Recent content by aaflyer

Ah yes, but it's not Twitter in here :P

Having done probably a dozen Australia-USA in Premium Economy as a platinum, I have had officially Zero upgrades. Zilch. Nadda. None. These were at a variety of times, but i'd say 50% were school holiday season. I know Silvers and Golds that have a higher hit rate than me. International, I...

Suggest you lock in rates then. If you book direct with M life (even if you have no status) most are 100% flexible up until 24 hours prior to arrival. I frequently will book something and monitor. If something else becomes available, I simply book it and cancel the original. Enjoy Vegas (if...

No, you cannot purchase miles (and if people are offering to sell you points, it's a violation of the Velocity terms as well as AFF, as they would be doing a 'family transfer' and charging you). You can look at say a NAB Credit card which has a 20,000 sign up bonus at present (see here: Credit...

I always find it amusing that people blame an airline for them not reading the terms and conditions they published (and assuming that 60 is suitable for a connection on separate tickets, especially where baggage is concerned). I would suck this up as lesson learned personally. I do find it...

American have said there will be no changes anytime soon. If you can accumulate enough points within the next 12-24 months, i'd be shoving everything there before the changes. Frequent Flyer programs are ever moving targets. Seize the day and go with the best of the moment (I almost made the...

Starwood uses email and password, perhaps the least secure of any authentication method (in terms of people using the same email/pass for *everything*, with insecure easy-to-remember passwords). They do also allow account number/password logins, but you can have both. Qantas are using three...

If it's like other tokenised technologies, you're right it shouldn't need any data (the app has the same seed file for token code generation as their authentication server has, so it'll work regardless). Time Zone should not affect it. Tokens aren't tied to a time zone typically (they can go...

Stay mid-week. You can try the note 'sandwich' but I know people who try it at MGM properties and have had zero success (from dozens of attempts across all the properties). I believe staff can be fired for doing so as it's technically theft from their employer (don't get into morals and what...

Wish i'd kept my Cathay ones from the 80's (in the green and gold paper wrappers). I do have the playing cards still (remember when airlines used to hand them out to people that asked, even Qantas did). Might be time to go diving through my junk boxes to see if I have some.

And now you're published this for the world to see, including Qantas and any legal people on here, who can quite easily find where you posted and your real Identity. IMHO, you were silly posting that you did on here, and stating you'll continue to do so is plane foolish.

And also highly illegal. By posting this you've opened yourself right up too, i'd be suggesting not posting things like this. Do *not* fly under someone elses name.

If you have an iPhone, the citbank app allows you to generate an OTP without the need for text (you'll need a data/wifi connection though). I use it regularly overseas and it's very handy. *edit* as mentioned below, you shouldn't even need a data connection, this should function the same as a...

There have been various properties i've been to that have excellent amenities (The Standard in Los Angeles, some W properties and some smaller boutique hotels). I've found some with almost 100mL size shampoo that is better than the stuff I typically have at home. A few bucks a day over a few...

The OP has gold status with Virgin, they should not have to pay for an exit row if they wanted one (perhaps they were all allocated, or they were not able to sit there for mobility reasons). If the plane is full, why not move a Bronze member rather than a Gold (or a Silver, or a Platinum)? VA...