On Jun 9, 2005, at 4:03 PM, "Cyclone Wehner"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Australia to Canada to Detroit is hardcore - I'd never do it again,
though
Canadian Airlines is v good ;)
Plus you fly in from Toronto to Detroit in a little plane and they're
always
scary.
The US domestic flight is what pushed it up for me. Last time I got
it cheap
through US Airlines as they needed money bad, but compared to Qantas
the
quality is so poor - old rumbling planes, no movie screen per
passenger with
your own programme, virtual food rations, skinny-a** magazine to read
- that
I wouldn't do that again. From what I hear, best is go via Tokyo/Japan
via
JAL and go direct to Chicago (no LA) but it's not cheap.
Why not go MEL -> LAX on Qantas, and LAX -> DTW on Northwest? 2
non-stops,
no muss, no fuss.
Other than the fact that Qantas' prices are absolutely outrageous, that
is :-)
(Mid-July MEL-LAX on Qantas prices out to AU $2341 == US $1795. What a
rip-off!
Hopefully late May is a little better :-) )
BTW, comparing Qantas (long-haul, 747's, movie screens, etc.) with US
Airways
(short-haul, smaller planes, no movie screens, etc.) is sorta apples to
oranges ...
I could say the same about the puddle-jumper I took between Sydney and
Brisbane :-)
Erm ... anyway. Where were we? Oh yeah - inflated crowd estimates. I
thought
the traditional method was to take an aerial shot from a helicopter or
something,
something that was taken low enough to count individual people, and
count the
number of people in an estimated square area and then multiply it out
to the
total area of Hart Plaza. Hard to believe they could be off by a
factor of 30 ...
- Greg
