• My first flight on Fiji Airways was great. It was a full plane, but everything went so seamlessly from take off to landing. A pleasure to ride.

  • I just have to smirk when the writer refers to tiny villages on both the Ghan and Indian Pacific routes as "towns", e.g. "Rawlinna – a remote town bordering" a sheep station in South Australia. There is no village, let alone a "town". The closest place on either route that has more than a f...

  • The Boeing 747 and 707 both landed at Longreach, never to leave, (and Longreach wouldn't want them to). Connie came out in containers on the train. She was pretty much a wreck in Manila. (Who remembers Winkie's Fish?) Those who loved Connies rescued her, crated her and sent her to Australia where...

  • Maybe because I'm a long time user of the Brisbane Business Lounge, if the worst that can happen is no bacon at breakfast, I'm doing well! There are plenty of alternatives.I find the staff welcoming and friendly without being cloying. Some I'd go so far as to say they're chums as we've known each...

  • The article talks of lounges for the far north of Western Australia - Broome and Port Hedland, but the squashy box in Hobart is relegated to the "some time in the future" category. That's a disgrace as is the box, the "food", and lavatories. Poor staff have to contend on a daily basis with disapp...

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  • Welcome to Country?!

    Dec 10, 2021, 05:43 PM

    Mrs/Miss/Ms Tully has it all wrong. "... acknowledging the traditional owners of the land" if that is what she originally said. Traditional people in Australia NEVER owned land. All the hundreds of groups/mobs/clans/tribes/etc were CUSTODIANS of land. Saying they "owned" it is a gross insult and ...

  • Welcome to Country?!

    Nov 09, 2021, 03:30 PM

    I'll admit to being a bit think, but if you're flying from Melbourne, for example, to Cairns, how many 'countries' do you fly over? Which one(s) will welcome you? Which to acknowledge? I know there are big 'clan'/'tribe'/'skin colour'/etc (whatever the accepted term is) maps displayed in Qantas l...

  • Qantas Dreamliner to Perth

    Jul 08, 2021, 12:22 PM

    Originally Posted by Rod H Has anyone flown the Qantas B787 Dreamliner from Brisbane to Perth on QF941 yet?Would be interesting to know how the service was .Given the varying reports of late maybe someone can update us? I flew A330 (or was it A350) PER-BNE on the night flight. Quite comfortable i...

  • Qantas further status extension

    Nov 29, 2020, 06:19 PM

    Losing status credits is a right pain, but with just national travel there's no way to attain and/or retain the upper levels. A trip from the east coast to Perth achieves 30-40+ credit points while that to the US 90-120+ (both depending on the class of travel). I guess I'm just going to lump it a...

  • Australians working overseas

    Nov 29, 2020, 06:04 PM

    Why would I want to travel abroad? Too many countries are hot beds of covid-19. I used travel frequently to the US and UK for business and leisure, now I wouldn't dare. After leaving Australia, how do I get home? How long mandatory quarantine (at least a fortnight)? How much out of my pocket? I'l...

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