In Reply to: Now Air Australia posted by Pat15 on Tuesday, 1. November 2011 at 13:23 Bali Time:
Flew to Bali early Sept to spend six weeks in Bali working with Orphanages and the Bali Kids Medical Centre.
As usual Strategic came out tops with their 23kg allowance per person plus because we do proven Charity work in Bali we were granted another 10kgs each. That was a total of 165kgs of medical items and linen. That is an amazing amount to be able to donate. Eight suitcases jammed packed.
We also had a letter from BaliKids listing our items in case there was an issue at Customs.
Food was simple but great, and movies were current ie :"Red Dog"
My son was due to fly back with Strategic and got sick before leaving Bali. Had to fly back with Virgin still suffering from dehydration. He has No Credit card, and Virgin refused to accept money payment for drinks or food. The people in his row did not even offer to buy him a drink knowing the situation. He spent almost seven hours on the flight with no drinks at all. I thought that this was outrageous. The Virgin flight was 11th Oct. Maybe it is an individual decision by cabin crew.
Whatever they call Strategic,or choose to do, I will be staying with them. Their changes should settle down soon.