Very noice article. Please do one on bikes (including mountain bikes) now :)

Except a section of the PCH Big Sur is closed, sending you doubling back to the freeway with no crossroads in between.

Managed to find two reward seats in biz out of SYD - HKG, which was a slight challenge, but eco appears to have good availability since the announcement of the route. Sense this wont last long though. Now the sheer luck that it was, biz out of HKG - LHR matched my itinerary dates so that worked o...

It's already useless. Hilton doesn't recognise the ongoing Platinum status. It's a one off upgrade at the beginning and up to you to maintain the Diamond status. 

I wore a tank stop with a crumpler backpack flying in J with EY from SYD to AUH. All was fine until we were exiting for our shuttle bus from tarmac to the terminal. I was the last of J class exiting and the attendant on top of the stairs stopped me thinking all of J class had gotten on the f...