I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
excellent Xmas and a happy new year.

On 14/12/2022 9:53 pm, Keithr0 wrote:
> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.

Thanks Keith, have a great Christmas.

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Daryl

On 14/12/2022 9:53 pm, Keithr0 wrote:
> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.

Merry Christmas. Have fun.
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Regards,
Noddy.

On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.

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Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
hope?. (trick question)
I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.

On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
> hope?. (trick question)
>   I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
>
Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
Oddly enough the cheapest flight from Melb to NZ was about $1200 but it
for some strange reason it went via Adelaide, very very odd.

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Daryl

On 14/12/2022 6:53 pm, Keithr0 wrote:
> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.

Thank you, same to you. Have a good trip.

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keith on the 7 Oct 2021 wrote;
"He asserts that the claim is true, so, if
it is unproven, he is lying."

On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
>>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>   Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
>> hope?. (trick question)
>>    I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
>>
> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
> before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
> I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
> Oddly enough the cheapest flight from Melb to NZ was about $1200 but it
> for some strange reason it went via Adelaide, very very odd.
>
That's *exactly* why it was cheap. That was a milk run flight. It enters
Australia at Melbourne, flies on to Adelaide, then returns to New
Zealand. Lots of inbound flights to Australia operate that way. Thai
International, for instance, used to enter Brisbane, then on to
Melbourne and, from Melbourne, fly direct back to Bkk. Before that they
flew Bkk-Melb-Bkk, no Brisbane stopover.

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Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
>>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>   Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
>> hope?. (trick question)
>>    I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
>>
> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
> before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
> I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

The wife took the mother in law over for a ten day "farewell tour" a few
weeks ago. They flew business class because they wanted to make it a bit
special, and the return tickets for the pair of them was seven and a
half thousand bucks.

> Oddly enough the cheapest flight from Melb to NZ was about $1200 but it
> for some strange reason it went via Adelaide, very very odd.

Yep. There's very little sense behind any of it at the moment.

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Regards,
Noddy.

On 15/12/2022 5:39 pm, Noddy wrote:
> On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
>> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
>>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
>>>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>   Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
>>> hope?. (trick question)
>>>    I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
>>>
>> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
>> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
>> before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
>> I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
>
> Yeah, it's ridiculous.
>
> The wife took the mother in law over for a ten day "farewell tour" a few
> weeks ago. They flew business class because they wanted to make it a bit
> special, and the return tickets for the pair of them was seven and a
> half thousand bucks.
>

Fark, that's crazy.
I've seen return flights to the UK for 2 people flying premium economy
and the total price was around $8k.
We would like to go OS around the middle of next year but we won't be
going anywhere unless prices settle down a bit.

--
Daryl

On 15/12/2022 8:54 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 15/12/2022 5:39 pm, Noddy wrote:
>> On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
>>>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>>>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody
>>>>> an excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>   Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
>>>> hope?. (trick question)
>>>>    I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this
>>>> year.
>>>>
>>> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
>>> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing
>>> just before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per
>>> person, I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
>>
>> Yeah, it's ridiculous.
>>
>> The wife took the mother in law over for a ten day "farewell tour" a
>> few weeks ago. They flew business class because they wanted to make it
>> a bit special, and the return tickets for the pair of them was seven
>> and a half thousand bucks.
>>
>
> Fark, that's crazy.

Yep. It's pretty fucked up for a 3 and half hour flight, but that's what
they wanted to do.

> I've seen return flights to the UK for 2 people flying premium economy
> and the total price was around $8k.
> We would like to go OS around the middle of next year but we won't be
> going anywhere unless prices settle down a bit.

It's going to be some time I think, as everyone's taking advantage of
the fucked up state the world finds itself in at the moment to set new
benchmarks in pricing.

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Regards,
Noddy.

On Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
> On 15/12/2022 5:39 pm, Noddy wrote:
> > On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
> >> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
> >>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
> >>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
> >>>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
> >>>
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
> >>> hope?. (trick question)
> >>> I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
> >>>
> >> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
> >> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
> >> before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
> >> I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
> >
> > Yeah, it's ridiculous.
> >
> > The wife took the mother in law over for a ten day "farewell tour" a few
> > weeks ago. They flew business class because they wanted to make it a bit
> > special, and the return tickets for the pair of them was seven and a
> > half thousand bucks.
> >
> Fark, that's crazy.
> I've seen return flights to the UK for 2 people flying premium economy
> and the total price was around $8k.
> We would like to go OS around the middle of next year but we won't be
> going anywhere unless prices settle down a bit.
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Considering my last trip SYD to CHCH was $320 return, its unreal.
The best I could get was over $1000 for me only. :(
>
>
> --
> Daryl

On 15/12/2022 10:08 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
>> On 15/12/2022 5:39 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>> On 15/12/2022 3:47 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 15/12/2022 3:27 pm, jonz wrote:
>>>>> On 12/14/2022 9:53 PM, Keithr0 wrote:
>>>>>> I'm off to the land of the long white jonz so I'll wish everybody an
>>>>>> excellent Xmas and a happy new year.
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> Right back at you Keith, ;)...Yer going to the mainland one would
>>>>> hope?. (trick question)
>>>>> I couldn`t get a reasonably priced ticket, so staying here this year.
>>>>>
>>>> Flights I've priced recently are generally very expensive unless you
>>>> book a long time in advance, I checked Melb to Auckland departing just
>>>> before Christmas and the price was nuts at $1800.00 return per person,
>>>> I've paid a lot less than that to go to London return.
>>>
>>> Yeah, it's ridiculous.
>>>
>>> The wife took the mother in law over for a ten day "farewell tour" a few
>>> weeks ago. They flew business class because they wanted to make it a bit
>>> special, and the return tickets for the pair of them was seven and a
>>> half thousand bucks.
>>>
>> Fark, that's crazy.
>> I've seen return flights to the UK for 2 people flying premium economy
>> and the total price was around $8k.
>> We would like to go OS around the middle of next year but we won't be
>> going anywhere unless prices settle down a bit.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Considering my last trip SYD to CHCH was $320 return, its unreal.
> The best I could get was over $1000 for me only. :(

Certainly makes it very expensive.
We did Melb Bris return last March, total cost for 2 people was $400.00,
last time I checked the price was triple at about $1200.00.

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Daryl