight, when everyone "goes to sleep", and I have a need, I will walk up to the staff and gently and politely request my need. This has always been a very succesful approach for me.

Hey there Mattg, when I am doing overseas return things, the status is great as you can simply stumble off an aircraft and grab your vehicle - Avis Preferred or what ever it is called is great for this. It removes the irritation when you are third cab in the rank at the desk. Hence I can arrive...

Perhaps stepping out of my knowledge sphere, but is gamay the grape they use to make Beaujolais?

33kft, rather than indulge in online armchair warrior things, if you are seriously passionate about the debate, send me a PM. Am happy to debate these things with you outside of AFF. One of my roles/work is to work exactly in this specific debate for a major Australian university. I would thus...

Hey there 33kft, I am not one to indulge in endless quotings of whatever sites suit a need. Any person these days can submit a thousand websites supporting their angle. It is tedious. I get some of your views. But these do not address underlying and important issues. Adopters of Teslars, etc...

Will try - thank you!

You mean I can find this in this thread?

Hi all, am newly engaged, and a week or so back I posted a question as to using multiple Qantas vouchers in one booking. Am struggling with the forum - how do I find my post and the thread?

Where?

I hate electric vehicles, or at least the product that is currently available. In Australia they are expensive, and have a carbon-footprint in production that beggars belief. Rich people drive them to be cool, poor people aspire to them as climate-change changers, but they are simply obscene.

You mean search threads here, or look at specials with Dans? I find Dans confusing to use as a website. Hence me preferring to walk in and browse.

I agree.