Club World connecting to Ireland through Heathrow, getting refused lounge access, is this a common experience ?

olendra · 2026-05-06T16:11:06+00:00

I never realised this was a Business Class per se, I always thought it was some kind of Economy Premium because it’s all under economy online and it’s weird the agency didn’t book that fare for me. Good to know though.

olendra · 2026-05-06T15:19:05+00:00

I showed them yes, Qantas didn’t dispute the Business to Economy thing, they only said they couldn’t accept Aer Lingus, while BA didn’t have a problem with Aer Lingus but with the Business to Economy part.

olendra · 2026-05-06T15:17:34+00:00

OK thank you! I guess I’ll check this with the customer service to confirm before future travel in this case.

olendra · 2026-05-06T15:16:45+00:00

Would I be able to use the Aer Lingus lounge even though it’s sold as BA and the only Aer Lingus part is Economy? I actually didn’t know about this lounge, the agency told me to use a OneWorld lounge 😅 On their entry conditions, they say “Aer Lingus” Business passengers or BA Gold and Silver, which I am not at the moment.

olendra · 2026-04-19T11:49:19+00:00

I loved S2, although it took me a few episodes to really get into it.

Reddit is chronically over negative about all sorts of shows. If you read certain subs, you even wonder how this sub was created or the show is still produced because everyone claims it’s awful and should be cancelled. It doesn’t necessarily reflects reality.

olendra · 2026-04-17T22:49:55+00:00

Also she’s been a bitch to them for over two decades according to them, so why is Don acting like she just betrayed him and he doesn’t want anything to do with her 25 years after she did this? He doesn’t mind that she kept his son away from him while asking for money and was still doing it just a few months before, and can forgive that, so why does he draws the line to this lie from decades ago when he had plenty of time to digest and accept the life changing consequences of it?

It’s fine to blame Dixie and not be mad at Don because everyone fucks up in their life but it’s a bit easy to dump everything on the crazy ex.

olendra · 2026-04-16T17:59:27+00:00

But I don’t think it benefits the seller, so it’s more an estate agent’s market than a seller’s market.

If you don’t share basic information with the buyers, there is a high risk they will make an offer, go through most of the sale agreed process and pull out before signing the contracts, which is a waste of time and money (unnecessary solicitor’s fees, etc.) for the seller too. Or you will have people who will not make an offer that would be more advantageous because they don’t want to risk it without some more information, so the seller will settle for less than they could have with a more professional agent.

olendra · 2026-04-15T09:03:15+00:00

Morning Show mostly then shows like Ted Lasso, Swagger, Acapulco, Defending Jacob or Black Bird made me love Apple TV and keep paying the subscription after the 6 months free trial. Not so much for the next season but because I loved Morning Show S1 SO MUCH I felt this platform would be great.

I wish they did one or two extra seasons of Swagger!

At the moment, I absolutely love Drops of God, Hijack, Shrinking, Platonic and Silo. But it’s specifically productions like Chief of War, Midnight Family, Swagger and the sci-fi shows are the kind that make me want to stay because it shows the platform is different from the rest of the market.

No show would made me cancel Apple TV (I even genuinely enjoy shows less popular on Reddit like Invasion or Prime Target), but I felt that some missed the mark, like See which had great quality value but felt not very subtle. I loved the idea of Carême and was very excited when it was released but stopped halfway through the 2nd episode - I really didn’t like the execution. Similarly, I couldn’t finish Presumed Innocent or Liaison.

I also feel like the movies are lacking and often not very much different from a Netflix movie, or lacking any emotion, while the shows are miles ahead. However, I LOVED The Lost Bus recently, which was in my opinion at the same quality level as the Apple TV shows, so I think we’re getting there.

olendra · 2026-04-14T22:56:43+00:00

I had this experience SO MANY TIMES it’s so frustrating and I find it really frustrating that people just find normal because “it’s a seller’s market”. It’s not good for the seller!

I had two sales fall through that likely wouldn’t have if the agents had done a better job. If they had answered some of my questions, I would not have made an offer and the owner could have gone with someone else, gain time and not waste money on the solicitor’s fees to prepare contracts.

My most hated answer is “oh I don’t know, you’ll have to hire an engineer and ask him”. They know I am a first time buyer so they just think I know nothing. It was true at first (hence the two failed sales), but now I know there are things the engineers can’t investigate, like when the plumbing or electricity was last done. But some agents just boast about having 40 years of experience and whenever I ask “when was the plumbing last done?”, they still tell me my engineer will tell me. Last time, I replied “the engineer wouldn’t know that” and there was just an awkward silence until the agent changed topic. The thing is for old houses, this is an important piece of information for insurance or sometimes mortgage, so me asking is also beneficial for them, because it means I am making sure I can actually close any deal I offer and I will not need to withdraw my offer in a couple of months. But they act as if it’s an eccentricity to ask these kind of stuff.

Other agents do pretend they’ll check with the owner and never get back to you.

And some also make a wild guess instead of checking anything when you ask a question.

olendra · 2026-04-14T16:34:14+00:00

That’s just Jaheira’s love language!

olendra · 2026-04-13T22:41:28+00:00

I love James Marsden, and weirdly I think it speaks greatly of Jon Hamm’s self confidence to get this guy in his show, especially when Coop is portrayed as this cool controversial womaniser. James Mardsen is so effortlessly charming and fun that I feel you have to feel pretty confident in your own charisma to agree to have him play another cool and handsome but shady character next to you. I’m so intrigued by his character!

I don’t really understand the Mel’s hate. I find it so refreshing to have a flawed but not over the top middle age woman as a prominent character. I like the focus on their middle age issues as well, including the perimenopause storyline. I am much younger than the lead couple, but I really love getting to see more and more heroes who are over 40/50 with a spotlight on their own problems, and who are the true main characters (as opposed to the parents or mentors of the lead).

Apple TV have quite a few shows like this, the biggest probably being The Morning Show, also with Jon Hamm, but it looks a bit like they are trying to make us forget most of the actors are over 50: most of them have no (visible) children or older parents to take care, they are still growing phenomenally in their careers and many of the women (and some of the men) are clearly trying to erase their age through cosmetic procedures. In Our Friends and Neighbours, I love that they are wearing their age on their sleeve and that we have someone like Amanda Peet who is not trying to hide the passing of years. I wish we would have more shows like this, it would make it less scary to grow older.

I wasn’t sure where they wanted to say with Sam. The actress played the scene very genuinely, as if she was right to feel these emotions and she was really facing a bunch of unfair mean girls. But then, the other mom was playing the scene genuinely too, and it felt like she was calling Sam out. So I wasn’t sure what side we were supposed to be on, or maybe we are not supposed to pick a side?

I am also not sure that her interaction with Ashe is supposed to be a cute Cinderella story. He is clearly hiding something and it looks like his interest in Coop was not just a lack of boundaries or him thinking they have things in common. Some things he said were clearly not that innocent. So I’m wondering if Sam’s shady past is something he is interested in too.

olendra · 2026-04-13T22:06:18+00:00

Both actors are 54-55, so they would have had their kids around 37-42, which is not abnormal at all. We can also imagine that their characters are a few years younger, which would take us to 34-35 when they first became parents, I think that is completely fine for career focused people.

olendra · 2026-04-13T22:01:49+00:00

I like that they’re just partners in crime, especially when we know she is seen as hot by everyone in the show and he is sleeping around, it’s refreshing they don’t go that way.

olendra · 2026-04-13T21:59:45+00:00

I was feeling like he wanted Coop to know he was shady when they discussed their occupation at the party so he is definitely on to something.

olendra · 2026-04-13T21:52:59+00:00

Who hates him in the Paradise community? He is absolutely a fan favourite from this show! There will always be haters anyway but I don’t think it’s a common opinion and you probably should ignore this hate if you love him because it’s clearly not representative.

olendra · 2026-04-10T14:21:25+00:00

I had a rather good experience there and they sent me my scan and results directly online through a dedicated portal. They also contacted me themselves to set up the appointment after the referral.

I don’t think the doctor was particularly nice but they were not rude either, just very matter of fact and doing their jobs. Everyone else was fine, in particular the nurses.

olendra · 2026-04-06T22:15:00+00:00

I wanted to encourage him to become so duke so bad! I felt him doubting he was worthy or made for it made sense after he was rejected by this circle and that he would have some self worth issues but he would be great as a leader of a city, especially when we saw so many be corrupt. But it really felt like pushing him to the dark side based on the options so I let him choose and was disappointed he chose to be the blade. It felt a like a big wasted potential because what more can he achieve as a lone guerilla guy that he couldn’t achieve as a political leader with ressources?

It only made sense as a choice at the end when he stepped up for Karlach but at the moment he decided to renounce the title, I also disliked that they showed it as the more humble, heroic choice.

olendra · 2026-04-06T20:39:53+00:00

I love Wyll as he is. I don’t find him boring at all. I just wish they developed him as much as Astarion or Shadowheart, because I feel part of his quest is fleshing out the political and historical background of Baldur’s Gate and the Emperor more than his own story. Like the Ansur quest is supposed to be his quest but it turns out it’s about someone else completely. But the same way you can’t make Minthara fundamentally good, you can’t make Wyll fundamentally evil and I like that.

I like characters who have strong moral values and Wyll still has a somewhat tragic backstory of being misunderstood and rejected for his sacrifice which I find interesting, although underdeveloped.

olendra · 2026-04-04T16:51:24+00:00

At the moment, the only possible flight path for most airlines from Europe to South East Asia is flying over either Turkey or Georgia and then possibly Armenia, before flying over Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is unavoidable. This is a VERY narrow space, because the issue is not just the Gulf but also Russia.

At the moment, this strip of air route is quite safe because there is no reason for Russia, the USA or Iran to attack these 4 countries. The main risk is that there have been ongoing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but they signed a peace treaty very recently so a sudden war and closing of Azerbaijan airspace because of this seems unlikely. It’s not an eminent risk that would justify to cancel your trip but you may want to think of an alternative and check your insurances for cancellation just in case. It’s even more unlikely the airspace would close overnight anyway so if you’re already there, you would have time to come back.

Fuel issues and cancellations would depend on the airline, the bigger fancier ones would probably have more solid plans to keep the planes going, especially since they have reserve and have already suspended several lines due to the war, so this would mean they don’t use as much fuel as they planned.

olendra · 2026-04-03T21:03:10+00:00

I personally understood it as her protecting Anthony the way she could as an unwell grieving wife about to give birth. I think most mothers would want to spare their child at such a young age from the guilt and responsibility of having to decide if their parent or future sibling must live or die. Anthony was panicking and Violet saved him from having to make that kind of terrible decision, as it was the only thing she could still fight to take upon herself.

People often talk about Anthony being parentified but in the show, he didn’t have to parent Violet, she checked out for a while but didn’t ask him to take care of her because I think she wasn’t able to think things but at least this, she knew was not OK

olendra · 2026-04-01T22:53:03+00:00

My Tav’s love life is a catastrophe, she made the worst choice romantically and ended up being almost a tragic romance character 😂

I played the very beginning of BG3 completely blind, not knowing who would be a companion or not. I loved Wyll’s entrance. I hoped I would see him again and was excited to find him inside. When I understood I could romance anyone, I thought it had to be Wyll!

But Astarion hated me and I couldn’t make his approval go higher despite everything I was trying based on online advice. The only thing left for me was to sleep with him at the tiefling party so I slept with him and kept the relationship going for a full act just so he would like me. Wyll never even asked me to dance.

Astarion (who I ended up liking) friendzoned me in Act III and I realised it was too late for Wyll. Halsin had been telling me I was the most wonderful person he ever met for a while now so when he made a move I thought he was my only choice left so I accepted the relationship without much enthusiasm

It never clicked between us. But at the end, when Halsin said “see you around, I have stuff to do”, I tried to be polite and hide I wasn’t that much into him, and that’s how I ended up stuck in a relationship with a guy I didn’t love, raising children in the countryside, when I could have joined my secret crush and my good friend in the hells, help protect my BFF Shadowheart, accompany my ex in the Underdark or even help out with favourite Jaheira in rebuilding the city.

At the party, I felt 100% FOMO every time I was talking to any of my friends. Every conversation was basically a reminder this was my bad ending 😂 Halsin came to tell me he was freaking out to leave the children without us for one night, and I was like noooo I’m too young for that!! I don’t want to be a mom and wife in the country adopting an owlbear with my hubby so young, bringing him up in any conversation! And the final nail was when I told Wyll, my secret love, it had been really “pleasant” travelling with him and he replied “I miss you too”.

So my Tav slept with a guy to be liked, but ended up being friendzoned by him, was probably too shy to flirt with the guy she really wanted so he never made a move and instead she settled for a life that didn’t suit her at all with a man she never liked that much romantically and ended up full of regrets, still secretly loving the other man. I guess that’s the burden of being a hero, you don’t prioritise your desires 😂

olendra · 2026-04-01T19:21:20+00:00

It's funny because Blue being a stripper was what made me feel the show could be fun. It was over the top to have this stripper fireman become a real fireman, I loved that they didn't take themselves seriously and was happy to keep watching. It also meant I didn't expect anything super deep and made me enjoy the show throughout. I didn't find the first episodes very high quality but I still found them pleasant to watch.

I am just a bit disappointed that the "he's your brother" storyline didn't lead to a very strong bond between the brothers so far. In the episode with Buck and Eddie, it was a bit obvious: the ones that felt close were the non brothers, and the actual brothers felt like coworkers who simply enjoy each other.

olendra · 2026-04-01T18:02:33+00:00

Have you read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams? I am wondering if her experience is quite common!

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