Made any travel mistakes lately?

[SeatBackForward]

Kept sying how AI was making their"job" so much easier.

That could be interpreted two ways:

• That AI makes what little value they add easier to produce, or
• Ai is actually the only thing consuming their snake oil.

 

[RooFlyer]

Personally I think that influencers are something that the world would operate better (or just as well) without.

They can join the telephone sanitisers on the first rescue spaceship off earth (Hitchhikers reference).

 

[DC3]

Welcome to AFF @NickCave

 

[JessicaTam]

They can join the telephone sanitisers on the first rescue spaceship off earth (Hitchhikers reference).

But the trouble is wasn't that the only ship to make it?

 

[Brissy1]

But the trouble is wasn't that the only ship to make it?

Yes from memory, population wiped out from disease spread from telephone handles. Covid prediction?

 

[TheRealTMA]

But the trouble is wasn't that the only ship to make it?

Only the third Ark made it AFAIR with influencers and telephone sanitation

No woops. Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B

Off topic slightly but amusing. BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - 42 Douglas Adams quotes to live by

 

[Flyfrequently]

Another welcome to posting @NickCave
Let's hope your next post is in a different thread!

 

[RSD]

A random thought - should one of the parties go into the election with a policy promise to ban influencers?

 

[RSD]

Have had a few interesting things happen on this China trip -

Landed at PVG and was in the Didi on the way to the hotel when I decided to look on google maps to see what food options etc were around the hotel I would staying at - and was rather horrified to see that there seemed to be no restaurants, convenience stores etc at all within walking distance of the hotel. As we got very close to the hotel I discovered that there were lots of options - including a shopping mall and an Aldi - it was about then that I remember that google maps in China was about as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike.

Second oops was when I tried to buy what I thought was roll-on deodorant - only to discover when I got back to the hotel that it was roll-on insect repellent...

Third oops involved the previously mentioned Aldi - went there to again try to get some roll-on deodorant (no luck) so went to look in the bakery etc section to see what they had and found something called "strawberry milk cake" - I picked it up to investigate further and discovered that it was actually a trifle with strawberries on top. Not having had trifle for years I had to get it, and then went looking for a spoon to buy to eat it with. Couldn't find one so asked the staff - who didn't speak English, and so pointed to the trifle and made a motion of digging into it and spooning it into my mouth. A staff member indicated that he understood and went and got something very similar to the packet that you get your cutlery in when flying in Y on Qantas and many other airlines. Gave the lad a thumbs up and said Shi Shi and left. Sat down outside on a beautiful evening to eat the trifle, ripped open the cutlery packet to discover that it only contained chopsticks! Laughed out loud and proceeded to try to eat trifle with chopsticks...

 

[VPS]

When you think you book an exit row and there is no space

 

[henrus]

For the first time in years I've broken my number one rule which is always book direct and now in the last 3 weeks I've booked a total of 11 flights (all seperate bookings - all yet to come) on a mixture of Commbank Hopper (taking advantage of the 10% cashback/no card fees), Webjet (and the recent $150 off afterpay promo) and booking.com with some cheap Jetstar trans Tasman flights (JQ wanted $200 and the OTA had it for $130).

On one flight this messing around above gave me a nervous 48 hour wait (how long the Commbank Hopper ticketing took) as I booked a VA flex fare thinking I could call after booking and upgrade using a platinum upgrade. With only one J reward seat left I've been constantly checking the VA website to see if it hadn't disappeared. Luckily this morning it ticketed and the reward seat remained so the upgrade is now mine but lesson learnt, if wanting to make immediate changes to booking best to just go direct.