• Just returned from 3 weeks in Japan and experienced the full suite of train services between/in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka, including local, rapid express, shinkansen, monorail and metro networks. What an amazing network - speed, precise timetables, cleanliness of trains and stations (even ...

  • SQ will have done a thorough examination of the viability of the proposed route and future growth prospects.  The airline is very strategic.  Once the route is established and making good economic returns for SQ (and its partners Air NZ and VA), Qantas will no doubt launch a CBR/WLG/CBR...

  • Singapore Airlines has been patient and waiting a long time to secure better access in Australia after the airline was frustrated in 2001 by Qantas and the Government in its attempt to buy/save the now defunct Ansett Airlines franchise and enter the Australian domestic market.  Thi...

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  • Cash vs Travel Money Cards

    Apr 15, 2019, 02:04 PM

    Payment by credit cards is the norm for most purchases in the US. 28 Degrees credit card works well, as do Citibank Plus debit card and Qantas Travel Money debit card for payments and cash (assuming you have converted AUD to USD on the Qantas card before you head off to the US). 28 Degrees (cre...

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