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17 May 2009
Onboard the Malaysia Airlines B777, the 2-5-2 layout of the aircraft seating worked well for us. We were lucky to get a block of five seats to share between the both of us. It was possible for both of us to lie down at the same time, heads at either aisle and our legs pointing […]
1 May 2009
Leaving Auckland A trip to Sipadan has been long on the cards but prompted by expiring frequent flyer miles on Malaysia Airlines’ programme “Enrich”. In these days of fuel surcharges, the programme turned out very disappointingly compared to, say, Emirates’ very generous programme called “Skywards”. We needed 60,000 points from Auckland to Kuching, open-jaw to […]
12 April 2009
We got our boarding passes for the 1130 flight back to Auckland on standby with no hassles. When one is travelling standby, just getting a seat is good. Doesn’t matter front/back, aisle/window. Just a seat! The flight time is considerably shorter flying towards the east at only 4h15, and we landed at 1815.
10 April 2009
We were flying standby from Auckland to Adelaide early in the morning on standby. It is a longish flight for the A320 and apart from the passenger load (which can be high being Easter weekend), there are sometimes weight restrictions which could see us not get on despite seats being available. Fortunately, we got our […]
22 February 2009
It was an uneventful flight back to Auckland. The weather had been glorious and I’m glad I made the most of the summer with visits around the country.
20 February 2009
It’s back home and back to the “salt mine” again until my next weekend trip in a couple of weeks.
26 January 2009
It was nice to be able to join my French visitor here and hopefully again in Queenstown soon. But in the mean time, its back home and back to work.
24 January 2009
I woke early as if it was a workday, to take the flight to Nelson to meet my friend and visitor, Marie. The scenery was gorgeous … one forgets how pleasurable it is to do flights on a turboprop (in good weather). I haven’t flown domestically for a while. Air New Zealand has a new […]
21 November 2008
My Air New Zealand flight arrived in Auckland at 1100. I was pleased to be home after another great adventure, and looking forward to the Kiwi summer.
20 November 2008
After a long transit in Dubai, I boarded my Emirates flight to Hong Kong. I was ready for sleep with the scheduled departure of 0315. Upon landing in Hong Kong at 1710, it was a quick self-connection to my Air New Zealand to Auckland at 1915. I had to collect my bag and make my […]