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Andrew Ferrier
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UK native citizen and resident. Live in London. Fluent English speaker, some smatterings of other languages.

Experienced business traveller, travelled extensively to North America and Europe. Some travel further afield to Australia, Asia, Africa, and S. America. Frequent flyer/hotel stayer with various chains and alliances.

Favourite destinations: Vienna, Iceland, W. Coast of the USA, Bangkok, Dubai.

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Are there still any advantages to using an Oyster card for travel in London?
Aug 16, 2015
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Why do airplanes at every airport disembark at the left (port) side?
Apr 22, 2013
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What are the rates posted on hotel room doors / in the lobby for?
Feb 6, 2013
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What do I lose by not booking flights through a travel agent?
Sep 11, 2014
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How to get from Heathrow Airport to King's Cross, London?
Apr 29, 2013
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What's the typical microclimate in the aircraft passenger cabin?
Sep 11, 2014
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Are there any advantages to boarding a flight near the end of the boarding process?
Aug 12, 2013
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Is it reasonable / expected that French 'driving accessories' are provided with a rental car?
Feb 4, 2022
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Is there a ZIP code I can enter when paying-at-the-pump in the USA with a foreign credit card?
Jan 8, 2013
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Does leaving mini-bag-tag stickers on your luggage confuse airport bagging handling?
May 22, 2013
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Are questions about regular travel within a home city on-topic?
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Bug on homepage navigating to my newsletter subscriptions
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Is there a way to cause git-reflog to show a date alongside each entry?
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Piping both stdout and stderr in bash?
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Why does git keep telling me it's "Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance"?
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What's the simplest way to strip trailing whitespace from all lines in a file?
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Does Ex mode have any practical use?