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Features Australia

Letter from London

30 June 2018

9:00 AM

30 June 2018

9:00 AM

If the crescendo of cranes towering above development blocks represents a city’s prosperity, then Manila and London are prospering. Setting out to fly to Russia to cheer for Australia in the World Cup, a ridiculously cheap  business class ‘promotional’ return fare on the internet from Sydney to London with Philippines Airways for $4,500 was too good to resist.

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