Category: Travel
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In 2011 I went on a short 14 day trip to United States of America with the chief reason to visit the remote region of Alaska something I had wanted to do for a long time. The first few days I was traveling with my mother around Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco then…
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Back in 2009 my nephew Andrew Gauci and I undertook a stunning 2009-10 trip exploring some of North and South America as well as New Zealand. Between 27 November 2009 and 31 January 2010, we visited seven countries – USA, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, New Zealand.
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When visited: February 2017 Time of day: Morning Rating: 4.5 / 5 Access Rules – You need to be departing on a QANTAS flight in Business Class on the day you access the lounge (not after the flight). – You are QANTAS Platinum or a Oneworld Emerald status member and departing on a QANTAS flight…
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Back in 2012 I undertook an amazing trip which saw my on 24 flights with 10 airlines across 17 legs which was 76,155 km in the air or 114 hours 45 minutes I visited 19 countries over 139 days. Countries (in order): Singapore; Malaysia; Thailand; Germany; England; Spain; Iceland; Chile; Argentina; Antarctica; USA; Mexico; Cuba;…
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Now that I have my flights booked I wanted to work out how long (distance and time) I’ll be in the air – it’s the nerd in me 🙂 This trip I’ll actually be enjoying First Class and Business Class treatment which is strange when you consider I’ll be camping a lot in Africa! Leg…
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Back in 2015 I sent 31 days travelling to India and Japan. I was flying over 4 legs across 7 flights and 4 airlines, all in economy travel. I had lounge access in Melbourne and Sydney only as at the time I only had QANTAS Club Membership (so only access to QANTAS lounges). I would…
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The amazing 2016 South East Asia trip to Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka seems both like yesterday and a long time ago. It’s sometimes good to think back and right now I’ve been thinking about the flights and distance I’ve travelled the world over my world trips and thought I’d pull together the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
