Category: Travel
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Flight: QF769 Melbourne to Perth Airline: QANTAS Plane: Airbus 330-200 Gate: 12 Seat: 2A (Business Class) Departed: 12:47 (Scheduled 12:40) Arrived: 14:47 (Scheduled 14:50) Duration: 4 Hours 10 Minutes As part of a short break in Perth to relaxed and see my AFL Team Essendon play Fermantle I booked a cheap economy seat back in…
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Well my idea for a quick and quiet getaway to Bali, Indonesia to visit my 57th country and at the same time qualify for Qantas Life Time Gold Membership has been radically changed for the better 🙂 First my sister Kara and niece Erin got in on the 6 day trip (8 – 13 June…
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My first ever international trip was way back in 1986 with my entire family. We traveled between 27 November 1986 and 9 December 1986 (12 days) visiting the USA and Mexico. To do this we flew on four flights (across three travel legs) and one airlines (Qantas). We were flying for a total distance of…
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My second international trip back in 1998 was with my mother (Helen), sister (Kara) and nephew (Andrew) made possible using Qantas staff travel discount. We traveled between 31 October 1998 and 20 November 1998 (21 days) visiting just USA (with a transit in Auckland, New Zealand). To do this we flew on four flights (across…
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When visited: March 2017 Time of day: Late Afternoon (5 pm to 5.45 pm) Rating: 4.5 / 5 This is a new lounge that opened in March 2017 and there were still some minor fixes to fixtures and painting that need to be touched up and will likely be completed by April 2017. ACCESS RULES…
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My first world trip book by myself (well with my friend Jon but no family) was back in 1999. I traveled between 11 November 1999 and 6 March 2000 (118 days) visiting six countries – New Zealand, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Wales. To do this I flew on eight flights (across…
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My biggest world trip was back in 2006 I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006 (153 days) visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China. To do this I…
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For my 2010 Fiji trip I travelled between 30 October 2010 and 6 November 2010. I used this trip to undertake a ‘status run’ basically a couple of extra flights to help increase my Qantas membership level back to Gold. To do this I flew on six flights and two airlines (Qantas, Air Pacific –…
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For my 2009 world trip I traveled between 22 May 2009 and 12 July 2009 visiting four countries – USA, Egypt, England, and Belgium. I also traveled in Australia to Perth (Margaret River) and Sydney at the end of this trip. To do this I flew on ten flights (across 6 travel legs) and three airlines…
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When visited: February 2017 Time of day: Late Morning (just before noon) Rating: 5 / 5 ACCESS RULES – Flying Business class on a Qantas or QantasLink flight later that day. – Qantas Platinum member or Oneworld Alliance Emerald member departing on a on a Qantas or QantasLink flight later that day . – Emirates…
