Upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Holidays:
16 February 2026 - New Zealand cruise on the Carnival Splendor.
12 March 2026 - Three-day cruise, Sydney to Eden return, just to sail on the Discovery Princess.
January - February 2027 - Fly to Singapore for a 28-Day Japan & Southeast Asia Grand Adventure cruise on the Sapphire Princess.
July 2027 - Fly to Auckland for a cruise to Norfolk Island on the Carnival Adventure, then a bit of time in NZ afterwards.

Saturday, 12 October 2013

Flights booked!!

We've taken the big plunge and booked the flights to and from London. The Qantas fares on sale now are just too good to miss - I had allowed $6000 in our budget for two return flights to London and the actual price was $3825.72.  I've paid by BPAY to avoid the outrageous fees Qantas charges for credit card bookings - $30 per person!!  I cannot imagine anyone writing a computer system so complex that it costs 30 cents to process a booking, let alone $30.

Anyway, we'll be leaving Sydney for London on 11 August 2014 and then leaving London to come home on 22 September - basically 6 weeks away from home. 2 weeks of that is on a cruise, but the rest of it is yet to be planned - something to keep me busy for the next 10 months or so!

My next two steps:

  • Go off and book some travel insurance.  
  • Panic about our money for the next couple of days until Qantas (hopefully) tells me that the BPAY worked :-)


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