Yeah, right. I used to live in Melbourne before I got parole and moved to Sydney. The only thing exciting about MEL is the Grand Prix. And the best part about that was snatching it from the Crow Eaters ;-) Grant SYD QF Yours in rugby, not aerial ping pong. At 04:27 PM 13/08/03 +1000, you wrote: >Why MEL? A million reasons come to mind but perhaps most obvious is because >MEL has >more class in it's sewage pipes than SYD could ever hope to have :-) > >Frank > >www.airlinesimulation.com >www.efzed.com.au > > > Grant > > SYD > > QF > > Fan of 'fan of' lines. They often reveal more than the posts. > > Fan of trying to work out why on earth Alireza would want to go to > > Melbourne in the middle of winter > > > > > > At 05:48 PM 12/08/03 -0400, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 8/12/2003 5:13:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > > >gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > ><< All airlines overbook, especially on international services. It's a >basic > > > tenet of revenue management that there will always be no-shos and > > > cancellations, hence more seats are sold than there are seats on the >plane. > > > 99.99% of the time loads will waste and the plane will depart with >everyone > > > on board. Offloads happen but they are very rare. > > > >> > > > > > >Um, I am on the airline list, I know that. I was just pointing out that >QF > > >was doing well and that is why they still rape us here in LA on the price >of > > >tickets to Australia. I have been involved in an off load. Actually, it > > >was a > > >cancelation by US (when they still flew PSA's routes), then an offload >from a > > >UAX Brasilia then back on a later US flight. > > >Say, Grant, want to send me a cheap F, J or Y class ticket LAX-MEL? > >