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At the moment there’s not a great choice of what one can do with super when it’s placed into pension phase
Take it as a lump sum and blow it and go on age pension ….
So the ODI in Adelaide was awful batting by Australia followed by Perth fail. Pakistan win 2-1
Tonight in Hobart Twas a thumping win to Australia 3-0 winners
Stonis an exhilarating 61no
Including a six right abouve our heads in the Members Pavilion ...
So the CL is closed
The section behind my table here is set aside for CL
Amusingly it used to be the young kids space. The irony
The TV is the boundary. The CL is in the distance
Classy
Didn’t take any of the immediate front section. Cause it’s relatively full
The Beach Hut wine sounds fetch
Flyer de lys by Seppelts be ONE of my favourites (sparkling)
Koonunga Hill. Pengolds prob the lowest on their scale ?
It’s a real pity this issue wasn’t rectified during the Reno
Especially since they no longer allow non-flying visitors you have already diminished the Group volumes.
Aside they ought have SOME idea of the pattern of travellers (solo to couples to family groups etc) to know how to configure...
The dom J wines are IDENTICAL to the QF Club wines so
Perhaps as part of improving the customer experience they COULD improve both J & Y wine offerings
I’ll suss out the wine selection
Perhaps
Perhaps they’ll line up premium wines as a lead up to the never seen before business lounge of Adelaide. (Livin’ in hope) for the inconvenience suffered over the next 6 months
Yeah my friend sent me the ET link
I’ll see for myself tomorrow
All the outbound post Supercars final 2024 event will be crammed in like sardines on a Sunday night
Fly at your peril
Why WOULD anyone EXPECT Qantas group to FLY through ash clouds ??
If safety is their highest priority ?
Now while this might NOT happen it’s a salient lesson for those who wish to fly through ash clouds
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009
After JASA
This had been my preferred strategy as it made sense to aim to get it early and then get closer to two years of Flounges while spending squat all on airfares (points redemptions)
During the middle period in between the end of JASA and the beginning of Points Club it was a way to...
i was aware of one "of us" who I thought had dropped to WP
the group likely P1 are the pollies, senior public servants (SES) and others who do FIFO style work - or international jaunts several times a year