Hi All,
Signed up the other day and received an email asking me to post in the introductions section so here goes....
I am from Canberra but originally from Melbourne.
I fly a reasonable amount, both for work (Australian Public Service) and leisure. In particular I am a big Canberra Raiders (NRL) fan and go to all the games both home and away. When I fly for work I tend to fly Qantas but for leisure I normally just go for the cheapest fare, especially for short trips. One of the things that really frustrates me is the lack of LCC in Canberra. We had Tiger for a while but when they went to pot last year that was it and they haven't returned (I think one of the few routes they haven't brought back). I would love to have Jetstar here. I find them quite good, like all LCC you just have to follow their rules. Have used Jetstar to NZ a couple of times before and will do so again in a few weeks.
I haven't done a lot of long haul, (if you consider short haul) in fact I have only been out of Australiasia (as opposed to Australia) once, that was to the UK and Singapore on the way back. Flew Singapore Airlines but that was about 15 years ago.
However, hoping to change that big time in the next couple of years. Last week I booked a dirt cheap flight on the new airline Scoot to Singapore and I am planning on using other LCC in Asia to visit KL and Hong Kong at the same time.
The big trip will be in 2014. I have about 190K Qantas frequent flyer points (mainly from Credit Card and other special deals - as a public servant when I fly for work I can't get FF points and obviously if I fly LCC for leisure then no points). I am planning on doing the 140K round the world going to all continents.
Hope you make me feel welcome.
Signed up the other day and received an email asking me to post in the introductions section so here goes....
I am from Canberra but originally from Melbourne.
I fly a reasonable amount, both for work (Australian Public Service) and leisure. In particular I am a big Canberra Raiders (NRL) fan and go to all the games both home and away. When I fly for work I tend to fly Qantas but for leisure I normally just go for the cheapest fare, especially for short trips. One of the things that really frustrates me is the lack of LCC in Canberra. We had Tiger for a while but when they went to pot last year that was it and they haven't returned (I think one of the few routes they haven't brought back). I would love to have Jetstar here. I find them quite good, like all LCC you just have to follow their rules. Have used Jetstar to NZ a couple of times before and will do so again in a few weeks.
I haven't done a lot of long haul, (if you consider short haul) in fact I have only been out of Australiasia (as opposed to Australia) once, that was to the UK and Singapore on the way back. Flew Singapore Airlines but that was about 15 years ago.
However, hoping to change that big time in the next couple of years. Last week I booked a dirt cheap flight on the new airline Scoot to Singapore and I am planning on using other LCC in Asia to visit KL and Hong Kong at the same time.
The big trip will be in 2014. I have about 190K Qantas frequent flyer points (mainly from Credit Card and other special deals - as a public servant when I fly for work I can't get FF points and obviously if I fly LCC for leisure then no points). I am planning on doing the 140K round the world going to all continents.
Hope you make me feel welcome.
