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Eurostar to launch high-speed trains between London and Germany
May 16, 2022, 08:49 PMOften used to take the train between Brussels and Frankfurt as it wasn’t much shorter with the extra time taken to taxi to/from airports, waiting for planes to take off, etc. And it allowed me to do a lot of work on the train. Didn’t know there was a high-speed line through the Ardenn...
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Air New Zealand to reopen Australian airport lounges from March 30
Mar 23, 2022, 03:53 PMInteresting that they say they are re-opening the Perth lounge. I thought this was the Qantas T1 lounge, which Qantas says is being shut. Do they use another lounge at Perth?
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Qantas permanently closes Perth International T1 airport lounge
Mar 11, 2022, 03:34 PMThat is my main concern. Also Air New Zealand were using the T1 lounge, so not sure where their J passengers will end up.
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Qatar Airways adds permanent Brisbane flights, goes daily to Perth
Feb 22, 2022, 04:21 PMDoes the A350 have QSuites?
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Here are the 12 best steakhouses in New York City right now
Feb 14, 2022, 03:43 PMWhat Phillistine asked for “Well done”, if I’m interpreting the “W” on the tabletop correctly? Made me salivate… Steaks in the U.S. are really good, and their broilers run at very high temps to obtain a lovely char.
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Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?
Apr 23, 2019, 02:55 PMMeant to add that sleeping tablets seem to reset the body clock a lot faster.
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Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?
Apr 23, 2019, 02:53 PMBelieve depends on flight class. When flying for work long distances in economy, used to take prescription sleeping tablets so that I could be effective the next day, but there were noticeable side effects. Now that I'm travelling in Business for leisure, one or two Restavits do the trick.
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When does Qantas release frequent flyer seats?
Jan 07, 2019, 04:14 PMAlso recommend phoning Qantas at exactly the time, or slightly before, the seats are released, as popular routes seats are snapped up very quickly, sometimes within the first few minutes of their release.
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Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?
Aug 18, 2017, 02:14 PMHmm - according to the April SMH article, with a revised range of 9700 nm, it looks like the ULR could make SYD-LHR in a single hop. Interesting.
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Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?
Aug 18, 2017, 02:09 PMI believe that's a key question - can the ULR version fly direct SYD-LHR?