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All you need to know about Venice’s new day tourist tax
Jan 19, 2024, 03:35 PMGood. Here’s a pic of 5 cruise ships taken from the Vaporetto ferry one day in July 2017. There were a few more around the corner. Typically these ships stay for 2 nights with the pax able to enjoy the sights of Venice by day while getting thr 3 square meals and a bed onboard. Thought I had...
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Qantas to retire A380 from 2032, replace with A350
Aug 24, 2023, 03:18 PMThats 10 years down the track.. Big deal
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Qantas to fly Finnair’s amazing new business class
May 19, 2023, 03:05 PMWet leasing isnt new for Qantas - back in the 80's they leased at least one 747 from Tower Air (USA) and operated it to/from LAX. Bit of a shock getting on, not recognising the layout or colour scheme and not understanding the crew!
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Review: The Tokyo Station Hotel, old-world elegance in abundance
Feb 15, 2023, 03:31 PMBy no means cheap to stay there, but it remains a great memory of our last trip. Superb service, bellboy will take you and yr bags down, down to the Narita Express platform on departure. The spa does have hot/cold baths, so while not a real onsen, it does a similar job. A walk right around the im...
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Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights
Dec 14, 2022, 10:51 AMHmm yes, its already a long way from Syd, Mel and certainly Hba to Cns before then embarking on a further 7 hrs, even in J. Went trans-Tasman a few times with old VA and that 4 hrs in J proved to be a long-ish time relative to the same flt up the pointy end with QF or NZ. The elbow room, IFE opti...
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Qatar Airways’ A380 superjumbo comes soaring back to Sydney
Mar 23, 2022, 04:25 PMIt would be fantastic to get back into one of their A380s but when I looked at a return trip SYD/LHR there isnt F availability all the way back, at least with reasonable connection times. Going to UK its 24h duration which is fine, but coming back the A380 to SYD leaves DOH 2 hrs before the...
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Planning a European rail trip? Book early, experts advise
Mar 09, 2022, 03:28 PMIn addition to Rail Online here in Aust, recommend doing some research on this site: https://www.seat61.com - Mark Smith is a bit of an anorak about trains, meant in the nicest possible way.. He started a website called 'the man in seat 61' and has grown it to be a comprehensive source of info ab...
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10 expert tips for hiring a car in Australia [2022]
Jun 28, 2021, 02:47 PMHaving previously lived in Sydney, it was a real shock to get my first Avis bill for a rental pickup/dropoff at Syd airport back in the mid 2000's. Not stated at the time of booking (an estimate of the approx total $$ is part of the booking process) was that the airport charges its own fee o...
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Qatar Airways CEO says “the A380 was our biggest mistake”
May 28, 2021, 03:15 PMIts actually Ok to change yr mind - as it was once said : "When the facts change, I change my mind. And you sir?" John Maynard Keynes..
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Etihad to retire all Boeing 777s, A380s grounded "indefinitely"
Apr 23, 2021, 05:44 PMSo, wont be any Etihad first class on anything once the 777s go..
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How Virgin Australia 2.0 plans to win back business travellers
Aug 07, 2020, 05:13 PM'whose'... shout. Sorry, occasionally I turn into apostrophe man..
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How Virgin Australia 2.0 plans to win back business travellers
Aug 07, 2020, 04:53 PMVirgin Club for Plats who are flying Biz... thats how to narrow that one down !
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Qantas gives grounded frequent flyers bonus status credits
Jul 15, 2020, 04:42 PMLifetime Gold, and living in Tas ? Nothing there for me..
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Virgin Australia bidder Cyrus to honour Velocity points
Jun 25, 2020, 09:12 AMThat wud be two Plats then....
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Virgin Australia bidder Cyrus to honour Velocity points
Jun 24, 2020, 04:20 PMInteresting to read above that Bain (at least) been vox popping VA customers. Wish they'd asked me , tho suspect my comments would be the same as most other regulars : the successful suitor needs to honour current paid & points bookings and those conditional credits taken out for cancelled fl...
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