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All you need to know about Venice’s new day tourist tax

Jan 19, 2024, 03:35 PM

Good. 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...
Qantas to retire A380 from 2032, replace with A350

Aug 24, 2023, 03:18 PM

Thats 10 years down the track.. Big deal
Qantas to fly Finnair’s amazing new business class

May 19, 2023, 03:05 PM

Wet 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!
Review: The Tokyo Station Hotel, old-world elegance in abundance

Feb 15, 2023, 03:31 PM

By 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...
Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights

Dec 14, 2022, 10:51 AM

Hmm 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...

Why are airline baggage rules different on flights to the Americas?

Aug 24, 2022, 03:34 PM

...because they're american...
Emirates first class on A380

Feb 18, 2022, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by mnc New suites on Singapore Airlines A380 can also be joined Only a few of new SQ suites can be 'joined' - certainly 1 + 2A and I think same 2 seats on the other side (leaving only row 3 as singles) - but there is still a retracted partition down at mattress level so it doesn...
Still not yet received passport after 3 weeks

Nov 04, 2021, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by John Phelan Originally Posted by Tasclean There hv been a few threads about passports the last 2 years here and other sites, with several posters being righteous about how they will be saving a year's validity by not renewing pp's prior to their expiry. So I cant really have ...
Still not yet received passport after 3 weeks

Nov 03, 2021, 05:28 PM

There hv been a few threads about passports the last 2 years here and other sites, with several posters being righteous about how they will be saving a year's validity by not renewing pp's prior to their expiry. So I cant really have much sympathy for delays now that ppl are dusting off travel do...
Etihad flights from SYD-LHR

Nov 03, 2021, 05:19 PM

Hmm website isnt showing connections to EY19, but rather the 10hr later EY17, so durations from Syd and Mel are +30 hrs. Suspect AUH is being careful about covid screening etc etc and have pushed out the usual 2hr connection min standard ? Did read that Heathrow now want you to check in 3 hrs bef...