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What is 'unbundled' business class?
Feb 05, 2021, 01:43 PMSomewhat a rookie mistake in this article.When it says "if you have suitable frequent flyer status with that airline or a partner, you'll still be able to use the lounge".Alas, not true if you are flying on the Qatar Unbundled fare out of London.Your Frequent Flyer Card won't get you access to th...
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International travel ban set to continue to December 2020
Sep 04, 2020, 11:17 AMI almost wish this were true, but with respect, alas no other country comes close to the restrictions Australia has imposed.Suppose you are these countries below, and wish to exit the country (listed), if you have been living and are resident but not citizen in the country listed.Singapore: no re...
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International travel ban set to continue to December 2020
Sep 04, 2020, 09:59 AMThis is a ludicrous state of affairs.Remember, it isn't just Australia citizens who are impacted - citizens of other countries, like me, who happen to be resident here back in March, are stuck here too. I am desperate to get back to my home country, but the Australia government sees fit to i...
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International travel ban set to continue to December 2020
Sep 04, 2020, 09:38 AMAlas no, patrickk, Australia is pretty much unique in the world, apart from North Korea. There were a couple of countries that briefly, for a couple of weeks in April, introduced an exit ban, but these were swiftly removed. Australia is, and remains, the only country in the world doing this...
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Luxe make-over for Melbourne T2 terminal
Oct 25, 2016, 02:36 PMThis really is rather depressing news. The terminal needs a complete and total rebuild, not just an extra bit of retail space to sell some more tat! If even Heathrow can make Melbourne looks really, really, bad... you know something has gone badly wrong. Pump some money into a new terminal buildi...
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Melbourne's Qantas lounges: a queue or a walkway?
Oct 18, 2016, 12:50 PMHow bizzare. But then again so many people to tend to wander around the QantasClub as if it was their own lounge room, whereas it is a busy airport, and just a stop off pub for many of us.
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Air Canada LAX Lounge Access
Oct 05, 2016, 12:01 PMNo connector at all - you have to walk landside. There is a shuttle bus, and you can get access to TBIT on an AC boarding card, but the whole process takes about half an hour as you have to go through security in each terminal. Seriously, is it worth it?
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Hyperloop would do Sydney-Melbourne in under an hour
Oct 05, 2016, 11:59 AMThere is a great edition of the TV series Utopia about the very fast rail proposals for MEL-SYD. It really is a laughing matter - it just isn't feasible. Too few passengers, too much cost, noone willing to take the risk. It will never happen!