Mid Year AFF XMAS Drinks and Dinner - 30 June 2012, Hilton Surfers Paradise, QLD

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It's 08.00. Time to get up and greet the day. Breakfast in the exec lounge. Then ....well I don't know really.
Maybe Gordon could have arranged a bus tour for us early attendees:-)
 
I'm coming for dinner! I won't be staying the night so it's soft drinks for me. I phoned the hotel to ask about parking and she said because I'm eating at the restaurant my parking will be validated and will be free!

Now to choose a gift to bring.

I'm happy to carpool with others coming down from Brisbane and driving back after dinner.
 
Well I am currently sitting in the CBR J lounge waiting for my flight. Look forward to seeing you all this afternoon.
 
The penegal express is en route to MEL.




My KK is at home as well, just not hiding!

... Shame I'm already on the Gold Coast ... :oops:

Whoops, perhaps we should do a BigW run this afternoon? Or maybe their is a souvineer shop near the Hilton :p
 
Well I am currently sitting in the CBR J lounge waiting for my flight. Look forward to seeing you all this afternoon.

That's rather early... Did you change your flight?
 
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Well my day is not off to a good start.

My flight has been cancelled due to mechanical issues and I'm now on a flight two hours later (1PM out of Sydney). I'm a bit worried as I'm now booked on a 737-700 which don't have business class AFAIK - but the lady who I spoke with at Virgin assured me that it does.

My plan at this stage is to still get to the airport early and see if a seat has opened up on the 12PM flight (although I'm not hopeful - I was informed that it was already overbooked when the 11am was cancelled).

Members who I'm supposed to meet in BNE - I'll get in touch this morning.

On a positive note - I guess (as long as my flight doesn't end up being economy) I'll get to experience Virgin's lunch service rather than the morning snack :)
 
I'm coming for dinner! I won't be staying the night so it's soft drinks for me. I phoned the hotel to ask about parking and she said because I'm eating at the restaurant my parking will be validated and will be free!

Now to choose a gift to bring.

I'm happy to carpool with others coming down from Brisbane and driving back after dinner.

Now I am confused. I am staying and I pay. But you are not. And you don't pay!
 
Maybe they figure I'm only there for a few hours while your car gets to sleep over. I guess I see what happens when it's time to drive home.....
 
Maybe they figure I'm only there for a few hours while your car gets to sleep over. I guess I see what happens when it's time to drive home.....

I'm only joking......:-)
It will be good to see you again.
 
Well my day is not off to a good start.

My flight has been cancelled due to mechanical issues and I'm now on a flight two hours later (1PM out of Sydney). I'm a bit worried as I'm now booked on a 737-700 which don't have business class AFAIK - but the lady who I spoke with at Virgin assured me that it does.

My plan at this stage is to still get to the airport early and see if a seat has opened up on the 12PM flight (although I'm not hopeful - I was informed that it was already overbooked when the 11am was cancelled).

Members who I'm supposed to meet in BNE - I'll get in touch this morning.

On a positive note - I guess (as long as my flight doesn't end up being economy) I'll get to experience Virgin's lunch service rather than the morning snack :)

If you are stuck with the later flight I can pick you up from the airport so the others can get on the road sooner.
 
BNE 12 pm-ish arrivals......

What do we want to do seeing as EWING might be rather late?


PS. Let's assume I'll be on time...... 50 mins to departure and the CNS security line stretches to QF Y checkin. I'm assuming some sort of unacceptable human F$&@up - but I'll confirm once I hear more.
 
Tis indeed a lovely day - my room overlooks Cavell st and there was indeed some street noise last night ...
 
Well my day is not off to a good start.

My flight has been cancelled due to mechanical issues and I'm now on a flight two hours later (1PM out of Sydney). I'm a bit worried as I'm now booked on a 737-700 which don't have business class AFAIK - but the lady who I spoke with at Virgin assured me that it does.

My plan at this stage is to still get to the airport early and see if a seat has opened up on the 12PM flight (although I'm not hopeful - I was informed that it was already overbooked when the 11am was cancelled).

Members who I'm supposed to meet in BNE - I'll get in touch this morning.

On a positive note - I guess (as long as my flight doesn't end up being economy) I'll get to experience Virgin's lunch service rather than the morning snack :)

If you are stuck with the later flight I can pick you up from the airport so the others can get on the road sooner.

BNE 12 pm-ish arrivals......

What do we want to do seeing as EWING might be rather late?


PS. Let's assume I'll be on time...... 50 mins to departure and the CNS security line stretches to QF Y checkin. I'm assuming some sort of unacceptable human F$&@up - but I'll confirm once I hear more.

We can still have a fourth passenger in my car. Might be a squeeze, a.k.a. who will sit in the middle seat in the back row (if you've never sat in a middle seat before - here's your chance! :p) Hvr's QF inbound should be due to arrive at around the same time as you, Ewing, give or take another fifteen minutes with no delay.

dfcatch et al. - not familiar with your plans or chauffeur...
 
I'm scheduled to arrive at 12:10.

However - given CNS security breach, I imagine a decent delay - although I'm not scheduled to board for another 20 mins - still not sure if they found the unauthorized postcard yet?
 
Turns out my Mum is around Brisbane at the time I land heading back to her home on the Gold Coast, so she's kindly offered to pick me up on the way through. This of course means I'll get 1A rather than 2B so will be a much more comfortable ride :)

Thanks for the offers though!

On another note, Virgin have now changed the aircraft operating my new flight from a 737-700 to a 737-800 so I no longer need to worry about if there's going to be Business class or not!
 
The penegal express is en route to MEL.





Whoops, perhaps we should do a BigW run this afternoon? Or maybe their is a souvineer shop near the Hilton :p

Are you kidding? This IS Surfers Paradise you know! The place is full of souvenir shops!

We're in Salt now having b'fast!
 
Turns out my Mum is around Brisbane at the time I land heading back to her home on the Gold Coast, so she's kindly offered to pick me up on the way through. This of course means I'll get 1A rather than 2B so will be a much more comfortable ride :)

Thanks for the offers though!

On another note, Virgin have now changed the aircraft operating my new flight from a 737-700 to a 737-800 so I no longer need to worry about if there's going to be Business class or not!

Looks like good news all around - you get a comfy ride on both sectors, and my pax get to keep their middle block / shadow :mrgreen:

We're in Salt now having b'fast!

Nice spread? Hope they have a large-ish restaurant; there might be a lot of hungry patrons tomorrow (unless the Exec Lounge offerings are better than satisfactory)
 
So.... Apparently some muppet entered the terminal "through a side door" according to the announcement.

I refer to Rule 1 - F$&@en incompetent morons.

Interestingly - they felt the need to emphasise in the announcement that "this is not the fault of your airline". :)
 
I am scheduled to arrive at BNE around midday (probably half past given pandemonium at MEL). Let's meet at the VA lounge and do lunch.

dfcatch - did you secure transport?
 
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