The totally off-topic thread

[tuapekastar]

Again lol?
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It aint easy typing with a hoof!!

 

[anat0l]

-- edit. Have managed to trick my preferred website into multi-city booking it, so price is back where I want it to be.

Does help to know the various tricks of the trade!

Don't tell me you've opened like 6-12 different travel booking sites (including the airline's booking portal) trying to lock in a seat?

Truth be told I never thought of that approach. I just don't like those other booking portals (esp. something like Webjet that charges the compulsory $18.00 or whatever booking fee; most of the travel agents associated with credit cards, e.g. CBA Awards Travel, charge a fee of something like $10 to book. Still, better than $25.00 with QF from Australia :evil

-- Edit again.
The stupid thing is that the first booking actually got to the stage of an e-ticket being created. It's visible in my Qantas account. Didn't realise until I just checked then. I didn't pay for the ticket, so I'd expect it to fall through pretty quickly.

Wouldn't it be wiser calling QF as soon as your other e-ticket is issued and looking at that being erased as soon as possible?

 

[drewbles]

This got me wondering how much I'd managed to fly on my trip (which I must admit was a little insane) .. turns out I flew 41.5k BIS miles over three weeks

Puts my 23307 BIS miles in 2 weeks to shame, although i've done it twice this year (23240 in March and 23307 in October, both under 2 weeks).

I guess i'm just not trying hard enough to keep up

 

[docjames]

Deleted - mispost

How can it be a mispost - that would make it off topic - perfect for this thread??

 

[serfty]

Didn't you make a run to Florida in that trip Nov 2007; ...

Oops, I forgot about my little day trip BOS to MCO via MIA ...

You are quite correct!

MEL-xSYD-xLAX-xJFK-BOS-xDFW-xSFO-xLAX-xHNL-xLAX-xORD-BOS-xMIA-MCO-xMIA-BOS-JFK-xLAX-xMEL.

 

[Flashback]

Let me vent about my recent flight.

I managed to ODU, hooray; but that's where the goodness stopped! Sitting in 1D, I managed to be served last for both pre lunch drinks, and the meal also. J was only half full, but I still missed out on my choice of meal. No worries.... I mentioned to the CSM this was the 3rd time in a row it has happened in J and he offered me a bottle of white wine from the J cupboard, a very nice gesture.

Imagine my surprise when I land.... that all the J tagged bags actually came off first, and circled around and around for 5-10 minutes before any other bag! That's odd, every J passenger but myself has their bag... hm.... OK. So anyway, I waited, and right near the end my bag came out; and had no QP (which I get as a minimum) tags, let alone J! :evil:

 

[anat0l]

I managed to ODU, hooray; but that's where the goodness stopped! Sitting in 1D, I managed to be served last for both pre lunch drinks, and the meal also. J was only half full, but I still missed out on my choice of meal. No worries.... I mentioned to the CSM this was the 3rd time in a row it has happened in J and he offered me a bottle of white wine from the J cupboard, a very nice gesture.

A nice gesture indeed, but how the hell do you sit row 1 and not get your meal choice, let alone being served last.

The last time I checked QF never serve from back to front; we don't have some wierd FEBO system going that they do in LOTFAP.

Imagine my surprise when I land.... that all the J tagged bags actually came off first, and circled around and around for 5-10 minutes before any other bag! That's odd, every J passenger but myself has their bag... hm.... OK. So anyway, I waited, and right near the end my bag came out; and had no QP (which I get as a minimum) tags, let alone J! :evil:

Firstly, J tags came off first?! I assume this is PER - in which case, OMG. :shock:

Heh heh heh... not so fast. No points for the 5-10 minute gap in unloading, however.

If you ODU'ed I assume your tags wouldn't change. Looks like the people at the outward port forgot to give you an orange tag on your bag. Bummer!

 

[Flashback]

A nice gesture indeed, but how the hell do you sit row 1 and not get your meal choice, let alone being served last.

The last time I checked QF never serve from back to front; we don't have some wierd FEBO system going that they do in LOTFAP.



Firstly, J tags came off first?! I assume this is PER - in which case, OMG. :shock:

Heh heh heh... not so fast. No points for the 5-10 minute gap in unloading, however.

If you ODU'ed I assume your tags wouldn't change. Looks like the people at the outward port forgot to give you an orange tag on your bag. Bummer!

I ODU'd at the check-in counter (only way at this airport) so she knew I was flying J I even asked her to make sure they were on... c'est la vie!

After the 5 minute gap ........ SHOCK! Priority tags came out! Seemed to be the majority of them...... then other bags, and mine came out

 

[JohnK]

I ODU'd at the check-in counter (only way at this airport) so she knew I was flying J I even asked her to make sure they were on... c'est la vie!

Maybe she resented you reminding her (even if it was done in a nice way) how to do her job.

 

[Flashback]

Maybe she resented you reminding her (even if it was done in a nice way) how to do her job.

I asked after she had already placed the baggage tag on.

 

[MissBurrill]

Quick question.....

I received a letter today saying that I have not used my cheque book in over a year and if I do not write a cheque that is prsented before the end of February the credit union will cancel my cheque book. I was thinking of writing myself a cheque for 1 cent and putting it in one of my other bank accounts. I'm fairly certain that a cheque can be for as little as 1 cent but just wanting to double check.

Thank you!

 

[straitman]

Quick question.....

I received a letter today saying that I have not used my cheque book in over a year and if I do not write a cheque that is prsented before the end of February the credit union will cancel my cheque book. I was thinking of writing myself a cheque for 1 cent and putting it in one of my other bank accounts. I'm fairly certain that a cheque can be for as little as 1 cent but just wanting to double check.

Thank you!

Why not simply make it a dollar and be done with it :?:

 

[anat0l]

Speaking of cheques, I recently received a letter from CBA. I had a CBA Streamline Access account which I only opened because I was told (when I applied) that in order to get my CBA credit card fee waived, I needed to have a CBA bank account (also fee free due to my being a full-time student). Otherwise, I haven't used the account (my savings are with Suncorp).

Seeing as I haven't made a deposit to the account in over a year, CBA closed the account and then sent me a cheque for the closing balance of the account.

The check was made out to me for the total sum of zero dollars and three cents.

Woo hoo

 

[NM]

The check was made out to me for the total sum of zero dollars and three cents.

So, did you bank it?

 

[straitman]

You have got to love the banks and their antics sometimes :!:

 

[anat0l]

So, did you bank it?

I don't know. Maybe I should save it for a rainy day.


Nah, haven't got around to it. Probably should do something before the cheque goes stale. But that takes around six months.

 

[NM]

I don't know. Maybe I should save it for a rainy day.

Why? Is is waterproof?

 

[anat0l]

Why? Is is waterproof?

Well, just like in the airline industry, you get what you pay for.

 

[straitman]

Well, just like in the airline industry, you get what you pay for.

Sometimes :!:

 

[samh004]

The check was made out to me for the total sum of zero dollars and three cents.

Woo hoo

You should frame it.

A friend of mine lost $2 something in a coke vending machine and they rounded up and sent him a cheque for $3. It’s on his wall.