When visited: October 2018
Time of day: Late Afternoon / Early Evening (16.15 to 18.05 pm)
Rating: 5+ / 5
Note: This review is revised to also now captures my visit on 29 October which added a massage treatment, dessert and use of the pantry room.
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When visited: October 2018
Time of day: Late Morning / Early Afternoon (10.55 to 12.40 pm)Rating: 4 / 5
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Airline: Qantas
Plane: Airbus 330-300
Gate: 14A
Seat: 28K (Economy window)
Boarded: 10.35 (Scheduled 09.50)
Pushback: 10.58
Departed: 11.13 (Scheduled 10:35)
Arrived: 17:43 (Scheduled 17:20)
Duration: 9 hours 30 minutes
Distance: 7,387 kmThis was my first time in a while back in economy for a long haul international flight but being very cheap ($420 AUD one way) and with Hong Kong not allowing airline surcharges on award flights it made better sense to start premium award flights from there instead of Melbourne.
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Friday 12 October 2018.
Highlights: Qantas Melbourne First Class LoungeSo the short (by my standards) trip to Hong Kong, Nepal and Tibet (China) finally begins. I booked this trip to make the most of my Qantas Platinum membership before I get downgraded, a cheap airfare to Hong Kong and a chance to visit Nepal which I’ve had recommended many times before.
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When visited: October 2018
Time of day: Morning (7.30 am to 9.35 am)Rating: 5++ / 5
Note: I had previously visited this lounge in November 2017 (review here) but in the afternoon not morning. This review will be very similar except it is in the morning (so breakfast not lunch / dinner) and a spa treatment.
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So I’m now less than 24 hours out from my next overseas trip. This 19 day trip will cover Hong Kong, Nepal and Tibet with Nepal and Tibet being new countries to visit (although Tibet is special region of China and I have visited China before in 2006).
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Ranked 079 on the IMDB Top 100 Movies. Watched September 2018.Cast: Tom Hanks (Paul Edgecomb), Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey), David Morse (Brutus Howell), James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores), Sam Rockwell (Wild Bill Wharton, Michael Jeter (Eduard Delacroix), Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore)
Director: Frank Darabont
My rating: 9.5 / 10 -
Ranked 083 on IMDB Top 100 Movie list. Watched May 2018.
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
My rating: 7.5 / 10 -
Ranked 97 on the IMDB Top 100 Movies. Watched July 2017.
Cast: Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins), Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt), Orson Welles (Harry Lime), Trevor Howard (Major Calloway), Bernard Lee (Sgt. Paine)
Director: Carol Reed
My rating: 8.5 / 10
When visited: October 2018
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