I can easily understand that people hate that seat but after the first flight it became my favourite.I'm tall so I enjoy all the available space in that seat, I simply put it into flat mode for the whole duration of the flight.  I lounge on it, I eat in buddha position, I really enjoy that i...

BNE-ADL / ADL-DOH-CPH-HEL booked in July on three different Oneworld tickets.  Let's see what Qantas (the first carrier) says about that :) 

Finnair has worked with Savoy restaurant for the new menu and if it's anything like the restaurant offers, it should be excellent.  Savoy is a traditional establishment in Helsinki, known for it's quality and athmosphere.

T1 is a brilliant external SSD drive. If one wants to do an economy version, there are cheap USB3 SATA3 enclosures with UASP support that will house an internal 2.5" SSD drive.  You can DIY a very fast USB3 1TB SSD for half the price.

I use the "+" notation for pretty much all non-personal e-mail if possible but unfortunately way too many systems have been implemented by clueless people who don't know that "+" is a valid character in an e-mail address.  Airlines tend to be in the worst category. Some systems break comple...

I've got Oneworld Emerald and "free" Priority Pass as well for my own needs but if one didn't and only needed lounge access infrequently, it's good to remember that most 3rd party lounges offer access for a one-time fee.  If you don't need the lounge more than a few times a year, it's cheape...

If someone wants to head to Illawarra, any recommendations where to see the landling?

I know some (sane) people who visit Dubai a few times every winter; the weather is nice, it's easily reachable and it's comfortable.  The closest place to Europe during the winter where the weather is nice. But weather or being comfortable is the worst reason to go to London.  London i...

To make you feel better, one can get quite good experience in many places in Asia as well and many places in South America are good as well (not in Brazil).  But SYD is way better than anything in Europe or US, and Qantas 1st class lounge is top class. Especially the domestic terminal in SY...

Sydney is one of the greatest airports in the world, but New York is still covered by more international airlines than Sydney. From my experience I haven't seen much difference in Australia vs. rest of the world wrt short-haul domestic flights.  Flights across the country are different, but...

I have also moved to various 3rd party sites, whoever is offering the best deal. Over the recent year we've travelled a lot around and I've ended up booking quite a few places through hotels.com.  Their rewards are basicly a 10% discount (every 10 nights) but often there's a 10% discount cou...

We have some US domestic flights planned and UA flies them direct, about half a dozen flights a day. I looked the flights with $$ and UA charges $400 for oneway, about about the same for a return.  Ugh. I looked the same flights as a reward flight and with this promo the miles will cost ab...

Isn't that how it is done in the US?

AA's web site says for individual lounges " Must present your membership card (or 30 Day Membership receipt) and boarding pass at check-in counter for same day travel on Qantas operated flight.   so a card isn't required wih the 30 day pass.

We just arrived to BNE International today and there were quite clear signs that it works for UK, NZ, US and AUS passports. While waiting for the standard line, we were (also) wondering why there isn't a global database check for these type of gates.  We can use them back at home in Europe ...