29 March 2025
3 flights are better than one?
Virgin Melbourne to Adelaide
There are roughly 6 direct flights a day between Melbourne and Hong Kong. Due to excessive tightarsedness, I have chosen to pretend direct flights do not exist. Note: I made up a word in the very first sentence.
Similarly, there are roughly 50 x 1 stop flights a day between Melbourne and Hong Kong however these are still not convoluted enough for me.
Why not add a huge amount of time and potential for cancellation by inventing a 3 flight method of getting to Hong Kong?
The check in lady at Melbourne airport was very confused when I told her I was going to Hong Kong via Adelaide and Singapore, and said 'hmmm, not sure I have ever checked that one in before, let me see if I can get your bag all the way there' and she could. Well she said she could.
I will find out in about 18 hours time if my bag is waiting for me in Hong Kong.
Anyway, this is the first of a few dribbles of nonsense for today while I have time to kill in airports. The actual flight from Melbourne to Adelaide was non eventful, Virgin Australia put me in an economy x seat, which is their name for fat business men seats they charge slightly extra for, however it being Saturday, no fat business men.
I periodically see this horrific carpet in Melbourne airport getting discussed. It looks like a mass stabbing has occured and they cannot clean it up. Either that or a shark attack, very welcoming.
The view from Adelaide airport, shot through tinted glass with reflections and weird white balance. Nice sunrise today, the 1 hour flight was a bit turbulent leaving Melbourne, which I actually enjoy.
Adelaide airport has had quite a few good upgrades in recent years, I would say it is probably the nicest airport in Australia now, seriously.
In fact even the Virgin lounge is good, the Melbourne and Sydney ones are worse than a 3rd world country zoo, where that country has just undergone a military coup and the starving populace are eating the lions.