Guest Darren Masters Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 I have booked today a return trip for Emma and I to the Gold Coast for the day on Saturday 9th Feb. Can't beat those Happy Hour fares at $49 one way each. Even cheaper than the old 'mystery flights' although this one was not much of a mystery as I knew where I was booking the flight to. Details are: DJ 503 DEP SYD 0705 SAT 9th FEB RETURN DJ 524 DEP OOL 1835 SAT 9TH FEB Trip report and pics will follow. They have quite a few good sale fares on their new Embraer jets too to Port Macquarie and Albury for $69 one way.
Guest OzChris Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Hey, thats great Darren - Hope you guyz have an awesome time!! Looking forward to seeing some pics and hearing all about it... :D
Guest Chainsaw Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Daz, you and Emma had better behave on board. I'll be watching you too very carefully via Planeplotter. Knowing you two, one's imagination runs wild. LOL
Guest Darren Masters Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Report coming later this evening.
Guest Darren Masters Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Hello all. Here is the trip report as promised. It was an early start for us getting up at 0400 to make our way out to Sydney Airport for an 0700 departure. Showered and all the rest of it then made the trip out in the car in the driving rain which, by the way, has not stopped for the last few weeks. Made it to the terminal in plenty of time. Used the self-check in which works very well. Scored seats 21E and F (window) in VH-VBT (Boeing 737-700). Right up the back too. Boarding gate was 32. Captain was capt Blair. Have a look at the view out of the window in stinkin' Sydney while waiting to push back. It was then time to make the long taxii over to RWY 16L for a straight out departure and then left hand turn on course for Coolangatta. Below is the view out of the window on take off. There was a few bumps about in the sky too at this point!!! After tracking a few more miles to the North and gaining a little more altitude, things started to get a little brighter. We say hello to some friends in Taree below. Laurieton and Port Macquarie in the morning sun. Descent into Coolangatta. Touchdown! Our bird VH-VBT. Emma and I love Kitty O'Sheas on Cavill Ave. I could not help myself with the Meter Maids!! Emma with Chinese Princess for Chinese New Year. Emma has found a new man. "Get this damn photo over with", she says. A shot of both of us. Then we had to make our way back to Coolangatta Airport. Virgin had called us through the day to say that our flight DJ 524 has been canceled and that we could get on a bus (at their expense) and make our way to Brisbane and get DJ 272 home from Brisbane at 2000. The only other choice was to stay the night (at their expense) and fly home from Coolangatta the next day. We could not do it this time as we were nowhere near prepared to stay the night. I commend Virgin Blue on the way they look after their passengers though. While at Coolangatta waiting for the connecting coach to Brisbane I spotted Mineralogy MD82 VP-CBH at one of the parking areas. We then made the 1-and-a-bit hr trip to Brisvegas. Checked in again (Automatically) and had seats 27 E and F once again (window). Boarded at gate 43 Brisvegas. Aircraft this time was Boeing 737-800 VH-VOU. Captain this time was capt. Richard. Altitude home was 40,000ft with an average speed of 823km/h. Passed East of Glenn Inness and almost directly over Armidale. Commenced descent just South of Newcastle for a scenic city landing on 16R. Funnily enough when we hopped out of the aircraft in Sydney it was cold and raining...still. Gold Coast was a lovely sunny 30 degrees. An awesome day all in all. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. Grab yourselves some of those cheap 'happy hour' Virgin Blue fares and go for the day. You won't regret it. Albury trip report on Virgin Blue Embraer E170 to come tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed the trip report.
Guest Chainsaw Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Fantastic Daz! So Emma is a meta-maid eh? The best one she is. Great report mate, thanks for sharing :)
Guest OzChris Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Great Darren - sounds like you guys had a blast!! Couldnt you get better shots of the meter maids? :lol: that damn telephone booth!! :roll: Fantastic behaviour on VB's part - keeping you informed and giving you options, awesome to hear!! Particularly in view of Jetstar and Tiger's actions lately...great to hear! Thanks for sharing Darren...
Guest Glenn Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Great shots. Hmm meter maids hey. Looks like you were hiding so they couldn't see you snap a shot lol Thanks for the report
Guest OzChris Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Just trying to see what is written on those 'shorts' :shock: :shock: :shock:
Guest Glenn Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 didn't look up that far to notice writing
Guest Darren Masters Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Ha ha ha :lol: Thanks guys. Glenn, you hit the nail on the head. I was hiding so they (and Emma) would not see me taking the shot :lol: Something about 'free ride' on their shorts??? Hmmmm. Thanks again for the comments. Albury trip report to come.
Guest OzChris Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Something about 'free ride' on their shorts??? it just keeps gettin better! :lol:
Uncle Chop Chop Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Fantastic Report Darren. Great to see you are back on your feet.
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