| AFF Community Round-Up |
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| Featured AFF Member Trip Reports |
| Koyo Chasing in Tohoku Japan (#9) and some last minute shenanigans |
| Trip report by rbjhan | So I actually booked this trip back in Jan 2019. Everything was set, I am flying JL774 to Narita in two weeks' time, 2 nights in Nikko, then 5 nights in Miyagi prefecture, back to Tokyo for 2 days then take the Sunrise Express sleeper train to Okayama, before flying from Takamatsu to Hong Kong, then VA58 back to Melbourne. read more... |
| Ibis Budget Sydney Airport |
| Hotel review by kurtislee09 | The hotel is sitting right next to the more superior Mantra Hotel, which also belongs to Accorhotels. The reception and lobby area is relatively small, making it hard for guest to pass through when it gets busy. First impression was this actually feels like a budget hotel (and in fact it is). read more... |
| AFF Member Profile |
This week, we interviewed AFF member takenbyaliens from Brisbane/Beijing. takenbyaliens joined Australian Frequent Flyer in 2015 and has so far made 85 posts.
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| Q: Most recent flight? |
A: From Beijing to Huai'an on China United Airlines out of PKX. Before that up to Beijing on QF107. Generally fly with Qantas but recently also did a short notice flight to Beijing on China Southern... boy have they upped their game!
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| Q: What's still on your bucket list? |
A: Finish the Silk Road I started in 2016. Down through the 'Stans to Istanbul. Got as far as the border between China and Kyrgyzstan last time so a bit to go. Why? Totally full of history!
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| Q: What's one thing you would never travel overseas without? |
A: In Asia it's my APEC card as it gets me into just about anywhere I need to go (and usually quickly at the the airports ). I figure if I have my passport, a phone, a charger and my wallet I can do just about anything.
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| Q: What's the origin of your AFF handle? |
A: Came home sick during the SARS outbreak. Went to my doctor who called the ambulance. They arrived in space suits and ushered me off to an isolation room where I stayed unbeknown to anyone other than my wife. I totally disappeared from sight for a week! Anyone who came into my room had to wear double exclusion suits and dump them at various points on the way out. Suspected SARS but turned out to be a very nasty Influenza A virus. Hence 'takenbyaliens'.
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| Q: Favourite thread on AFF? |
A: I tend to wander around the site a bit but do appreciate Ask the Pilot. Despite my 600 odd sectors I am still stunned by the enormity of sitting in a great long metal tube flying through the air at a rate of knots!
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