Honeymoon Ruined !!

[SamR]

I endured a 'Culture Shock" tonight walking past Festival Towers in BNE city with a young lady singing/busking on the footpath in only Mandarin.. Sadly the coins in her hat were lacking. :shock:

Were the coins only in Mandarin too?

 

[RAM]

A better story would have been that they were complaining about not getting more FFP's because of the extra miles in the go-around! I sure the spokeswoman had a grin on her face when sh finished the article on "We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this routine procedure.”. My favourite one was an Aero Pelican Twin Otter out of Belmont to SYD with a QF 767 on the runway, boy can those planes lift when needed!!!! It was worth paying extra, and my only complaint we didnt do it often enough!

I think the turn-and-go is almost worse. Went on a twin engine light plane from KNA flown by an Alaskan bush pilot. Hr gunned the engines as we turned 180 degrees to takeoff and were wheels up within 5 seconds. NEVER, NEVER drink the coffee they offer in their tin shed before take-off.

The valleys with the thousand plus feet waterfalls are spectacular but nape-of-the-earth flying off the peaks to go 70 degrees down over the waterfalls is .....

 

[straitman]

The valleys with the thousand plus feet waterfalls are spectacular but nape-of-the-earth flying off the peaks to go 70 degrees down over the waterfalls is .....

great fun :!: :shock:

 

[drron]

Well mrsdrron flew JQ 783 down to SYD today to get the 10SCs she needs to requalify WP due to the July changes.About to touch down when it did a go around.Pilot said because ATC had put them too close to another plane.
She is shattered.:shock:
Should ask for comp to P1 to overcome her terror.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Well mrsdrron flew JQ 783 down to SYD today to get the 10SCs she needs to requalify WP due to the July changes.About to touch down when it did a go around.Pilot said because ATC had put them too close to another plane.
She is shattered.:shock:
Should ask for comp to P1 to overcome her terror.

Anyone who flies JQ should get comped P1 for the pain and suffering.

 

[JohnK]

Anyone who flies JQ should get comped P1 for the pain and suffering.

Quick. I need a crash course in how to book JQ flights.

 

[cove]

There is a "mile high " flight service running out of Las Vegas. Maybe that was all the honeymooning couple really needed.
On that subject I was impressed with the HSU member dropping in the concept of a "charity shag".

 

[TomVexille]

Quick. I need a crash course in how to book JQ flights.

Only way to get you on the orange beast eh?

 

[straitman]

Only way to get you on the orange beast eh?

He didn't say he would actually fly JQ :!:

Just wants a 'crash' course on booking JQ flights. (What a great turn of phrase for JQ)

 

[TomVexille]

He didn't say he would actually fly JQ :!:

Just wants a 'crash' course on booking JQ flights. (What a great turn of phrase for JQ)

You're right, he didn't

Although the suggestion was that people who actually fly JQ should be comped

 

[harvyk]

I grew up in a regional town and I can still clearly remember the first time I heard a language other than English......I was about 13 and I walked past an Asian couple talking on a seat outside a corner store and I stopped in my tracks. I was amazed how the bloody heck they knew what each was saying. It was an experience which has stayed with me all my life. When I was 17, I went to Melbourne for 4 years..........now I wonder if that was a culture shock? :shock:

I still remember a couple of years ago sitting on a bus in Shanghai talking with my sister who was living there at the time. As we got off the bus I realised that we where the different looking foreigners talking a strange foreign language on public transport.

It was kind of a strange role reversal.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Quick. I need a crash course in how to book JQ flights.

1. Go to jetstar.com.au
2. Have second thoughts
3. Sign up for email alerts just in case something comes up.
4. Receive email advising $9 flights.
5. Contain excitement and go back to jetstar.com.au
6. Select departure airport
7. Discover flights from your location are actually $199.
8. Select arrival airport.
9. Oh, you're going there. $249.
10. Sigh heavily as frustration grows.
11. Proceed to select flights. Discover convenient daytime flight or 3am departure.
12. Select the convenient flight. That'll actually be $299.
12. Choose $40 bundle.
13. Choose meal not realising your bundle gives you a $10 food voucher. $15
14. Choose seat with extra leg room. $30.
15. Insurance (it is JQ after all) $19.95
16. Car hire? (you start to thing driving might be a good alternative)
17. Proceed to payment. Use credit card $9.90
18. Family emergency. Make changes by phone $80 plus fare difference $88.
19. Total for your $9 flight. $581.85

Flying Qantas - priceless.

Good luck with your booking JohnK.

Edit: Changed Terms and Conditions while you weren't looking.

 

[RAM]

There is a "mile high " flight service running out of Las Vegas. Maybe that was all the honeymooning couple really needed.
On that subject I was impressed with the HSU member dropping in the concept of a "charity shag".

Good to see the legal officer treating her as a 'charity' case.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Quick. I need a crash course in how to book JQ flights.

I've often thought that JK and JQ would be a match made in heaven! :mrgreen:

 

[harvyk]

1. Go to jetstar.com.au
2. Have second thoughts
3. Sign up for email alerts just in case something comes up.
4. Receive email advising $9 flights.
5. Contain excitement and go back to jetstar.com.au
6. Select departure airport
7. Discover flights from your location are actually $199.
8. Select arrival airport.
9. Oh, you're going there. $249.
10. Sigh heavily as frustration grows.
11. Proceed to select flights. Discover convenient daytime flight or 3am departure.
12. Select the convenient flight. That'll actually be $299.
12. Choose $40 bundle.
13. Choose meal not realising your bundle gives you a $10 food voucher. $15
14. Choose seat with extra leg room. $30.
15. Insurance (it is JQ after all) $19.95
16. Car hire? (you start to thing driving might be a good alternative)
17. Proceed to payment. Use credit card $9.90
18. Family emergency. Make changes by phone $80 plus fare difference $88.
19. Total for your $9 flight. $581.85

Flying Qantas - priceless.

Good luck with your booking JohnK.

Edit: Changed Terms and Conditions while you weren't looking.

You forgot step 20, turn up at airport, find out your originally selected flight has been cancelled for operational reasons, are re-seated on alternate service, the 3am flight you tried to avoid...

 

[TomVexille]

I've often thought that JK and JQ would be a match made in heaven! :mrgreen:

I smell a new reality show

 

[Captain Halliday]

I smell a new reality show

I've seen the promo and it looks really good:

This summer on (insert name of highest bidding network), a survival challenge even Bear Grylls wouldn't accept.

Join JohnK as he battles the world's cheapest and nastiest Low Cost Carriers in the compelling new series "Three months in whY".

From remote airports with bench seats to airlines without in flight entertainment, JohnK will encounter some of the most horrific international travel scenarios.

Will he survive without lounge access?
What will happen when he learns of an 18 hour delay and is not offered a hotel room?
Plus watch exclusive slow motion footage as tempers boil over in row 22 of a barely airworthy Fokker 100 as a broken seat reclines into JohnK's knees.

A series no frequent flyer should miss.

Starts Sunday at 8pm, "Three months in whY" exclusive to (insert name of highest bidding network).

 

[TomVexille]

You forgot open seating

 

[harvyk]

I've seen the promo and it looks really good:

This summer on (insert name of highest bidding network), a survival challenge even Bear Grylls wouldn't accept.

Join JohnK as he battles the world's cheapest and nastiest Low Cost Carriers in the compelling new series "Three months in whY".

From remote airports with bench seats to airlines without in flight entertainment, JohnK will encounter some of the most horrific international travel scenarios.

Will he survive without lounge access?
What will happen when he learns of an 18 hour delay and is not offered a hotel room?
Plus watch exclusive slow motion footage as tempers boil over in row 22 of a barely airworthy Fokker 100 as a broken seat reclines into JohnK's knees.

A series no frequent flyer should miss.

Starts Sunday at 8pm, "Three months in whY" exclusive to (insert name of highest bidding network).

Love it,

Of course there is always this episode - This week on "Three months in whY" see JohnK turn his £4 fare into a £832 fare after the cabin crew determine his luggage is 0.3 of a kg over. Did JohnK get it wrong, or was the FA just looking for her bonus for the day? We have the exclusive official weights which will shock you...

 

[Captain Halliday]

You forgot open seating

True, but I see harvyk has written the promo for episode 2 already, maybe week 3 will be about open seating.

The DVD will have bonus features like special commentary from AFFers TomVexille, PrincessFiona, QFWP, Straitman and JessicaTam.