As I mentioned, we had a bit of an extended stay at the Virgin Australia lounge in Melbourne.  Once we were finally ready to depart, the flight to Sydney was quite uneventf...

We had an early departure from the Park Hyatt Melbourne, which began a very long day of travel.  It started with a taxi in Melbourne, then 2 bus rides, flights from MEL-SYD...

After our journey with Air New Zealand from Christchurch to Melbourne, we headed to the Park Hyatt for the last stay of the trip.  We arrived in the morning, well ...

After a nice brief stay in Christchurch and a wonderful trip in New Zealand, the return portion of our journey was about to begin.  Our Virgin Australia award ticket had us...

The United/Continental merger is a hot topic for those that are frequent travelers on either of those airlines.  It has recently been announced that the 2012 Mileage Plus p...

After we checked out of the lovely Hilton Queenstown, it meant our New Zealand trip nearly at its end.  The final segment of the NZ trip was a flight to Christchurch. ...