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How to keep your Qantas frequent flyers status with just one flight
Nov 25, 2020, 04:02 PMI'm LTG with my rollover date as Jan 31. So no extension :-) to my lifetime, but also no SC help to try and get me back to Platinum. So at this rate I won't have a chance to get back to Platinum before 2022/3
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British Airways retires Boeing 747 fleet
Jul 17, 2020, 03:22 PMI flew one of the first BA 744 when I was coming back from MNL via HKG. I was originally booked on the lower deck but upgraded to the upper deck of the brand new 744 that was making its first commercial flight having flown from Boeing to HKG. I spent an amazing 2-2 hours on the flight deck as we ...
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The Qantas Boeing 747: looking back on a half-century of flying
May 04, 2020, 11:52 AMI flew a 747-SP with Luxair from LUX to JNB non stop. The alternative of BA or SA both had stopvers, with BA in Nairobi, and SA in Cape Verde. SA did Cape Verde as in those days they could not get flying rights over most African countries. Their J class (I think this was 1990/91) was a seat like ...
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Review: Mercedes-Benz A 200 A-Class hatch - high tech meets high style
Aug 13, 2018, 08:20 AMI've got an existing GLA, which is their SUV version. Maybe stretches the definition of an SUV, but I prefer the additional height. I like the column shift as all you have is P, D, and R. Why take up space in the centre console with a useless stick. If you want additonal ratios then you use the p...
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Mercedes-Benz revs up aerodynamic new A-Class sedan for 2019
Jul 27, 2018, 03:30 PMThis does not look quite correct. "“We didn’t feel the European version was quite right for the European market,”. Shouldn't that be "for the US market"?
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