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| Holocaine | Well I figure my travel's going to be mostly intra-US with the odd Canada (probably YOW) and Europe (EuroBSDCon next year in Sofia) and back to Australia. | 00:00 |
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| chrisjrn | fair enough | 00:07 |
| chrisjrn | Possibly worth building up Star then? Do a status match with Turkish and then try to build up an SQ account? | 00:07 |
| Holocaine | Where's that documented? | 00:09 |
| chrisjrn | search for "turkish status match"? :P | 00:13 |
| Holocaine | Why SQ? | 00:15 |
| Holocaine | Ah, VFF cross-over. | 00:15 |
| chrisjrn | and it sucks slightly less than Airpoints does | 00:15 |
| Holocaine | I'm guessing Qantas never do status matches? | 00:19 |
| chrisjrn | it's not very often | 00:22 |
| chrisjrn | You'd be more likely to get a "challenge" match with AA than anything else on OW | 00:22 |
| Holocaine | Hrm. Yeah. I'll be doing MEL-YOW next year in J which if I do it with UA will get me something like 26k SQ miles. | 00:32 |
| Holocaine | So that's silver without breaking a sweat. | 00:32 |
| chrisjrn | NZ/AC also a good option | 00:33 |
| Holocaine | UA are cheapest at the moment. | 00:33 |
| Holocaine | That may change, naturally. | 00:34 |
| chrisjrn | k | 00:34 |
| Holocaine | UA $6,601, Phillipine Airlines (!) $7,904, NZ $8,806, DL $8,884, QF $9,429, AC $9,563, AA $9,605. | 00:35 |
| Holocaine | Phillipine flies me to Manila and then hands off to AC. | 00:35 |
| Holocaine | But the +/- $100 rule still applies (ffs). | 00:35 |
| Holocaine | So unless UA's running a special or the others drop significantly there's no way I'm not flying them on that one. | 00:35 |
| Holocaine | Or if it changes when I shift dates aroun. | 00:36 |
| Holocaine | around. | 00:36 |
| chrisjrn | I'd have thought taht going via Manilla would add sufficient time to the journey to make it non-worthwhile :P | 00:41 |
| chrisjrn | if it weren't via Manilla, I'd do it for the miles | 00:41 |
| chrisjrn | (Guangzhou -- maybe) | 00:41 |
| Holocaine | But yeah, unless that $2.2k fare gap closes in some way that one'll be on UA. | 00:43 |
| chrisjrn | yup | 00:44 |
| chrisjrn | doubt that UA J is all that bad | 00:44 |
| chrisjrn | I've heard OK things about it. Would probably be better on a 777, too | 00:45 |
| Holocaine | I've never been upper deck on anything yet. | 00:45 |
| chrisjrn | I'm considering an exit row on SQ. alas, the "Window seat has no window. | 00:45 |
| chrisjrn | (A380) | 00:46 |
| Holocaine | Does VX have a partnership with SQ? | 00:48 |
| Holocaine | I know VA and VS do... | 00:48 |
| chrisjrn | Interline, I believe | 00:48 |
| chrisjrn | check their wubsite | 00:48 |
| Holocaine | Yep. | 00:50 |
| Holocaine | SQ's looking like a pretty good bet. | 00:50 |
| Holocaine | UA, AC, VX and US for North America, VA and VS and other Star elsewhere. | 00:50 |
| chrisjrn | yeah. | 00:51 |
| Holocaine | If only UA wasn't a 💩. | 00:56 |
| chrisjrn | hrrrrr :P | 00:57 |
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| praetorian | got my quote. | 06:06 |
| praetorian | .. | 06:06 |
| praetorian | only two QF flights (well QF bookings | 06:06 |
| praetorian | but both in Busines | 06:06 |
| praetorian | :D :D | 06:06 |
| praetorian | now to see if that gets approved. | 06:06 |
| praetorian | http://drop.nullis.net/roZY/JYJbGS8d | 06:08 |
| tpb | Title: Droplr Screen Shot 2013-11-04 at 17.08.38.png (at drop.nullis.net) | 06:08 |
| praetorian | What's BA like..? | 06:08 |
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| chrisjrn | praetorian: pretty damn good. You can face backwards, too! | 08:37 |
| praetorian | o_O | 08:38 |
| praetorian | im just looking up plane details. | 08:38 |
| praetorian | i google QF321 .. | 08:38 |
| praetorian | http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qantas-frequent-flyer/1431924-qf321-survival-guide.html | 08:38 |
| praetorian | ... first result .. | 08:38 |
| tpb | <http://ln-s.net/:T+S> (at www.flyertalk.com) | 08:38 |
| chrisjrn | that's a few months old though | 08:39 |
| praetorian | yeah | 08:40 |
| praetorian | Aircraft: 343 (Airbus A340-300) | 08:40 |
| praetorian | 340..odd | 08:40 |
| chrisjrn | that's standard | 08:41 |
| chrisjrn | 340-300 though? Enjoy your hairdryers | 08:41 |
| praetorian | ah, the thread mentioned 787's | 08:41 |
| praetorian | hairdryers? | 08:41 |
| chrisjrn | Look at the engines and tell me they aren't hairdryers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turnips/8542830927/ | 08:42 |
| tpb | <http://ln-s.net/:T+Y> (at www.flickr.com) | 08:42 |
| praetorian | http://www.smh.com.au/travel/flight-test-lan-business-class-20120614-20ce4.html | 08:42 |
| praetorian | hrm | 08:42 |
| praetorian | haha, it does a bit | 08:43 |
| chrisjrn | but LAN's 787s have arrived now, so they should have plenty of long haul capacity | 08:43 |
| praetorian | not for that flight apparently, unless they reschedule | 08:43 |
| chrisjrn | well no | 08:43 |
| praetorian | this is odd tho | 08:43 |
| praetorian | http://drop.nullis.net/iNv5/6lsf94Yt | 08:43 |
| tpb | Title: Droplr Screen Shot 2013-11-04 at 19.43.53.png (at drop.nullis.net) | 08:43 |
| chrisjrn | they'll operate 340s for the foreseeable future | 08:44 |
| praetorian | premium business class seats? | 08:44 |
| chrisjrn | "preferred" seats -- for high status people I imagine | 08:44 |
| praetorian | fair enough. i'll take 1d tyvm | 08:44 |
| chrisjrn | suit yourself :P | 08:45 |
| chrisjrn | I'm a window man myself | 08:45 |
| chrisjrn | I think LA have VA-330-style lie-flats | 08:45 |
| praetorian | i prefer left window tho. | 08:45 |
| praetorian | i guess i could handle right | 08:45 |
| chrisjrn | Left for everything except into HBA for me | 08:46 |
| chrisjrn | unless I know better | 08:46 |
| praetorian | haha :) | 08:46 |
| * praetorian looks at the others. | 08:46 | |
| praetorian | (that's the flight i will get double SC on btw | 08:47 |
| chrisjrn | sure | 08:47 |
| praetorian | would it count as SYD->AKL->SCL | 08:47 |
| praetorian | or SYD->SCL ? | 08:47 |
| praetorian | 480 vs 360 | 08:48 |
| chrisjrn | Same flight number, uninterrupted? | 08:48 |
| chrisjrn | Counts as a single flight | 08:48 |
| chrisjrn | the trick is to arrange a 1-day stopover | 08:48 |
| chrisjrn | which should only cost the taxes | 08:48 |
| praetorian | same flight #, but i disembark and re get on | 08:49 |
| chrisjrn | Single ticket. | 08:49 |
| chrisjrn | rather, single coupon | 08:49 |
| praetorian | nod | 08:49 |
| chrisjrn | add a day in Auckland and you'll get the extra SCs | 08:49 |
| praetorian | i could do that, but would mean i get into colombia too late.. well to acclimatise | 08:49 |
| * praetorian ponders | 08:49 | |
| chrisjrn | depart SYD a day early ;) | 08:50 |
| chrisjrn | the point is the stopover only costs as much as the landing/takeoff taxes for AKL | 08:50 |
| praetorian | nod | 08:50 |
| chrisjrn | the alternative is to catch an earlier flight into AKL and then catch QF321 from AKL instead | 08:50 |
| chrisjrn | (same ticket, thanks to stopover regs) | 08:51 |
| praetorian | do you mean book from SYD? but only get on in AKL? | 08:51 |
| praetorian | risky. | 08:51 |
| chrisjrn | No, book SYD-AKL-SCL, but with the SYD-AKL on a different flight to the AKL-SCL leg | 08:52 |
| chrisjrn | the cost should be the same | 08:52 |
| praetorian | mm | 08:52 |
| * praetorian looks | 08:52 | |
| chrisjrn | as long as the LA flight isn't the first flight to Auckland in the day, it should be easy | 08:52 |
| praetorian | leaves akl at 11.35am. | 08:53 |
| praetorian | sorry | 08:53 |
| praetorian | 4.15pm | 08:53 |
| chrisjrn | easy -- there should be a QF to AKL that leaves SYD closer to 8AM | 08:54 |
| chrisjrn | 8AM--9AMish | 08:54 |
| chrisjrn | get that one instead of the LA flight to AKL, and swap to the LA flight ex-AKL | 08:54 |
| praetorian | there is a 7:30am flight | 08:55 |
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| praetorian | ..there is a 8:45am . but i wont beable to get that one.. take a guess | 08:55 |
| chrisjrn | Eh, if you're on the same ticket, you should be fine | 08:55 |
| praetorian | EK | 08:56 |
| praetorian | well EK operated, but Oneworld rtw.. yeah wont work | 08:56 |
| praetorian | (there is others) | 08:57 |
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| chrisjrn | QF flight number might count | 08:57 |
| chrisjrn | but yeah, you'll want QF-operated | 08:57 |
| praetorian | QF flight number doesnt matter for oneworld :S | 08:58 |
| praetorian | otherwise i would have just got a QF # on the EK flight GRU->DXB ! | 08:58 |
| chrisjrn | They have one of those? Amazing :P | 08:58 |
| praetorian | anyway.. the only other option is 7:30am flight | 08:58 |
| chrisjrn | See if it works. If you're going to the Americas, an early wakeup is good for you :) | 08:59 |
| praetorian | i'll discuss with my boss, he may think im weird ;) | 08:59 |
| * praetorian calculates SC's anyway. | 08:59 | |
| chrisjrn | :) | 09:02 |
| praetorian | 1540. | 09:05 |
| chrisjrn | :( | 09:05 |
| chrisjrn | *:) | 09:05 |
| chrisjrn | Enjoy platinum :P | 09:05 |
| praetorian | (what it would bring me to) with the 360 | 09:05 |
| chrisjrn | I hear the F lounge is pretty good | 09:05 |
| praetorian | so the 480 would just mean i got it before i flew home from dxb | 09:05 |
| chrisjrn | EK F lounge ^_^ | 09:05 |
| praetorian | yeah, thats what im just thinking. | 09:05 |
| praetorian | mm | 09:06 |
| praetorian | that, or i take a flight interstate next weekend. | 09:06 |
| praetorian | lol | 09:06 |
| chrisjrn | Hobart's lovely at the moment ;) | 09:06 |
| praetorian | ahaha | 09:07 |
| praetorian | i heard it was cold. | 09:07 |
| chrisjrn | yesterday was the worst it had been for a while | 09:08 |
| chrisjrn | we've been doing 18-22ish for the last few days before that | 09:08 |
| chrisjrn | and today | 09:08 |
| praetorian | :/ | 09:09 |
| praetorian | its a bit cold here | 09:09 |
| chrisjrn | it's just fine here | 09:25 |
| chrisjrn | And <3 SQ. Just coaxed a booking reference number out of them | 09:25 |
| chrisjrn | Should mean I can get a row of 3 to myself on the red-eye from Bangalore | 09:26 |
| praetorian | nice | 10:00 |
| praetorian | woo funkybob | 10:00 |
| chrisjrn | woo. | 10:00 |
| praetorian | he use to work for a company we dealt with | 10:00 |
| praetorian | heh | 10:00 |
| chrisjrn | I think you mentioned | 10:00 |
| praetorian | ah | 10:01 |
| praetorian | i just noticed a gaff on my booking! | 10:01 |
| hawkowl | "chrisjrn> we've been doing 18-22ish for the last few days before that" | 10:01 |
| praetorian | they put me on the SCL->LIM flight the next day! | 10:01 |
| * hawkowl dumps 41C at lunchtime and torrential rain at 6pm on chrisjrn | 10:02 | |
| chrisjrn | eh, you chose to live there, hawkowl | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | I wish :( | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | well, I guess I am right now | 10:02 |
| praetorian | where is there? hell? | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | (somewhat) | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | praetorian, east kimberley! | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | it's the buildup! | 10:02 |
| hawkowl | aka it is raining like it's Queensland | 10:03 |
| hawkowl | then there will be the wet season | 10:03 |
| hawkowl | when Telstra's shitty fibre optic will wash down the river | 10:03 |
| praetorian | so hell was close. | 10:03 |
| hawkowl | praetorian, "!hell" is the weather-current command on a channel i'm in, for my town | 10:04 |
| hawkowl | :'( | 10:04 |
| praetorian | ha ha :) | 10:04 |
| hawkowl | OH WELL, i'll get to experience this fabled Winter thing come next year | 10:04 |
| hawkowl | Brisbane has winter, right? | 10:04 |
| praetorian | brisbane must have something.. | 10:05 |
| hawkowl | or is it just Hell Lite | 10:05 |
| chrisjrn | It has slightly cooler than sprint | 10:05 |
| chrisjrn | *spring | 10:05 |
| hawkowl | is NSW still on fire? | 10:05 |
| praetorian | only the unimportant bits. | 10:06 |
| praetorian | (no offense mean, at all to anyone) | 10:06 |
| hawkowl | all of it, then?</western_australian? | 10:06 |
| praetorian | unfortunately htere is still some burning | 10:06 |
| hawkowl | >* | 10:06 |
| hawkowl | :P | 10:06 |
| praetorian | i think the major ones have.. stopped | 10:06 |
| hawkowl | wait, no, sydney is actually pretty okay | 10:06 |
| praetorian | or under control | 10:06 |
| praetorian | http://www.google.org/crisismap/ | 10:06 |
| tpb | Title: Weather, Hazards, Emergency Preparedness | Google Crisis Map (at www.google.org) | 10:06 |
| hawkowl | huh, dont see anything there | 10:08 |
| hawkowl | wait no, there we go | 10:08 |
| hawkowl | I guess at least there'll be nothing to burn next year? | 10:10 |
| chrisjrn | that's the positive that people are taking from it | 10:10 |
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| praetorian | [A[B/z 4 | 10:44 |
| praetorian | haha | 10:47 |
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