On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:01:44 -0400, Reef Fish
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>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:32:41 -0400, Reef Fish
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:47:27 +1000, David Strike
>><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>(snip)
>>>
>>>
>>>Now bear in mind that this is the height of the OZ summer.  You'll need
>to
>>>plunge into Shelley Beach just to get cool -
>>
>>Your hyperbole, together with Mika's overestimate of a 75F when
>>it'a unlikwly ro hir 70F, it does give me something to relate to
>>the Mola Mola dive which you missed :-)  The water was estimated
>>to be 70F but turned out to be 75F and I survived the entire
>>dive in my 1 mil titanium. :-)  But wots the chance of seeing a
>>Mola at Shalley in Feb.?   :-))  Although I have virtually
>>unlimited luggage allowance (to include any dive gears) from
>>Auckland to Sydney on da crooose, I would have to check very
>>carefully whether my TWO pieces of 70 lb allowance on Continental
>>is applicable for the Qantas tickie (booked by Continental) from
>>LAX to Auckland.  :)  The last time I flew to Sydney from Cairnes,
>>Sue and I left TWO 70 pieces of 70lb bags in Cairns, and STILL
>>had to pack very carefully to make the abominably stringent luggage
>>limits on Qantas!
>
>The Qantas Bastas have completed foiled any OZ flying plans I had
>previously envisioned possible!
>
>First and foremost:  my CHECKED luggage limitation will be
>one bag of 20 kilos.  And since I am not interested in paying $40
>per extra kilo, and my empty luggage weighs about 8 kilos :-),
>that means I'll have to travel NAKED during most of my 4 weeks
>in NZ-OZ.
>
>>
>>And if Mika can make his DUAL mini-NEDfest in Janurary at Perth,
>>what are the changes of having a Strike at Perth?  (A dangle of
>>a freebie Qantas tickie is not entirely out of the question :-)).
>
>Nevermind that potential "dangle"!  :-)   I could even dangle
>MYSELF into a CO freebie on Qantas within OZ!  or between NZ and
>OZ!

The "could" of course was supposed to be COULDN'T.

The Qantas-CO partnership works this way -- I can use CO FFMs
for Qantas INTERNATIONAL flights to the US, and those ONLY,
unless it's a connecting flight within OZ.

The tricky Aussies plugged the lopehole of me using CO FFMs
to fly all over OZ and NZ.  :-)

Not only that, but if they stick strictly to the 7 kilo for
carry-on, then I'll have less than 1 lb allowance for my
weight allowance above that of my laptop and its leather
carrier.  :-)

That reminds me of a 4-day Bahamas cruise once in which ALL
my luggage didn't get there, and for 4 days my only clothing
was two pairs of swimming trunks purchased the last minute
at the Freeport Flea Market -- one for diving, and the other
one for wear the remaining time.  :-))

One saving grace of the Auckland-Sydney cruise is that my
Elite status (if I make it by then) will include unlimited
free laundry and dry clean during the cruise, so that my
one penguine suit (for MANDATORY formal dinner wear) may
suffice for the entire cruise.  :-)

That may be my attire for the Strike's Reef Fest.  Heehee.

da Feeesh.


>
>So, the REALTY of Qantas sets in.  My OZ plans will be limited to
>TWO (Sue and moi) naked passengers in some 1-day mini OZ2006
>Nedfest at Strike's Reef during Feb [1-6] 2006.  But I have
>UNLIMITED crooze ship weight allowance to bring all the kangaroos
>wambats and Tim Tams from Auckland, NZ!  :-)
>
>-- Bob.