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I've been sent on a TK journey to Telaviv, BNE-BKK-IST-TLV return, so wanted to see if I could attain Gold membership *A.

Having only really used the OW network when travelling OS normally I wasnt a member of any *A miles programs.

I read on Flyertalk that Aegean A3 had an offer of 1000 point signup with Blue requiring 4000 points and Gold requiring 16000 additional points.

So I did my sums and using Mileage Calculator - WebFlyer :: The Frequent Flyer Authority ...

April is here already so it is time to reflect on the second half of March and look ahead to a very hectic month of travel.

March was an unusual month for me, I might even call it odd, it saw two milestones reached. The first, QF P1 and more importantly the second - the retention of VA/DJ Platinum for 2012/2013. I still need another 35 SC’s to be a genuine platinum in my mind though.

My return from Brazil was to be swiftly followed by a trip to Blighty......and not flying ...

We are travelling to South America next month ---Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil.

We are uncertain of the best way to access mobile phones /SIM cards/ internet etc and would welcome advice from those who have been there recently .

Also , are ATMs reasonably available and is is best to use local currency or USD ??

Thanks

Kevvie

August 12th 2012 is the last day of the 2012 Olympics in London. Soon after one would expect an exodus of people - participants and visitors out of the London airports.

Does anyone know if the airlines will be putting on additional flights to take their passengers home? If so, one would expect them to fly the planes with additional capacity in and therefore would make sense to fill as many seats as possible, creating the possibility of cheaper fares for anyone looking to fly into London ...

Help me please guys. I'm the frequent flyer member that you all hate as I mainly accumulate points through using my credit cards.

My husband and myself would love to fly to New York hopefully business class for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. I have approx 665,000 Altitude points and 194,000 Qantas points.

Would I be better off changing these points to Krys Flyer or do you have any other recommendations?

Please help as I am extremely inexperienced in these ...