Category: Travel

  • Africa Return Flights Booked

    I just booked my return flights back to Australia using QANTAS frequent flyer points for the end of my Africa tour late January 2018. Cape Town to Johannesburg (BA6416 14.00 to 16.00)  Johannesburg to Sydney (QF64 18.50 to 15.35 overnight flight) Sydney to Melbourne (QF459 18.00 to 19.35) All flights are in business class but…

  • The next stage of my African 2017-18 trip is in place :).  I’ve booked my first class award flights from Melbourne to Nairobi via Singapore and Dubai. EK405 Melbourne to Singapore (18.45 – 23.35: 6 hours 50 minutes) Seat 1K EK405 Singapore to Dubai (01.20 – 04.30: 7 hours 10 minutes) Seat 1K EK721 Dubai…

  • So after an incredible amount of work travel over the past year I’ve qualified as a QANTAS Platinum Member which also gives me Oneworld Alliance Emerald Status (their top status). A Platinum member means; free and preferential seat allocation, no checked in baggage charges, check-in at first class and business class counters, access to first…

  • My work has provisionally approved my leave for next year between November 2017 and January. This means the planning for my trip to Africa can now advance. Part of this trip is also visiting Dubai (UAE) while flying to Nairobi, Kenya.  So the plan is that over 63 days I will visit 10 countries during…

  • If you have had an enjoyable time on the road one of the tougher questions on returning is what did you enjoy the most?  It’s a question I’m now in the fortunate position to consider after being back in Australia now for over a week. This trip was made up of two different tours between…