While I congratulate, with a certain degree of envy, those who managed to book this fare, I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone would fly all the way to PEN - and immediately turn round and fly back again.

I am not ignorant of the existence of TP runs, and understand that for some their journey might first and foremost be a TP-accumulation exercise. But for goodness sake, this is Penang we’re talking about as a destination - with the rest of Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore all on the doorstep, with all that those countries have to offer.

Mrs PtF and I were in Penang earlier this year (at Chinese New Year) and had an absolutely wonderful four days there, so much so that we can’t wait to return for a longer visit.