AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 AFF annual gathering will be held in Brisbane, the sunny capital of Queensland!

The weekend of Friday 18 - Sunday 20 October 2024 has been chosen for the event. As per past years, there will be a welcome dinner on the Friday evening, optional activities on Saturday and a main dinner on Saturday evening. There may also be an optional activity on Sunday in the late morning.

All AFF members (and +1's, etc.) are welcome to attend. Most people usually fly in on Friday afternoon and leave on the Sunday afternoon/evening.

Your lead organisers for this year's event are @NM and @QF WP. Other Brisbane-based members are also welcome to volunteer to assist.

We'll update this thread over the coming months with more information about the planned activities, dinner venues and costs, which we expect to be similar to past gatherings. There will be a $5 registration fee per participant, plus the cost of any activities and/or meals that you choose to join.

For now, please feel free to let us know in this thread if you think you'll be able to make it! For those unfamiliar with the AFF terminology:

• "Platinum" means you're planning to attend and have booked flights/accommodation
• "Gold" means you're likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
• "Silver" means you're unlikely to attend at this stage.
• "Bronze" means you're unable to attend.

The AFF Leadership Team can provide support in terms of money collection and distribution, and editing this thread as needed. If something needs to be updated, please simply report the post with the update so anyone on the team can action it (starting a conversation only alerts one person).

We're looking forward to seeing you all in Brissie!

 

[Hvr]

2A to 1A?

9C to 5C.

I'm sticking with 2C for the trip home.

 

[jumpjam]

Sunday Clocktower Tours

I have booked myself into the 11am tour

I've booked on this also

 

[tdimdad]

Exit row, $15 each (on many flights VA seems to sell exits for lower price than Y front rows). Going to stay put.

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Exit row, $15 each (on many flights VA seems to sell exits for lower price than Y front rows). Going to stay put.

 

[NM]

Qantas only.

I moved from row 6 to row 5 aisle an hour ago - not gunna pay $45 for row 4 on a 100 minute Qantas Boeing 738 flight.

I am anticipating 1K for my journey, with Mrs NM in 1A.

 

[NM]

Please Note - we are at capacity for attendees for both Friday Night and Saturday Night dinner events. If you have not already registered and your registration is not showing in Post #3 of this thread, then I am afraid it is now too late to be added to the registration list. If you believe you should be registered and are not showing in Post #3, then please contact me via a Direct Message (Conversation message) to verify against the master list.

Upon arrival at the event, please seek out @NM or @QF WP, or Mrs NM or Mrs QF QP to receive your AAF Event name badge (Friday night and Saturday events) or your Saturday Dinner welcome amenity pack (which will also include an AFF event name badge and other items). These are being prepared now based on the event registrations.

Thank you to all who have registered. The attendance interest and registered numbers have exceeded our initial estimates and we are looking forward to hosting 60 people at each of the dinner events.