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Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
wow i love this thread!!:thumbsup:
Best wishes to all those who have landed in the UK and i too am looking forward to your updates. I'm heading home 12th March into Manchester...anyone else heading home then? I can't wait and these final couple of weeks are dragging and i'm spending most of my time on BE reading posts! Anyone else going home before me? |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Sentosa
(Post 9193826)
Arrived safely after a good flight managed to get some sleep we had 4 seats between the 2 of us. Gatwick was misty and gray , and still rather gray this afternoon, but saw my first snowdrops and daffodils are all in bud. Doesn't feel too cold not as cold as Florida as been this winter.
Nothing like spring flowers in the UK. :wub: Great news on your seats, hope I am so lucky. :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by fatcat65
(Post 9194119)
wow i love this thread!!:thumbsup:
Best wishes to all those who have landed in the UK and i too am looking forward to your updates. I'm heading home 12th March into Manchester...anyone else heading home then? I can't wait and these final couple of weeks are dragging and i'm spending most of my time on BE reading posts! Anyone else going home before me? |
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Congrats Sentosa, on your 'landing'. Must feel bloody brilliant! Lovely of you to post so quickly to put us out of our misery!
Congrats also to our lovely Don and Tim. Cant wait to hear from them. Bee, you next. Wow, where has the time gone...All the best :wub: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Sentosa
(Post 9193826)
Arrived safely after a good flight managed to get some sleep we had 4 seats between the 2 of us. Gatwick was misty and gray , and still rather gray this afternoon, but saw my first snowdrops and daffodils are all in bud. Doesn't feel too cold not as cold as Florida as been this winter.
Congrats!! Hope you're getting some rest now :) |
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Thanks Sentosa for letting us all know.............I guess the weather is a bit yuck in that area but hey go have a pastie some where and a nice cuppa...........all be okay.
Gosh I bet Don is so excited.......... Barb are you freaking out yet......:eek: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Sentosa
(Post 9193826)
Arrived safely after a good flight managed to get some sleep we had 4 seats between the 2 of us. Gatwick was misty and gray , and still rather gray this afternoon, but saw my first snowdrops and daffodils are all in bud. Doesn't feel too cold not as cold as Florida as been this winter.
I can't wait for the spring its my fav time of year:D |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9194926)
Yes me I am only here for another 3 sleeps. :eek:
B x |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by MnB
(Post 9199904)
Safe travels & happy landings :thumbsup: 'see you soon'!
B x Well I can't believe the time has finally come from when I was marking off say 60 days on my work calendar to now.......one sleep to go. :eek: My boss phoned me yesterday and said I am to stay on the payroll on leave without pay while they work out the logistics of this job and he will email my contract, it's all sounding very positive, but I did gently remind him that while I am happy to stay on leave without pay it can't be indefinitely as I will need an income, just a gentle nudge. ;) I had a really nice day yesterday with my friend from Liverpool, I was only going to stay for an hour or 2 but it turned into 6 hours of yacking LOL!! :lol: She is one of those really unfortunate people who is truly trapped here in Australia and hates it. I felt so sad for her as I drove off and counted my blessings that I have this opportunity.......... |
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9199920)
Oh yes I will be the next homing pigeon. :thumbsup:
Well I can't believe the time has finally come from when I was marking off say 60 days on my work calendar to now.......one sleep to go. :eek: My boss phoned me yesterday and said I am to stay on the payroll on leave without pay while they work out the logistics of this job and he will email my contract, it's all sounding very positive, but I did gently remind him that while I am happy to stay on leave without pay it can't be indefinitely as I will need an income, just a gentle nudge. ;) I had a really nice day yesterday with my friend from Liverpool, I was only going to stay for an hour or 2 but it turned into 6 hours of yacking LOL!! :lol: She is one of those really unfortunate people who is truly trapped here in Australia and hates it. I felt so sad for her as I drove off and counted my blessings that I have this opportunity.......... I look forward to hearing your news from 'the other side' and best of luck with your 'new' life back home! Nicky x |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9199920)
Oh yes I will be the next homing pigeon. :thumbsup:
Well I can't believe the time has finally come from when I was marking off say 60 days on my work calendar to now.......one sleep to go. :eek: My boss phoned me yesterday and said I am to stay on the payroll on leave without pay while they work out the logistics of this job and he will email my contract, it's all sounding very positive, but I did gently remind him that while I am happy to stay on leave without pay it can't be indefinitely as I will need an income, just a gentle nudge. ;) I had a really nice day yesterday with my friend from Liverpool, I was only going to stay for an hour or 2 but it turned into 6 hours of yacking LOL!! :lol: She is one of those really unfortunate people who is truly trapped here in Australia and hates it. I felt so sad for her as I drove off and counted my blessings that I have this opportunity.......... |
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Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9200684)
Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: Wonderful news! On a guilt trip as forgot to track your flight (not sure if you posted your flight details?) There are so many threads it's hard to keep up! Enjoy your new life back in Blighty and do keep us posted as to how you are settling down :) |
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Bon Voyage, Beedubya as you return from Sydney to Manchester via Abu Dhabi!
(I had to connect via Abu Dhabi airport a few years ago, not sure if it's been updated but the flight connection waiting area was strange....round and like an mushroom with green and white tiles everywhere and nothing to do apart from buy expensive coffee!) Difficult to work out which flights Beedubya will be on (did she post her flight # anywhere?) but I think they are: Depart on Etihad Airways 26 FEB (almost a day ahead of UK and USA) SYD to AUH on EY 455 (dep SYD local time 9.50pm, arrive AUH 05.40am) 27 FEB: AUH to MAN on EY15 Track flights on the Etihad Airways website or on Flightstats.co.uk or Flightaware.com |
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Thanks everybody, well I cannot believe it has gone from my 60 sleeps countdown to NONE!!!:eek:
It is 5am here Saturday morning and for some strange reason I cannot get back to sleep. :lol: My best friend is coming at lunchtime with her partner to pick me up as I DO NOT want my daughter and kids at the airport........ Soooooo Etihad here I come. EY 6451 depart SYDNEY at 1605 arrive ABU DHABI 2340 EY 015 depart ABU DHABI at 0215 arrive MANCHESTER 0615 :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9200684)
Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9201663)
Thanks everybody, well I cannot believe it has gone from my 60 sleeps countdown to NONE!!!:eek:
It is 5am here Saturday morning and for some strange reason I cannot get back to sleep. :lol: My bf is coming at lunchtime with her partner to pick me up as I DO NOT want my daughter and kids at the airport........ Soooooo Etihad here I come. EY 6451 depart SYDNEY at 1605 arrive ABU DHABI 2340 EY 015 depart ABU DHABI at 0215 arrive MANCHESTER 0615 :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9200684)
Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: Welcome Home! Poppycat. I hope it all goes brilliantly for you now you have your feet on home soil again! |
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Hey Poppycat, so happy you made it back safely!!
Barb, wow, all i can say is have a wonderful safe trip......get in touch with us as soon as you can! |
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OK Bee is on the way! Another one down!
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Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9201663)
Thanks everybody, well I cannot believe it has gone from my 60 sleeps countdown to NONE!!!:eek:
It is 5am here Saturday morning and for some strange reason I cannot get back to sleep. :lol: My best friend is coming at lunchtime with her partner to pick me up as I DO NOT want my daughter and kids at the airport........ Soooooo Etihad here I come. EY 6451 depart SYDNEY at 1605 arrive ABU DHABI 2340 EY 015 depart ABU DHABI at 0215 arrive MANCHESTER 0615 :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9200684)
Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: |
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Barb should have left on the last leg 45" ago
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Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9200684)
Hi all.....a quick update from the UK. Arrived in Manchester Wed am - dog and I intact. It was drizzling with rain in Manchester, but it was a welcome relief from dusty, arid AZ.
For those returning to Manchester with a pet, I can't praise the clearing Agents, Pets On Jets, enough. They've been a wonderful source of support and advice throughout the final stages of the DEFRA process. Got a ride from them up to Scotland and arrived safe & sound, if a trifle jet-lagged, mid afternoon. It's raining and windy today, but who cares? I'm home! :D Barb, I think you're next? Best wishes for a safe flight, happy landings and exciting new beginnings! :thumbsup: What part of Scotland are you headed for? |
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Originally Posted by brits1
(Post 9203787)
welcome home....we arrived in manchester and picked our dog up from the airport as well.....they were lovely people and our dog was really fussed.....spring is on its way...lighter nights etc....best of wishes
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Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9203999)
Barb should have left on the last leg 45" ago
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Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9203999)
Barb should have left on the last leg 45" ago
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Originally Posted by quoll
(Post 9204341)
Flying towards Mannheim according to flight radar just south of Nuremburg. Nearly there!
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Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9204353)
What webpage are you looking at? Last time I looked they said the positioning device had been turned off. I can understand why with some of the countries they were flying over. What do I know?
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Well, she arrived right on time!
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Correct Quoll!!! Arrived right on time, not the best flight I have ever had, but I am home. Terrible saying goodbye to my daughter and kids, but it is done now, got really bad on the plane crying and so on.:(
The weather is grey and rainy and a bit cold. I tried to sleep for a few hours but am over tired now. My 2 sisters picked me up, just waiting for my mum and brother and his wife to come around and a few others will pop in. Will check in again when my head gets back into the right time zone, its all a bit fuzzy at the moment. |
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Originally Posted by windsong
(Post 9204075)
SO glad you are back home, PoppyCat - both you and doggie. I must look into Pets and Jets myself for my own return.
What part of Scotland are you headed for? Welcome home, Barb! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9204830)
Correct Quoll!!! Arrived right on time, not the best flight I have ever had, but I am home. Terrible saying goodbye to my daughter and kids, but it is done now, got really bad on the plane crying and so on.:(
The weather is grey and rainy and a bit cold. I tried to sleep for a few hours but am over tired now. My 2 sisters picked me up, just waiting for my mum and brother and his wife to come around and a few others will pop in. Will check in again when my head gets back into the right time zone, its all a bit fuzzy at the moment. B x |
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wow Bea you are really with it! Well maybe just in some ways. What you have gone through in the last few days and I would think you are living on nerves right now. Keep posting and get plenty of rest and it should take about a week to bring yourself around.
How nice to get to see your mom. Welcome Home |
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Great news you are both home safe poppycat and Bee. :thumbsup:
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glad your back safe and sound and all is well.
Two weeks time and i'll be home too.... can't wait! Upset at having to leave my hubby and oldest son for a few months though but it will be worth it in the end. Get plenty of sleep and eat all that yummy food you've missed whilst being away! xx:thumbsup: |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9204853)
Thank you for your good wishes, windsong and charleygirl. :) Windsong, I'm in Edinburgh. BTW, you have to accompany your pet when entering the UK via Manchester. I flew with Continental, and the Cargo Agents at check-in and, in flight, the cabin crew and even the Captain were wonderfully reassuring regarding my dog. He was the only animal on both flights, so I was concerned they remembered they were carrying an animal and that there was heating 'down below'. My dog has settled really well; no ill-effects at all...unlike me, who is still jet-lagged. I keep waking up at 3am, hungry for dinner. :p
Welcome home, Barb! :thumbsup: Poppycat - I was raised in Edinburgh and it is one place I am considering returning to - in addition to Somerset in England :) If you and doggie flew on Continental what role did Pets in Jets play in all this? Are they the ones who took care of all the DFREA paperwork? I have two dogs and two cats that are all returning with me. I thought of going on the Queen Mary but if I hear enough reports about doggies and kitties doing okay on the plane, I may go that way. I'm just not sure I would be allowed to take four animals on the same plane with me. I ought to call and find out. |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by windsong
(Post 9205693)
If you and doggie flew on Continental what role did Pets in Jets play in all this? Are they the ones who took care of all the DFREA paperwork?.
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Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Originally Posted by poppycat
(Post 9205951)
Hi windsong. Pets on Jets are the clearing agents for UK Customs @ Manchester Airport and, although they don't clear animals for Continental (Continental use a company called PBS), all dogs, cats and ferrets arriving at Manchester Airport are ultimately picked up from the Pets on Jets facility. Pets on Jets don't do the DEFRA paperwork - you can either do it yourself (as I chose to do) or, if you're using a pet transportation company, that company will do the paperwork (or at least talk you through it to ensure the process is carried out in the correct order). However, it's very easy to complete the paperwork yourself; personally I didn't think employing the services of a pet transportation company was worth the money. As for my own involvement with Pets on Jets, even although they are not the clearing agents for Continental Airlines, while I was still State-side I contacted them during the final stages of the process to double-check I had crossed all the 'T's' and dotted all the 'I's' and they told me they'd be happy to review all my paperwork to ensure everything was in order prior to my arrival. I scanned and emailed everything to them. Also, I was travelling solo with heavy luggage, and when I mentioned that to them they very kindly offered to meet me on arrival at the airport and take me first to Servisair to collect the Release paperwork for my dog, and then drive me to their facility to pick up my dog. Further, they offered to drive me to Scotland for a nominal fee, so my journey was effectively door-to-door (from the airport direct to my sister's house). :D
I haven't started the DFREA paperwork yet as I have a while to go but considering starting it this year. I must admit to being a bit intimidated by the whole process but it sounds as if it isn't too bad - not just the paperwork but the shots for the pets, the tests - the whole works. PS - How does doggie seem to like the UK so far :) |
Re: The 'Bon Voyage' Thread! - Flight Tracker!
Welcome Home Poppycat and Barb!!
Your dreams came true:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: |
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