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Would Ibuprophen assist?
When are you flying out? I have leftover from the pericarditis days, I could Uber them to you if you like.Left my colchicine tablets at home. First night away gout strikes. Here's hoping panadol osteo helps.
Late response but I'm often concerned whether my interpretation of reading 12pm/12am is the same as person (or AI?) who wrote that time.After years of travelling I made the ultimate mistake... I mistook my flight departure time and missed my Rome to Singapore flight with Singapore Airlines The flight time was listed as 12pm, I thought midnight. I think 1200 might have been clearer, I always get 12am/pm mixed up. Contacted SA who offered me same flight in 2 days time for $1500! Luckily was able to book Gulf Air for $770 next day. Found the SA flight in my searches advertised for <$1000. Bad experience all round with SA. Didn't honour my reserved seats, won't refund reservation fee, arrogant and unhelpful customer service... I'm guessing they're on commission, because they seem keen to extract every last dollar. I can't believe I paid a premium to fly with them. Never again!
Thanks for the offer. fortunately the pain has gone with the Panadol osteo. Not as red either and I am taking that regularly for my back.When are you flying out? I have leftover from the pericarditis days, I could Uber them to you if you like.
Well I agree 12pm was confusing for me, and given that it was an expensive flight and a major inconvenience, I think they could have made it clearer. Why not use 24 hour time?Late response but I'm often concerned whether my interpretation of reading 12pm/12am is the same as person (or AI?) who wrote that time.
To clarify (or confuse), the Greenwich Royal Observatory states that it is equally wrong to use 12pm or 12am as 12 is neither "post midday" nor "ante midday".
Anything on Airbnb? That saved me in the Bahamas where it was similar.I'm joining a cruise at Bridgetown, Barbados on 21 December, coming from Europe via Miami to join.
I'm always very conservative when joining a cruise time-wise, so ah! I thought, a nice couple of days in Barbados to get rid of any jet lag and enjoy some beaches (I don't enjoy beaches, but that was the feeling).
So, also allowing for possible cancellation/rescheduling of the trans-Atlantic flight, and to get there early anyway, I'm arriving in Barbados three nights before joining the cruise.
So, what's the travel mistake? Accommodation virtually anywhere in Barbados starts at about US$400/night and for the night of the 20th - the start of 'Christmas week' - its about US$700/night AND most of them require 100% payment up-front, even when cancellable 2-4 weeks prior.
To change the flight from MIA will probably cost $$ and I can't avoid the most expensive night in Barbados. Best prospect ATM is A$2,700 paid up-front, but its all inclusive (meals, drinks, activities), so that will ease some pain.
Anything on Airbnb? That saved me in the Bahamas where it was similar.
Happy to help.Owe ya another one!! Never done AirB&B - pity you have to basically reveal your life story to them to get 'verified' - but a nice place if they accept me!
Not really. AirBnB verification (as a renter) is pretty straight forward. But you do want hosts to go through the 3rd degree.Owe ya another one!! Never done AirB&B - pity you have to basically reveal your life story to them to get 'verified' - but a nice place if they accept me!
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I've had that happen with hotels before, very easy to do.While looking for Melbourne to Tokyo Awards with Qantas I found a business reward SYD-NAN-NRT on FJ with a SYD-TYO search.
I then researched with multi trip MEL-SYD-NAN-NRT and found business availability with QF connecting to the same FJ flights for the same number of points and ~$20 more.
I got distracted by more pressing things but came back with a spare 10 minutes, restarted the booking and completed it.
When ticketed I went to select seating and !? ... no MEL segment. Ugh! Without noticing, I'd reused the one way search with its saved data, not the multi. Of course the FJ business seats were no longer available for a rebook and (24 hour free) cancel.
I really didn't want to involve the call center in risking the entire booking with adding a segment but took the plunge. In the end I was rebuffed twice (no availablily/free change!? what? no such thing) so gave up. Anyway, who knows what and/or where it would end up, so resigned myself to booking a separate flight.
Just today i noticed there was more availability on the FJ flights. Checking the multi, I could do so. So booked and new one and cancelled the old.
A 6000 point lesson.