Category: Travel

  • Thursday 8 June 2017 Highlights: Qantas Sydney International First Class Lounge, Seeing Lana at Denpasar Airport I booked this trip with Qantas under a special promotion that would finally get me to lifetime gold membership with Qantas after 14.5 years which would get me free Lounge access and seat selection for life on Oneworld Alliance…

  • Flight: QF043 Sydney to Denpasar (Bali) Airline: QANTAS Plane: Boeing 737-800 Gate: 37 Seat: 2C (Business Class Aisle) Departed: 16.39 (Scheduled 16.40) Arrived: 21.10 (Scheduled 21.20) Duration: 6 Hours 31 Minutes

  • When visited: June 2017 Time of day: Midday (12.40 pm to 15.45 pm) Rating: 5 / 5

  • Flight: QF424 Melbourne to Sydney Airline: QANTAS Plane: Airbus 330-200 Gate: 21 Seat: 2A (Business Class) Departed: 10:29 (Scheduled 10:30) Arrived: 12:08 (Scheduled 11:55) Duration: 1 Hours 39 Minutes This flight is part of my international trip to Indonesia (Bali) with my two sisters and their children (excluding Andrew).  Kara and Lana were travelling separate…

  • When visited: May 2017 Time of day: Evening (7.20 pm to 8.30 pm) Rating: 4.5 / 5 ACCESS RULES – Flying Business class on a Qantas or QantasLink flight later that day. – Qantas Platinum member or Oneworld Alliance – Emirates Skywards Platinum member whose next onward flight that day carries a QF or EK…

  • I realised today that I’m only six months from commencing my next major world trip covering 11 countries over 62 days entered on Africa.  I was reviewing my trip notes and getting excited from the many highlights I’m anticipating.   Before I know it I’ll be boarding my first ever International First Class flight 🙂  The…

  • Today was the return home to Melbourne.  Early in the day I actually joined a work meeting via a conference call for an hour.  With that completed a quick visit to local Rebel Sports to buy a ‘cold’ towel that when wet gets cold so should be good for upcoming Bali trip and later Africa…

  • Flight: QF476 Melbourne to Perth Airline: QANTAS Plane: Airbus 330-200 Gate: 15 Seat: 2A (Business Class) Departed: 12:58 (Scheduled 12:55) Arrived: 18:28 (Scheduled 18:30) Duration: 3 Hours 30 Minutes This was the return business flight QF769 which I previously reviewed.  I originally booked a very cheap economy seat back in January an immediately requested an…

  • When visited: May 2017 Time of day: Late Morning / Early Afternoon (11.50 am to 12.30 pm) Rating: 4 / 5 ACCESS RULES – Flying Business class on a Qantas or QantasLink flight later that day. – Qantas Platinum member or Oneworld Alliance – Emirates Skywards Platinum member whose next onward flight that day carries…

  • Sunday 07 May 2017. Photos. Highlights: AFL Match – Fremantle v Essendon Today was the main event of the trip a visit to Subiaco Oval to watch my team Essendon play the local boys the Fremantle Dockers.  But first I wanted to see a little more of Perth before the match, unfortunately it turns out…